EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES:
Penobscot Nation Website - https://www.penobscotnation.org
Penobscot Cultural and Historic Preservation Webpage - http://www.penobscotculture.com
Houlton Band of Maliseet Website - http://www.maliseets.com/index.htm
Aroostook Band of Micmacs Website - http://www.micmac-nsn.gov
Aroostok Band of Micmac History Page - http://www.micmac-nsn.gov/html/history.html
Passamoquoddy Tribe at Indian Township Website - https://www.passamaquoddy.com
Passamaquoddy Tribe at Indian Township History Page - https://www.passamaquoddy.com/?page_id=24
Passamaquoddy Tribe at Sipayik Website - http://wabanaki.com
Passamaquoddy Tribe at Sipayik Treaties page - http://www.wabanaki.com/wabanaki_new/Treaties.html
Passamoqoddy Tribe at Sipayik "Stolen Land" page-
http://www.wabanaki.com/wabanaki_new/Treaties.html
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S DAY BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS FROM GULF OF MAINE BOOKS:
As we look forward to Indigenous Peoples' Day, Monday, October 12, we wanted to remind you of the many recent titles available from Indigenous authors, here at Gulf of Maine Books.
Non-Fiction:
"Sacred Instructions - Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change" by Sherri Mitchell, "The Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, "Sand Talk - How Indigenous Thinking Can Save The World" by Tyson Yunkaporta, Two by Lisa Brooks - "Our Beloved Kin" and "The Common Pot", "Anoqcou - Ceremony Is Life Itself" by Gkisedtanamoogk, "A Mind Spread Out on the Ground" by Alicia Elliott, "Carry - a memoir of survival on stolen land" by Toni Jensen, "As Long as Grass grows - The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice from Colonization to Standing Rock" by Dina Gilio-Whitaker, "Lakota America - A New History of Indigenous Power" by Pekka Hamalainen, two by Robin Wall Kimmerer - "Braiding Sweetgrass" and "Gathering Moss", with a just released gift hardcover edition of "Braiding Sweetgrass", "Dancing on Our Turtle's Back" by Leanne Beta Samosake Simpson, and a new anthology "All We Can Save - truth, courage, and solutions for the climate crisis" with prose and poetry from over 50 women writers, including Sherri Mitchell, Joy Harjo, Joan Kane, and Tara Houska Zhaabowekwe.( learn about the anthology's contributors here: https://www.allwecansave.earth/contributors )
Fiction:
"The Night Watchman" by Louise Erdrich, "Empire of Wild" by Cherie Dimaline, "There There" by Tommy Orange, "Crooked Hallelujah" by Kelli Jo Ford, "Beadworkers" - stories by Beth Piatote, "Winter Counts" by David Heska Wanbli Weiden, "The Only Good Indians" by Stephen Graham Jones, "Bone Black" by Carol Rose Goldeneagle, and "Split Tooth" by Tanya Tagaq. (Some of us were lucky enough to hear Tanya Tagaq when she performed at Bowdoin a few years ago. Here is a link to a performance at the Kennedy Center
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClLbkEMaNvU&t=1885s&ab_channel=TheKennedyCenter
Poetry
a just released anthology: "When the Light of the World was Subdued, Our songs came through - a Norton Anthology of Native Nations poetry" edited by Joy Harjo (as well as a number of collections from Joy Harjo, including her most recent "An American Sunrise"), "20th Century Powwow Playland" by Mihku Paul, "Bear, Coyote, Raven" by Jason Grundstrom-Whitney, "The Death of Sitting Bear - new and selected poems" by N Scott Momaday, two new titles from Linda Hogan - "A History of Kindness" and "The Radiant Lives of Animals", "Whereas" - poems by Layli Long Soldier, "Little Big Bully" by Heid Erdrich, "Lines from a Mined Mind"" by John Trudell, "PostColonial Love Poem" by Natalie Diaz, "Back Then Tomorrow" by Peter Blue Cloud, and two collections by Joan Naviyuk Kane - "Milk Black Carbon" and "The Cormorant Hunter's Wife". We have just received the new anthology "Enough - poems of Resistance and protest", from Littoral Books in Portland, which includes poems by Donna Loring and Mihku Paul.
