UMaine News: Lukens speaks with BDN about Penobscot language book of folktales
Margo Lukens, professor of English at UMaine, talked with the Bangor Daily News about the recently published book, “‘Still They Remember Me’: Penobscot Transformer Tales, Vol. 1.” Lukens co-authored the book with Carol Dana, Penobscot language master, and Conor Quinn, linguistics faculty at the University of Southern Maine, as a teaching tool for Penobscot citizens seeking to relearn their language and to preserve Penobscot culture and identity.
Margo gave a talk on the development of the book, and how traditional stories can help to create a more sustainable future, as part of the Mitchell Center’s Sustainability Talks series in April 2021. View a recording of this talk on our Vimeo page.
“The teaching of the stories connects to how you make your life in a place,” Margo noted in her talk. “Very often, [these] stories are about restoring balance.”