News Center Maine and WABI (Channel 5) reported on the Wabanaki Winter Market, the largest holiday gathering of Wabanaki artists in New England, held at the University of Maine Collins Center for the Arts. WABI, WVII (Channel 7), the Bangor Daily News and Maine Art Scene Magazine previewed the event. WBRC (Channel 7 in Birmingham, […]
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Bonnie Newsom, associate professor of anthropology at the University of Maine, spoke with ProPublica for an article titled “Tribes in Maine Spent Decades Fighting to Rebury Ancestral Remains. Harvard Resisted Them at Nearly Every Turn.” The Maine Monitor, Maine Public and the Bangor Daily News shared the ProPublica report.
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The Bangor Daily News promoted the 2023 Wabanaki Winter Market, which will be held from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 9 at the University of Maine Collins Center for the Arts.
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The largest holiday gathering of Wabanaki artists in New England will return with one-of-a-kind pieces, including some from new and nationally-acclaimed basket weavers, 9 a.m.–3 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 9, at the University of Maine Collins Center for the Arts. During the 29th annual Wabanaki Winter Market, dozens of Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, Maliseet and Mi’kmaq artists […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension is inviting the public to the virtual 2023 Horticulture Keynote on the Wabanaki perspective on foodways from noon-1:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 16. Join Anthony Sutton, Passamaquoddy Tribe member from Sipayik and assistant professor of Native American studies and food systems at the University of Maine, for his presentation titled […]
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In an article titled “Five cultural events in Maine to honor Native American Heritage Month,” the Penobscot Bay Pilot highlighted the Wabanaki Collection at the University of Maine’s Hudson Museum.
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The Franklin Journal, the Bangor Daily News and Morning Ag Clips promoted the virtual 2023 Horticulture Keynote on the Wabanaki perspective on foodways, hosted by University of Maine Cooperative Extension from noon-1:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 16. Interested participants are invited to join Anthony Sutton, Passamaquoddy Tribe member from Sipayik and assistant professor of Native American […]
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The University of Maine McGillicuddy Humanities Center (MHC) will host a free screening of, and discussion about, the new documentary “This River Is Our Relative,” featuring subjects of the film and representatives of the Sunlight Media Collective, at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 9 in the Collins Center for the Arts. “This River is Our […]
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Darren Ranco, a professor of anthropology and the chair of Native American Programs at the University of Maine, and Natalie Michelle, a UMaine postdoc and research fellow with the University of Massachusetts Amherst, spoke with Science magazine for a story about the Center for Braiding Indigenous Knowledges and Science (CBIKS). The center, based at the […]
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WFVX (Channel 7) featured a college art tent offered by the University of Maine McGillicuddy Humanities Center during the Sidewalk Art Festival in Bangor. “It gives you an opportunity to build your portfolio and then build a market,” said Freya Drew, a UMaine art education student, about participating and showcasing her work in the festival.
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