Native Americans Recall Era of Forced Adoptions: BBC Film to Watch
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-20404764
ARTICLE TO READ: "Now I am Angry: Bates' Problematic and Hidden Past"
https://thebatesstudent.com/20528/forum/now-i-am-angry-bates-problematic-and-hidden-past/?fbclid=IwAR0CZAPfqscUKQDdrQfgyAxYyNESlTsazaiuDqXNL4_Ud0Q4MNO069UPdFU
RESOURCE LIST: CHILDREN'S BOOKS
https://bookriot.com/native-american-childrens-books/?fbclid=IwAR2kx-HTt18syr_7d4SmDMOaVPAOsg7Q6yaaZnImF1Y6cUxQVtPl-vSQnLs
MONTHLY RAIDO PROGRAM: DAWNLAND SIGNALS
Maine Wabanaki REACH Dawnland Signals, a monthly talk radio program, has begun. It airs every third Thursday of each month from 4:00 - 5:00pm on 89.9 FM and live-streamed at www.weru.org. Dawnland Signals holds space for critical conversations of truth, healing, and change here in the Dawnland. Our first three shows were about Circles; Decolonizing our Diets; and Five Years After the Truth Commission in Maine. Shows are archived and may be listened to on the WERU website
Article to read: Tribal leaders seek to end decades-long ordeal, bring clean water to Pleasant Point
https://mainebeacon.com/tribal-leaders-seek-to-end-decades-long-ordeal-bring-clean-water-to-pleasant-point/
SUNLIGHT MEDIA COLLECTIVE FREE ONLINE DOCUMENTARIES
PENOBSCOT RIVER RIGHTS CASE SUMMARY- https://www.sunlightmediacollective.org/index.php/our-projects/penobscot-river-rights-case-summary
The Penobscot: Ancestral River, Contested Territory Film- https://www.sunlightmediacollective.org/index.php/the-penobscot
WEBSITE TO EXPLORE: Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library
Check it out at: https://collections.leventhalmap.org/map-sets/536
We've published our latest map set for educators, "Native Viewpoints on Nineteenth Century Westward Expansion." It was created by
Akomawt Educational Initiative as part of the exhibition America Transformed: Mapping the 19th Century.
The set brings in Native perspectives on Euro-American maps and gives students new ways of looking at concepts of land and ideas such as the "frontier." A document outlining best practice for teaching about Native people is included.
ARTICLE TO READ: PROJECT AIMS TO BRING TOGETHER TRIBES TO SHARE KNOWLEDGE, SOLUTIONS, TO CLIMATE CHANGE
https://mainebeacon.com/centering-tribal-knowledge-project-aims-to-help-maine-adapt-to-changing-climate/?fbclid=IwAR1zGJ8yKm9pRK2q2OCgy4TA6zqAqFW7j86NjBJY0979A_wW6xf541mCKfE
WEBSITE WITH RESOURCES: UPSTANDER PROJECT: TEACHER LEARNING GUIDES
https://upstanderproject.org/dawnland-teachers-guide
GEDAKINA WEBSITE:
http://gedakina.org/index.php/about-gedakina/
PODCAST TO LISTEN TO: DAWNLAND SIGNALS ON TRIVAL SOVEREIGNTY
https://archives.weru.org/dawnland-signals/2020/07/dawnland-signals-7-16-20-tribal-sovereignty/
INTERVIEW TO READ: Interview with Chief Kirk Francis of the Penobscot Nation with Sunlight Media CollectiveMeredith DeFrancesco & Dawn Neptune Adams July, 2020
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nRUD8ccPkbj2MABsHuXu1rpny3LjKlKd8CnjrrVwvAc/edit
NEWS ARTICLE TO READ: TRIBAL STASTE RELATIONSHIP BILLS ENDORSED
http://quoddytides.com/tribal-state-relationship-bills-endorsed.html
RECORDING FOR VIEWING ONLINE: THE AGE OF CORONAVIRUS: USING THIS TIME TO DECOLONIZE OUR MINDS
An interview with Sherri Mitchell (Weh'na Ha'mu Kwasset)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxVRvgrUTpI&feature=youtu.be&mc_cid=db1b8f33c1&mc_eid=8232c672bb
RECORDINGS FOR VIEWING ONLINE FROM HEALING TURTLE ISLAND, 2020
https://www.facebook.com/sacredinstructions/videos/570920660452276/
RECORDING FOR VIEWING ONLINE: TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY LEGISLATION UPDATE
Recorded on June 19, 2020
Available for viewing at: https://www.maineconservation.org/lunchnlearn?emci=a56ae5e4-5cb2-ea11-9b05-00155d039e74&emdi=a215fd2b-68b2-ea11-9b05-00155d039e74&ceid=756028
"Corey Hinton and John Banks will join us to present on the Fish & Game and Environmental components of LD 2094, An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Task Force on Changes to the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Implementing Act. Michael-Corey (Corey) F. Hinton is a citizen of the Passamaquoddy Tribe enrolled at Pleasant Point and an attorney with Drummond Woodsum & MacMahon whose practice focuses on the representation of Tribal Nations and their enterprises on a wide range of issues, including tribal governance, natural resources and the environment, economic development, and employment law. John Banks is the Director of the Department of Natural Resources for the Penobscot Indian Nation."
