EVENTS CALENDAR
Learning Series on Research and Land Stewardship Collaborations with Indigenous Peoples
We are pleased to share that Global Council of Science and the Environment and the Land Peace Foundation will be leading a second learning series, Research and Land Stewardship Collaborations with Indigenous Peoples, beginning October 27. The upcoming sessions will build on what we learned during the inaugural series, Indigenous Knowledge & Western Science: Collaboration, Relationship, and Climate Solutions. Learn more about our collaborative work. During these interactive sessions, participants will learn from case studies, hear first-hand accounts from Indigenous and non-Indigenous collaborators, and discuss practical protocols for engagement and collaboration. Click here for more information!
"We Are the Warriors" film screening
Check out these free work-in-progress screenings of "We Are the Warriors", an upcoming documentary film about Wells High School's decision to retire its Native American mascot. Learn more at www.wearethewarriorsfilm.com.
November 19th - 20th (Q&A on the 20th at 5pm) - Register here.
November 26th -27th (Q&A on the 27th at 5pm) - Register here.
First Annual Indian Law and History Lecture : Understanding Federal Indian Law in Maine
Friday, November 19, 12-1:30 PM
The First Annual Indian Law and History Lecture, hosted by Maine Law, will feature Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Professor of Michigan State School of Law, and Sherri Mitchell, attorney, author, and Executive Director of the Land Peace Foundation. The lecture moderator will be Donna Loring, author, broadcaster, and former Senior Advisor on Tribal Affairs to Governor Janet Mills. The purpose of the lecture is to provide attendees with a special opportunity to learn from experts about the field of federal Indian law as it applies in Maine and across the United States. This is a free event held via Zoom and will be made available after the lecture on YouTube. A thirty-minute Q&A session will follow the lecture. Click here for more info!
Event Sponsors are Maine Conservation Voters, Drummond Woodsum, and Bernstein Shur.
The History of Violence Against Indigenous Women and the MMIWG2S+ Movement
Tuesday November 16 12:00-1pm
The Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Movement has gained national momentum recently, but there are still a number of legislative barriers to obtaining justice for Indigenous victims and decreasing the amount of violence against Indigenous communities. In this session Aminah Ghaffar presents the origins of violence against Indigenous people beginning with the Doctrine of Discovery. Click here for more info!
Conversation Club: "If You Lived During the Plimoth Thanksgiving" by Stanley-Whitman House
Thu, Nov 18, 2021, 5:00 PM EST
Chris Newell presents his book, "If You Lived During the Plimoth Thanksgiving", about the true story of the Thanksgiving feast at Plimoth. Click here for more info and to register!
Film Viewing and Discussion: BOUNTY
You are invited to join us for the live online World Premiere of Bounty! This special event will be on Wednesday, November 10th at 7:00pm ET / 4:00pm PT. Register now. This premiere event is the culmination of years of collaboration and we are thrilled to finally share Bounty with you. Here is the synopsis of Bounty, by Dawn Neptune Adams, Maulian Dana, Adam Mazo, Ben Pender-Cudlip, and Tracy Rector:
We are citizens of the Penobscot Nation. For this film, we bring our families to Boston to read our ancestors’ death warrant. This abhorrent proclamation, made in 1755 by the colonial government, paid settlers handsomely to murder Penobscot people. It declared our people enemies and offered different prices for the scalps of children, women, and men. Bounty proclamations like this, some even paid in stolen land, persisted for more than two centuries across what is now the United States. The memory of being hunted is in our blood. We know this to be true, and the science now affirms that trauma can be passed down from generation to generation. In Bounty we step into the future together with our children into the colonizer’s hall of injustice, to read their hateful words and tell the truth about what was done to our ancestors. We exercise our power by sharing the horrors of this hard history as an act of resistance, remembrance, and a step toward justice.
Join the filmmakers for a conversation after the film: Penobscot Nation Tribal Ambassador Maulian Dana, Dawn Neptune Adams (Penobscot), and Adam Mazo, and Upstander Project learning director Mishy Lesser. Thank you to event co-sponsors Portland Press Herald and Maine Historical Society. Learn more about the film at bountyfilm.org.
