First Division Museum, 1S151 Winfield Road in Wheaton, is hosting its next virtual "Date With History" featuring "The First Code Talkers: Native American Communicators in World War I" with author Dr. William C. Meadows. The program will be 7:00 p.m. - 8:15 p.m. Eastern on Thursday, June 3, on Zoom. It is free, but registration […]
The Truro Historical Society is hosting a series of talks to accompany their upcoming “Wampanoag Nation: People of the First Light” exhibition. June 9: Jennifer Weston: “Reviving the Wampanoag Language” June 16: Andrew Lipman: “The Death and Life of Squanto” July 7: Drew Lopenzina: “400 Years of Settlement Through an Indian’s Looking-Glass” July 14: Voices of Indigenous Poets: Lucy […]
The True Cost of Colonization: American History from an Indigenous Perspective Paula Peters is a scholar and a politically, socially, and culturally active member of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe. She’ll discuss the romanticized myth of the Pilgrims' arrival and the true cost of colonization from the perspective of the indigenous people. By exploring the history […]
On Saturday, June 12 at 9 a.m., as part of a recognition of the 20th anniversary of the passage of LD291, the Wabanaki Studies law, English professor Margo Lukens will present on ways to work with Penobscot stories in the secondary classroom. Presenting with her will be Ashton Carmichael, a 9th-grade English teacher in RSU67 […]
"Life and Times of a Penobscot Poetess" Virtual Event on June 15 at 5:00pm Eastern Carol Dana, Penobscot Language Keeper, has devoted years to Penobscot language revitalization, working on the Penobscot dictionary project during the 1980's, and teaching Penobscot at the Indian Island School during the 1990's. https://centerfortheartsnh.org/
This year’s Jan Wyatt symposium will be on Friday, June 18 at The Orchard Restaurant Events Barn. Tickets are $75. This year’s symposium, Roots of Wisdom, features a panel of local experts who will share their thoughts and insights on the environmental, cultural, and material importance of river cane. Over the past several years, various conservancies, educational institutions, […]
On Saturday, June 19, the Institute for American Indian Studies located on 38 Curtis Road in Washington, Connecticut, is hosting, Alfie Jacques from the Onondaga Turtle Clan. Alfie has made more than 80,000 wooden sticks over the past fifty-plus years. There will be two outdoor in-person interactive sessions, at 1 p.m. and at 3:30 p.m. Alfie […]