BLOG TO READ: VOICES OF DECOLONIZATION
http://www.mainewabanakireach.org/blog?utm_campaign=july_email_blast&utm_medium=email&utm_source=mainewabanakireach
PODCAST TO LISTEN TO: INTERVIEW WITH DR. ROBIN WALL KIMMERER
https://www.alieward.com/ologies/bryology?fbclid=IwAR3OUj4FaQPwjRSEZPF1CmEGikMPEga70DsuOGIJb8gpXfQ-J88oe8Lqrw4
ARTICLE TO READ: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE BLACK AND NATIVE IN 2020?
https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/what-does-it-mean-to-be-black-and-native-in-2020-T8eoAtse606ZYCTODPX1og?fbclid=IwAR10BWrTutdYhcyxtqp_yIzNDn3CBJgWI2MvT1Z99m4zG1prhMRZpddvfM0
"Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous and Maine Tribal Populations Letter to Janet Mills"
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dW-_uUoOIrlrn_wNgKNIc81Roc34u9xo/view
ARTICLE TO READ: 200 YEARS AGO MAINE NEGOTIATED ITS FIRST TREATY WITH INDIGENOUS TRIBES: THE SAME ISUES REMAIN
https://www.mainepublic.org/post/200-years-ago-maine-negotiated-its-first-treaty-indigenous-tribes-same-issues-remain
Online Exhibit: State of Mind: Becoming Maine
Available Online at https://www.mainememory.net/sitebuilder/site/3012/page/4753/display?use_mmn=1&fbclid=IwAR06pk_J-QjVUbmdsc65kPf_fMetttNJ8C_mwgEPfC8icrlvbjhO06Rx-zo
State of Mind: Becoming Maine explores Maine's Bicentennial. Installed March 13, 2020 through January 31, 2021 at Maine Historical Society in Portland. This online component expands content with Maine Memory Network items, and differs slightly from the physical installation. Please visit Holding up the Sky: Wabanaki People, Culture, History & Art, a companion exhibition examining 13,000 years of Maine history.
Curated by Tilly Laskey, Maine Historical Society. Advised by Anne Chamberland, Archives Acadiennes, University of Maine, Fort Kent; Brittany Cook, Bicentennial Education Fellow, Maine Historical Society; Deborah Cummings Khadraoui, Abyssinian Meeting House; James E. Francis Sr. (Penobscot) Director of Cultural and Historic Preservation, Penobscot Nation; Bob Greene, Author, Portland, Maine; John Johnson, Portland, Maine; Daniel Minter, Indigo Arts Alliance; Kathleen Neumann, Manager of Education, Maine Historical Society; Lise Pelletier, Director, Archives Acadiennes, University of Maine, Fort Kent; Darren Ranco (Penobscot), Professor of Anthropology and Coordinator of Native American Programs, University of Maine; Jamie Rice, Director of Collections & Research, Maine Historical Society; Donald Soctomah (Passamaquoddy) Director, Passamaquoddy Cultural Heritage Center and Passamaquoddy Tribal Historic Preservation Officer; Elaine Tselikis, Communications & Grants Manager, Maine Historical Society.
