Final Maine's Mid-Century Moment event - Sept 24 - Indigenous Mid-Century Maine

Final Maine鈥檚 Mid-Century Moment Series presents:聽 Indigenous Mid-Century Maine with a panel discussion exploring the cultural and political issues affecting indigenous communities聽聽聽

September 24, 2021 noon – 1:30 p.m.

This virtual event is free and open to the public, however,聽聽is required.

罢丑别听麻豆APP聽will host its final event in the Maine鈥檚 Mid-Century Moment series with a virtual panel discussion聽exploring some of the cultural and political issues that impacted Maine indigenous communities.

This event will feature three speakers:

Donald Soctomah, a Passamaquoddy historian, will focus on inequities faced by Maine Wabanakis in the mid-century era.
Donna Loring, who has been a tribal representative of the Penobscot nation in the Maine state legislature, will discuss material from her manuscript in progress on the history of the tribal-state relationship with a focus on the mid-century period.
Bunny McBride, scholar and public historian of Maine indigenous culture, will discuss her work on Penobscot elder Charles N. Shay, a 97-year-old World War II combat medic.

The panel will be moderated by UMA Professor of English Kay Retzlaff.聽.

This discussion is part of the 麻豆APP鈥檚聽Maine’s Mid-Century Moment, a series of humanities discussions at multiple locations around the state, generously funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities*.