The Ā鶹APP is honoring Indigenous Peoplesā Day on Monday October 10, 2022. In 2019 Maine became one of fourteen states to recognize Indigenous Peoplesā Day, which is celebrated on the second Monday of October. This day replaces what used to be known as Columbus Day. Indigenous Peoplesā Day recognizes the violent dispossession of Native American people by European settlers and their systemic displacement by Federal policies and makes a commitment to re-establish their sovereignty and provide reparations for the harm done to those groups. While , the prompted more states to recognize it.
In Fall 2021, UMA recognized the Indigenous Peoplesā Day by sharing the reflection of a UMA student from Mvskoke Nation with the university community, inviting the Honorable Donna Loring, former Senior Advisor on Tribal Affairs to Governor Janet Mills, to deliver the convocation keynote address, and launching a new course on Tribal Law. The UMA community joined a local panel discussion on cultural and political issues affecting Maineās Indigenous communities and a Maine State Forum on the Penobscot Nation Tribal Court.
For more information on the dayās history in Maine, read about this . Maineās current governor Janet Mills āā.
If you want to know more and take more action. You can also to honor the Day.
UMA Events Honoring Native American Culture and History
Moose Book Club: Night of the Living Rez
- The Office of Student Life at UMA is organizing an online Moose Book Club session in November to celebrate the Native American Heritage Month. Join to read and discuss by Morgan Talty (available through UMA libraries) – a story collection based on a Native community in Maine – with UMA students, staff and faculty.
Local Events Honoring Native American Culture and History
Many Voices: Who Gets to Tell the Story?
- In Brunswick, attend āā in Curtis Memorial Library on September 28, 6pm-8pm, an event organized by the .
Digital Land Mapping Project
- You can also attend a by Pejepscot Portage Mapping Project on digital mapping of Indigenous lands on October 6, 6pm-8pm at Brunswickās Curtis Memorial Library.
Mali Obomsawin
- In Bangor, you can listen to the at Bangor Arts Exchange on October 29 at 7:30 PM
Truth Telling Initiative & Other Learning Opportunities
- To learn more about and contribute to the spirit of the day, check out the 2022 Native-led non-profit Wabanaki Reachās that addresses Maine Indian land claims through oral history.
- for those who prefer to learn more about the past and present of Maineās Indigenous communities.
- Watch this webinar on by Rethink Outsideā¢ and the First Nations Development Institute.
- Watch the documentary film and join the online panel discussion on October 20, 6:30 pm on the impact of the world market on wild blueberry harvest by Wabanaki Indigenous people from the US and Canada.
Recommended Videos from the Sunlight Media Collective
The Sunlight Media Collective is an organization of Indigenous and non-Indigenous media makers and activists, including Wabanaki tribal members, working to document and present stories affecting Wabanaki people and highlighting Wabanaki perspectives, with a particular emphasis on the intersection between environmental issues and tribal rights.
The Penobscot: Ancestral River, Contested Territory traverses the landscape of deal-making and deal-breaking which has historically defined tribal-state relations in Maine. Spanning from the 1700ās to the present-day legal battle being played out in Penobscot Nation v. Mills, the film illustrates the history of Penobscotsā tenacious fight to retain their territory and their inherent, treaty-reserved sustenance fishing rights for future generations. The Penobscot: Ancestral River, Contested Territory features the Penobscot peopleās traditional, centuries-long stewardship to ensure a healthy ecosystem for all of Maine. It tells the urgent, inspiring story of a struggle for justice and cultural survival in the face of an astonishingly open abuse of state power.
The Saga Continues is an August 2021 update to the Penobscot River case written by Maria Girouard (Penobscot Nation), an historian with a particular interest and expertise in the Maine Indian Land Claims.
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