Website to Explore- Sunlight Media Collective Website
sunlightmediacollective.org
The Sunlight Media Collective is an organization of indigenous and non-indigenous media makers and activists, including Wabanaki tribal members, working to document and present stories affecting Wabanaki people and highlighting Wabanaki perspectives, with a particular emphasis on the intersection between environmental issues and tribal rights. We have found that current media representations often offer problematic narratives, rife with mistruths, prejudice, fear mongering and misunderstanding. This lack of understanding is a detriment to the Wabanaki Tribes' environmental health, cultural survival and sovereignty, and to Tribal-State relations. The goal of our work is to facilitate understanding, analysis and historical context, and to create and organize educational opportunities and events for alliance building and social change.
Recorded and Live Teaching Offerings from Sherri Mitchell - Wena'hamu'gwasit
Podcast interviews, upcoming live teachings, and more is available via Sherri's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/sacredinstructions/
Direct links to some of her recent recorded teachings are available below, and we will update this site to include new ones as they are available for people who cannot access Facebook.
Topic: Acknowledging Our Collective Grief with Chief Arvol Looking Horse, Rev Lennox Yearwood, and Elder and Clan Mother Shelley Mandakwe Charles
Conversation took place on 6/11/2020. Recording available for listening anytime at the link below:
https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/play/78YrfuCqqDg3SdDE5gSDUaMtW9S-J6ms0HQWr6VYyRyzVnYBMVfwZbMTNucwuw5jYX4hQwdkjqZBJBLV?continueMode=true&_x_zm_rtaid=USjU5yQ9RjicYnszGwZ-gg.1592610512891.7b5fdbfaba832e8b0ea306bce1efcd42&_x_zm_rhtaid=638
Topic: Ethical Leadership with DJ Vanas
Conversation took place: May 14, 2020. Recording available for listening anytime at the link below:
https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/play/tJd4JuuhqW03SYCc4wSDUaN5W429Jqis0ylN_PEOnUy3U3YHZlGvbrJHY-oLIrFr-gvfnPYLK-FHLIEk?continueMode=true&_x_zm_rtaid=wND-vO3VRfmNeynFuzKnCw.1590173409442.9002c7bdf0f867c0592098bb36d73d6c&_x_zm_rhtaid=689
Topic: Embracing the Journey-Facing Yourself with Heather Mizeur
Conversation took place Apr 23, 2020. Recording available for listening anytime at the link below:
https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/play/75wsJL-vqW43HNyc4gSDCvF8W9XrKv2s0ykeqPMFzR7mAnkCMwCgMOASMOJVon_D8Xv3QhbhHQTWZ4g2?continueMode=true&_x_zm_rtaid=q2-mxzUtTMq7zD9JMqo5gA.1588117543193.c5dbdb5e7b0520fdce5cbdd92088010d&_x_zm_rhtaid=288
Topic: Visioning The New with Tim DeChristopher and Rivera Sun
Conversation took place April 16, 2020. Recording available for listening anytime at the link below:
https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/xed5BIOg02ZIQNb2tFDTS7UvPt68eaa81CUc-_MIykZmUec5tzoyAsJpqbWCwroy
Access Password: t0%8#vL%
Topic: Changing the Way We Live
Conversation took place Apr. 1, 2020. Recording available for listening anytime at the link below:
https://us04web.zoom.us/rec/play/v50odb2oqWg3TNLAswSDUfUvW42_KvmshCBN8vsNnR21AXBXO1L0YbBGZuf2ghSykOFYjyjaUrF6TS1D?continueMode=true&_x_zm_rtaid=q2-mxzUtTMq7zD9JMqo5gA.1588117543193.c5dbdb5e7b0520fdce5cbdd92088010d&_x_zm_rhtaid=288
Ongoing Showings of Documentary Film "Dawnland" on WERU
WERU at weru.org has Dawnland Signals on the third Thursday of each Month at 4:00 with host Esther Anne and Maria Girouard. Past shows are archived.
