Special Program with Donna Augustine, Mi'kmaq storyteller and singer

On Thursday, November 14 from 12:00 - 1:00pm join us at the Abbe for a special, free brown bag lunch program with Donna Augustine, Thunderbird Turtle Woman. Donna is a Mi'kmaq storyteller and singer from the Elsipogtog First Nation reserve in New Brunswick and is a member of the the Aroostook Band of Micmac Indians of Maine. Donna is a spiritual leader and a Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) designate for her tribe. Donna has been active in indigenous rights, ceremonies and repatriation issues since 1977 and has recently been nominated to and accepted on a working group for international repatriation.