June 2013 Events at the Abbe Museum
Saturday, June 1, 2013
Mount Desert Island Wabanaki Placenames Tour
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
This tour will focus on Wabanaki Place Names on Mount Desert Island, traveling to and visiting several of the places mentioned in the tour. Each place name has a unique meaning for the place that it represents, and on the tour you will learn about the names’ meanings and significances for the Wabanaki people. At each stop, you will hear Passamaquoddy/Penobscot legends that relate to that stop, and learn about the place in a historical context. Join Museum Educator and Passamaquoddy Tribal Member George Neptune in this tour co-sponsored by Oli’s Trolley. Contact George Neptune, Abbe Museum Educator for reservations, (207) 288-3519, ext 31 or george@abbemuseum.org.
$30 per person, $20 for Abbe Museum Members. Space is limited.
Location: Abbe Museum Downtown
Co-sponsored by Oli's Trolley
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Maine Community Heritage Project Launch
6:00-7:30 pm
Please join us to celebrate the Maine Community Heritage Project with a public unveiling of the community history website built by your friends and neighbors! Learn more about the Champlain Society, Indians and Rusticators, the changing nature of Main St. businesses, the history of performing arts on the island, the Savage Family of Northeast Harbor and Basketball on MDI: From rivals to teammates. Desserts, coffee and tea will be served. For more information, contact Brook Minner at the Northeast Harbor Library at 276-3333.
Free and open to the public
Location: Northeast Harbor Library, 1 Joy Rd, Northeast Harbor
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Panel Discussion: Blood Quantum Debates among the Wabanaki Tribes
6:00 - 8:00 pm
The IndiVisible exhibit highlights the controversial debate over Tribal Blood percentage and ancestral lineage, and the effects that this debate has on Tribal Membership status to this day. Wabanaki Tribal members will express different perspectives on the Blood Quantum vs. Lineage debate, and how this debate has or has not been resolved within Tribal communities in Maine. The goal of this discussion is to bring light to the current effects of this issue, as well as to encourage those in attendance to take a close, critical look into the Rights of Sovereign Tribes, their rights to decide who is or is not a Tribal Member, and how both sides of the Blood Quantum debate helps or hinders Tribal communities.
Free and open to the public.
Location: Abbe Museum Downtown
Saturday, June 15, 2013
Beading Workshop for Teens
Noon - 4:00 pm
Join Museum Educator George Neptune for this workshop designed for teens, and make your own pair of beaded feather earrings. Native peoples across North America are well known for taking an introduced material and incorporating it into their oldest traditions. Perhaps the most known example is the use of glass beads; after trade became possible with European visitors, fine lines of brightly colored glass beads joined designs of bone and shell on the traditional regalia of many tribes. In fact, many tribes had beads before contact was made with Europeans!
This program is free and open to the public, but space is limited, so please contact George Neptune to reserve space: (207) 288-3519 ext. 31 or george@abbemuseum.org.
Location: Abbe Museum Downtown
Saturday, June 22, 2013
Genealogy Workshop
9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Genealogy plays an integral part in the IndiVisible exhibit. The difficulties of determining one’s roots, as well as deciding which roots to embrace and follow, is an issue that lies at the core of the exhibit’s mission. This workshop will give attendees time to speak with genealogists and historians, both local and tribal, and learn about ways to begin the process of determining and discovering one’s ancestral heritage. This program will inspire those in attendance to pay attention to oral histories within their families, to view their living relatives as valuable sources of information, and to use these resources as a starting point for their personal genealogical research.
Free and open to the public.
Location: Northeast Harbor Library, Northeast Harbor
Saturday, June 22, 2013
Maliseet Women’s Drum Group
2:00 - 4:00 pm
Join us in the Circle of the Four Directions for a concert given by the Maliseet Women’s Drum Group Miqwapon (Maliseet for “Red Dawn”). Members of the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians, Miqwapon carries on the hand drum tradition and preserve traditional Wabanaki Songs for future generations, and works to promote the importance of Cultural Preservation in a world that is constantly changing.
Free and open to the public.
Location: Abbe Museum Downtown