History Department, Native American Studies Program to host public Wabanaki events
The University of Maine History Department and Native American Studies Program will host two public events about Wabanakis in the 17th Century.
At 2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 11, Joseph Hall, a history professor at Bates College, will speak about “Declarations of Sale but not Departure: Wabanaki Claims to Place in Four Land Sales, 1660–1672.” The talk will include a discussion of a precirculated paper. Hall is the author of “Zamumo’s Gifts: Indian-European Exchange in the Colonial Southeast.” Contact Liam Riordan at riordan@umit.maine.edu for a copy of the paper and event location.
A public lecture also will be held at 3:15 p.m. Friday, Feb. 12 in Hill Auditorium of Barrows Hall. Chris Bilodeau, a history professor at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, will discuss “Executing an Indian in 17th Century Maine.” Bilodeau is the author of “Understanding Ritual in Colonial Wabanakia.”
An informal social gathering will be held at the Black Bear Brewery and Taproom, 19 Mill Street in Orono, around 5 p.m. Friday following Bilodeau’s lecture.
For more information or to request a visitor parking permit for campus, contact Riordan at riordan@umit.maine.edu or 581.1913.