Ongoing Truth and Reconciliation Commission Videos from the Capacity Building Center for Tribes
The Capacity Building Center for Tribes videos on the TRC https://tribalinformationexchange.org/?s=&category_name=resource-library
Penobscot Nation Website - https://www.penobscotnation.org
Penobscot Cultural and Historic Preservation Webpage - http://www.penobscotculture.com
Houlton Band of Maliseet Website - http://www.maliseets.com/index.htm
Aroostook Band of Micmacs Website - http://www.micmac-nsn.gov
Aroostok Band of Micmac History Page - http://www.micmac-nsn.gov/html/history.html
Passamoquoddy Tribe at Indian Township Website - https://www.passamaquoddy.com
Passamaquoddy Tribe at Indian Township History Page - https://www.passamaquoddy.com/?page_id=24
Passamaquoddy Tribe at Sipayik Website - http://wabanaki.com
Passamaquoddy Tribe at Sipayik Treaties page - http://www.wabanaki.com/wabanaki_new/Treaties.html
Passamoqoddy Tribe at Sipayik "Stolen Land" page-
http://www.wabanaki.com/wabanaki_new/Treaties.html
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S DAY BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS FROM GULF OF MAINE BOOKS:
As we look forward to Indigenous Peoples' Day, Monday, October 12, we wanted to remind you of the many recent titles available from Indigenous authors, here at Gulf of Maine Books.
Non-Fiction:
"Sacred Instructions - Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change" by Sherri Mitchell, "The Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, "Sand Talk - How Indigenous Thinking Can Save The World" by Tyson Yunkaporta, Two by Lisa Brooks - "Our Beloved Kin" and "The Common Pot", "Anoqcou - Ceremony Is Life Itself" by Gkisedtanamoogk, "A Mind Spread Out on the Ground" by Alicia Elliott, "Carry - a memoir of survival on stolen land" by Toni Jensen, "As Long as Grass grows - The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice from Colonization to Standing Rock" by Dina Gilio-Whitaker, "Lakota America - A New History of Indigenous Power" by Pekka Hamalainen, two by Robin Wall Kimmerer - "Braiding Sweetgrass" and "Gathering Moss", with a just released gift hardcover edition of "Braiding Sweetgrass", "Dancing on Our Turtle's Back" by Leanne Beta Samosake Simpson, and a new anthology "All We Can Save - truth, courage, and solutions for the climate crisis" with prose and poetry from over 50 women writers, including Sherri Mitchell, Joy Harjo, Joan Kane, and Tara Houska Zhaabowekwe.( learn about the anthology's contributors here: https://www.allwecansave.earth/contributors )
Fiction:
"The Night Watchman" by Louise Erdrich, "Empire of Wild" by Cherie Dimaline, "There There" by Tommy Orange, "Crooked Hallelujah" by Kelli Jo Ford, "Beadworkers" - stories by Beth Piatote, "Winter Counts" by David Heska Wanbli Weiden, "The Only Good Indians" by Stephen Graham Jones, "Bone Black" by Carol Rose Goldeneagle, and "Split Tooth" by Tanya Tagaq. (Some of us were lucky enough to hear Tanya Tagaq when she performed at Bowdoin a few years ago. Here is a link to a performance at the Kennedy Center
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClLbkEMaNvU&t=1885s&ab_channel=TheKennedyCenter
Poetry
a just released anthology: "When the Light of the World was Subdued, Our songs came through - a Norton Anthology of Native Nations poetry" edited by Joy Harjo (as well as a number of collections from Joy Harjo, including her most recent "An American Sunrise"), "20th Century Powwow Playland" by Mihku Paul, "Bear, Coyote, Raven" by Jason Grundstrom-Whitney, "The Death of Sitting Bear - new and selected poems" by N Scott Momaday, two new titles from Linda Hogan - "A History of Kindness" and "The Radiant Lives of Animals", "Whereas" - poems by Layli Long Soldier, "Little Big Bully" by Heid Erdrich, "Lines from a Mined Mind"" by John Trudell, "PostColonial Love Poem" by Natalie Diaz, "Back Then Tomorrow" by Peter Blue Cloud, and two collections by Joan Naviyuk Kane - "Milk Black Carbon" and "The Cormorant Hunter's Wife". We have just received the new anthology "Enough - poems of Resistance and protest", from Littoral Books in Portland, which includes poems by Donna Loring and Mihku Paul.
