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May 12, 2021

Look Twice: The Waponahki in Image and Verse (2010)

May 12, 2021/ Abbe Museum

Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.

Many different types of images relating to Maine's Tribal History exist, which are seldom seen except by researchers and scholars In the field. In addition, the general public is seldom given a broader cultural context in which to view them. Providing contemporary poetry, written by Mikhu Paul-Anderson from Kingsclear First Nations, simultaneously altered and reframed the context of those images, in effect, mediating the historical gaze of a marginalized people. The prose that accompanied each image was one method of bringing history into the present moment, supporting another possible view of that history. The connection between past and present is then strengthened, and new ways of understanding history hopefully result.

Mikhu Paul-Anderson is a Native American woman, author, and curator of this exhibit and grew up in Old Town, Maine.

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