Other News & Events for November
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calendar for more details.
If you are in the MDI area this week, make sure to visit us on Thursday, November 3 for the free screening of Smoke Signals which will begin at 7:00.
Soon thereafter the Maine Arts Commission will host a grants workshop. Senior Grants Associate Kathy Ann Shaw will be available to answer questions about funding. She will be joined by Kathleen Mundell, Traditional Arts Specialist, to provide specific information about the agency's traditional arts programs especially those Maine's native communities. The brown bag lunch presentation will take place Monday, November 14 from noon - 2:00 and there is no need to register. More info is available here.
Other events and demonstrations will follow soon thereafter, so make sure to mark your calendar now!
There are also a number of upcoming Wabanaki events that are open to the public. The following links are a sample of some upcoming activities and recent articles that may interest you. Know of more? Feel free to post them on our Facebook page!
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Next Up: Annual Maine Indian Basketmakers
Sale and Demonstration
Hudson Museum, Collins Center for the Arts
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Were Salem's Men Witches' Victims of Politics?
Research by Dr. Mary Beth Norton claims
convicted men were all associated with the Wabanaki
Read the Indian Country Today Article.
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American Anthropological Association, 110th Annual Meeting
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Penobscot River Restoration Project Recognized
Read the Bangor Daily News Article
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Old Town mill seeks to change emissions standards
Read the article in The Maine Campus, citing the reaction of Penobscot Nation Natural Resources Director, John Banks
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From The Bangor Daily News
Help Passamaquoddies by voting for a racino in Calais
Portland Press Herald Letter of the Day by Diane Barnes
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Read the article from CBC News
Residential School Survivors Share their Stories
Halifax Media Co-op
Learn more from the Truth & Reconciliation Commission of Canada website about the Atlantic National Event held last week
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Indian Country Today Media Network
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Maliseets to partner with Houlton on additional road work
in the Bangor Daily News
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Tobique First Nation Maliseet Language Project
read about it in CBC News
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The Daily Gleaner
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For those of you in Massachusetts:
Lowell Folklife Series presents lecture on Native American Woodlands Folklife ; November 5th at 2 PM
North American Indian Center in Boston
Boston Globe
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For those of you in New Jersey:
Howell Township Library hosts Micmac exhibition dancer
Asbury Park Press
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Social Media for Social Good Panel Discussion
Camden, Maine, November 5th
Read about it in Village Soup
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University of New England
Donna M. Loring Lecture Series
If you missed these lectures, you can download them
from iTunes for FREE!
Follow the link above for more information.
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David Moses Bridges Canoe Maker Video
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CTV
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Official formation of the Qalipu Mi'kmaq First Nation Band announced by Canadian Federal Government
read about it in The Coaster
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Visit penobscotculture.com to read
classic Penobscot books online!
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