Native Americans Recall Era of Forced Adoptions: BBC Film to Watch
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-20404764
ARTICLE TO READ: "Now I am Angry: Bates' Problematic and Hidden Past"
https://thebatesstudent.com/20528/forum/now-i-am-angry-bates-problematic-and-hidden-past/?fbclid=IwAR0CZAPfqscUKQDdrQfgyAxYyNESlTsazaiuDqXNL4_Ud0Q4MNO069UPdFU
RESOURCE LIST: CHILDREN'S BOOKS
https://bookriot.com/native-american-childrens-books/?fbclid=IwAR2kx-HTt18syr_7d4SmDMOaVPAOsg7Q6yaaZnImF1Y6cUxQVtPl-vSQnLs
MONTHLY RAIDO PROGRAM: DAWNLAND SIGNALS
Maine Wabanaki REACH Dawnland Signals, a monthly talk radio program, has begun. It airs every third Thursday of each month from 4:00 - 5:00pm on 89.9 FM and live-streamed at www.weru.org. Dawnland Signals holds space for critical conversations of truth, healing, and change here in the Dawnland. Our first three shows were about Circles; Decolonizing our Diets; and Five Years After the Truth Commission in Maine. Shows are archived and may be listened to on the WERU website
Article to read: Tribal leaders seek to end decades-long ordeal, bring clean water to Pleasant Point
https://mainebeacon.com/tribal-leaders-seek-to-end-decades-long-ordeal-bring-clean-water-to-pleasant-point/
SUNLIGHT MEDIA COLLECTIVE FREE ONLINE DOCUMENTARIES
PENOBSCOT RIVER RIGHTS CASE SUMMARY- https://www.sunlightmediacollective.org/index.php/our-projects/penobscot-river-rights-case-summary
The Penobscot: Ancestral River, Contested Territory Film- https://www.sunlightmediacollective.org/index.php/the-penobscot
WEBSITE TO EXPLORE: Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library
Check it out at: https://collections.leventhalmap.org/map-sets/536
We've published our latest map set for educators, "Native Viewpoints on Nineteenth Century Westward Expansion." It was created by
Akomawt Educational Initiative as part of the exhibition America Transformed: Mapping the 19th Century.
The set brings in Native perspectives on Euro-American maps and gives students new ways of looking at concepts of land and ideas such as the "frontier." A document outlining best practice for teaching about Native people is included.
ARTICLE TO READ: PROJECT AIMS TO BRING TOGETHER TRIBES TO SHARE KNOWLEDGE, SOLUTIONS, TO CLIMATE CHANGE
https://mainebeacon.com/centering-tribal-knowledge-project-aims-to-help-maine-adapt-to-changing-climate/?fbclid=IwAR1zGJ8yKm9pRK2q2OCgy4TA6zqAqFW7j86NjBJY0979A_wW6xf541mCKfE
WEBSITE WITH RESOURCES: UPSTANDER PROJECT: TEACHER LEARNING GUIDES
https://upstanderproject.org/dawnland-teachers-guide
GEDAKINA WEBSITE:
http://gedakina.org/index.php/about-gedakina/
PODCAST TO LISTEN TO: DAWNLAND SIGNALS ON TRIVAL SOVEREIGNTY
https://archives.weru.org/dawnland-signals/2020/07/dawnland-signals-7-16-20-tribal-sovereignty/
INTERVIEW TO READ: Interview with Chief Kirk Francis of the Penobscot Nation with Sunlight Media CollectiveMeredith DeFrancesco & Dawn Neptune Adams July, 2020
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nRUD8ccPkbj2MABsHuXu1rpny3LjKlKd8CnjrrVwvAc/edit
NEWS ARTICLE TO READ: TRIBAL STASTE RELATIONSHIP BILLS ENDORSED
http://quoddytides.com/tribal-state-relationship-bills-endorsed.html
RECORDING FOR VIEWING ONLINE: THE AGE OF CORONAVIRUS: USING THIS TIME TO DECOLONIZE OUR MINDS
An interview with Sherri Mitchell (Weh'na Ha'mu Kwasset)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxVRvgrUTpI&feature=youtu.be&mc_cid=db1b8f33c1&mc_eid=8232c672bb
RECORDINGS FOR VIEWING ONLINE FROM HEALING TURTLE ISLAND, 2020
https://www.facebook.com/sacredinstructions/videos/570920660452276/
RECORDING FOR VIEWING ONLINE: TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY LEGISLATION UPDATE
Recorded on June 19, 2020
Available for viewing at: https://www.maineconservation.org/lunchnlearn?emci=a56ae5e4-5cb2-ea11-9b05-00155d039e74&emdi=a215fd2b-68b2-ea11-9b05-00155d039e74&ceid=756028
"Corey Hinton and John Banks will join us to present on the Fish & Game and Environmental components of LD 2094, An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Task Force on Changes to the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Implementing Act. Michael-Corey (Corey) F. Hinton is a citizen of the Passamaquoddy Tribe enrolled at Pleasant Point and an attorney with Drummond Woodsum & MacMahon whose practice focuses on the representation of Tribal Nations and their enterprises on a wide range of issues, including tribal governance, natural resources and the environment, economic development, and employment law. John Banks is the Director of the Department of Natural Resources for the Penobscot Indian Nation."
