Director Anne Makepeace joins us for a film screening and Q&A of her award winning film, We Still Live Here: As Nutayuneân. Celebrated every Thanksgiving as the Indians who saved the Pilgrims from starvation, and then largely forgotten, the Wampanoag Tribes of Cape Cod and Martha’s Vineyard are now saying loud and clear, and in …
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The library’s new Social Justice Book Groups launches with the Arlington Reads Together 2022 book pick, Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer. Check out a downloadable ebook or audiobook via Hoopla, or find a copy at Robbins or Fox Branch libraries. This hybrid meeting includes in-person and remote attendance options. Email Steven Prochet for meeting …
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Register for this webinar Dina Gilio-Whitaker, coauthor of All The Real Indians Died Off: And 20 Other Myths About Native Americans discusses the wide range of myths about Native American culture and history that have misinformed generations. Gilio-Whitaker will discuss how historical narrative myths like “Columbus Discovered America,” “Indians Were Savage and Warlike,” and many …
Dr. Kyle Whyte, enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation and George Willis Pack Professor at the School for Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan, addresses critical issues facing indigenous peoples and environmental justice. Dr. Whyte asks important questions: what ethical considerations exist for indigenous people working with science organizations? What is the …
Join this Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82553392085 Presented by Christoph Strobel, Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts Lowell and the author of “Native Americans of New England,” this talk and discussion explores the history of Native Americans in New England. While we will not turn a blind eye to the impact that colonization, dispossession, and …
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