BLOG TO READ: VOICES OF DECOLONIZATION
http://www.mainewabanakireach.org/blog?utm_campaign=july_email_blast&utm_medium=email&utm_source=mainewabanakireach
PODCAST TO LISTEN TO: INTERVIEW WITH DR. ROBIN WALL KIMMERER
https://www.alieward.com/ologies/bryology?fbclid=IwAR3OUj4FaQPwjRSEZPF1CmEGikMPEga70DsuOGIJb8gpXfQ-J88oe8Lqrw4
ARTICLE TO READ: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE BLACK AND NATIVE IN 2020?
https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/what-does-it-mean-to-be-black-and-native-in-2020-T8eoAtse606ZYCTODPX1og?fbclid=IwAR10BWrTutdYhcyxtqp_yIzNDn3CBJgWI2MvT1Z99m4zG1prhMRZpddvfM0
"Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous and Maine Tribal Populations Letter to Janet Mills"
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dW-_uUoOIrlrn_wNgKNIc81Roc34u9xo/view
ARTICLE TO READ: 200 YEARS AGO MAINE NEGOTIATED ITS FIRST TREATY WITH INDIGENOUS TRIBES: THE SAME ISUES REMAIN
https://www.mainepublic.org/post/200-years-ago-maine-negotiated-its-first-treaty-indigenous-tribes-same-issues-remain
Online Exhibit: State of Mind: Becoming Maine
Available Online at https://www.mainememory.net/sitebuilder/site/3012/page/4753/display?use_mmn=1&fbclid=IwAR06pk_J-QjVUbmdsc65kPf_fMetttNJ8C_mwgEPfC8icrlvbjhO06Rx-zo
State of Mind: Becoming Maine explores Maine's Bicentennial. Installed March 13, 2020 through January 31, 2021 at Maine Historical Society in Portland. This online component expands content with Maine Memory Network items, and differs slightly from the physical installation. Please visit Holding up the Sky: Wabanaki People, Culture, History & Art, a companion exhibition examining 13,000 years of Maine history.
Curated by Tilly Laskey, Maine Historical Society. Advised by Anne Chamberland, Archives Acadiennes, University of Maine, Fort Kent; Brittany Cook, Bicentennial Education Fellow, Maine Historical Society; Deborah Cummings Khadraoui, Abyssinian Meeting House; James E. Francis Sr. (Penobscot) Director of Cultural and Historic Preservation, Penobscot Nation; Bob Greene, Author, Portland, Maine; John Johnson, Portland, Maine; Daniel Minter, Indigo Arts Alliance; Kathleen Neumann, Manager of Education, Maine Historical Society; Lise Pelletier, Director, Archives Acadiennes, University of Maine, Fort Kent; Darren Ranco (Penobscot), Professor of Anthropology and Coordinator of Native American Programs, University of Maine; Jamie Rice, Director of Collections & Research, Maine Historical Society; Donald Soctomah (Passamaquoddy) Director, Passamaquoddy Cultural Heritage Center and Passamaquoddy Tribal Historic Preservation Officer; Elaine Tselikis, Communications & Grants Manager, Maine Historical Society.
Website to Explore- Sunlight Media Collective Website
sunlightmediacollective.org
The Sunlight Media Collective is an organization of indigenous and non-indigenous media makers and activists, including Wabanaki tribal members, working to document and present stories affecting Wabanaki people and highlighting Wabanaki perspectives, with a particular emphasis on the intersection between environmental issues and tribal rights. We have found that current media representations often offer problematic narratives, rife with mistruths, prejudice, fear mongering and misunderstanding. This lack of understanding is a detriment to the Wabanaki Tribes' environmental health, cultural survival and sovereignty, and to Tribal-State relations. The goal of our work is to facilitate understanding, analysis and historical context, and to create and organize educational opportunities and events for alliance building and social change.
Recorded and Live Teaching Offerings from Sherri Mitchell - Wena'hamu'gwasit
Podcast interviews, upcoming live teachings, and more is available via Sherri's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/sacredinstructions/
Direct links to some of her recent recorded teachings are available below, and we will update this site to include new ones as they are available for people who cannot access Facebook.
Topic: Acknowledging Our Collective Grief with Chief Arvol Looking Horse, Rev Lennox Yearwood, and Elder and Clan Mother Shelley Mandakwe Charles
Conversation took place on 6/11/2020. Recording available for listening anytime at the link below:
https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/play/78YrfuCqqDg3SdDE5gSDUaMtW9S-J6ms0HQWr6VYyRyzVnYBMVfwZbMTNucwuw5jYX4hQwdkjqZBJBLV?continueMode=true&_x_zm_rtaid=USjU5yQ9RjicYnszGwZ-gg.1592610512891.7b5fdbfaba832e8b0ea306bce1efcd42&_x_zm_rhtaid=638
Topic: Ethical Leadership with DJ Vanas
Conversation took place: May 14, 2020. Recording available for listening anytime at the link below:
https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/play/tJd4JuuhqW03SYCc4wSDUaN5W429Jqis0ylN_PEOnUy3U3YHZlGvbrJHY-oLIrFr-gvfnPYLK-FHLIEk?continueMode=true&_x_zm_rtaid=wND-vO3VRfmNeynFuzKnCw.1590173409442.9002c7bdf0f867c0592098bb36d73d6c&_x_zm_rhtaid=689
Topic: Embracing the Journey-Facing Yourself with Heather Mizeur
Conversation took place Apr 23, 2020. Recording available for listening anytime at the link below:
https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/play/75wsJL-vqW43HNyc4gSDCvF8W9XrKv2s0ykeqPMFzR7mAnkCMwCgMOASMOJVon_D8Xv3QhbhHQTWZ4g2?continueMode=true&_x_zm_rtaid=q2-mxzUtTMq7zD9JMqo5gA.1588117543193.c5dbdb5e7b0520fdce5cbdd92088010d&_x_zm_rhtaid=288
Topic: Visioning The New with Tim DeChristopher and Rivera Sun
Conversation took place April 16, 2020. Recording available for listening anytime at the link below:
https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/xed5BIOg02ZIQNb2tFDTS7UvPt68eaa81CUc-_MIykZmUec5tzoyAsJpqbWCwroy
Access Password: t0%8#vL%
Topic: Changing the Way We Live
Conversation took place Apr. 1, 2020. Recording available for listening anytime at the link below:
https://us04web.zoom.us/rec/play/v50odb2oqWg3TNLAswSDUfUvW42_KvmshCBN8vsNnR21AXBXO1L0YbBGZuf2ghSykOFYjyjaUrF6TS1D?continueMode=true&_x_zm_rtaid=q2-mxzUtTMq7zD9JMqo5gA.1588117543193.c5dbdb5e7b0520fdce5cbdd92088010d&_x_zm_rhtaid=288
Ongoing Showings of Documentary Film "Dawnland" on WERU
WERU at weru.org has Dawnland Signals on the third Thursday of each Month at 4:00 with host Esther Anne and Maria Girouard. Past shows are archived.
Ongoing Truth and Reconciliation Commission Videos from the Capacity Building Center for Tribes
The Capacity Building Center for Tribes videos on the TRC https://tribalinformationexchange.org/?s=&category_name=resource-library
