Honoring Indigenous People’s Day

This coming Monday, we celebrate the first people to call this land home. We recognize the struggles and tragedy they suffer, but also the fortitude they show. We honor their many generations of stewardship of the land, and their important contributions to our communities today.

Looking for ways to engage with, learn about, and respect Indigenous People’s Day?

Check out the list below…

• Wabanaki REACH is showing Dawnland – a documentary about the Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission – and having a discussion on Monday, which can be viewed here.
  • Oct 11th, 2021 at 6:00pm – 7:30pm – Space is limited and registration is required.

• University of Maine Farmington is hosting a weeklong series exploring Indigenous issues. The events are free and open to the public – organized in collaboration with: Bomazeen Land Trust, a non-profit founded and run by Wabanaki people, and Sunlight Media Collective, an organization of Indigenous and non-Indigenous media makers and activists, including Wabanaki community members. The lineup can be viewed here.
  • Oct 11th – Indigenous Peoples’ Day Virtual Teach-In with Bomazeen Land Trust and Sunlight Media Collective (virtual)
    • Film: The Penobscot: Ancestral River, Contested Territory (45 min)
    • Film: The Saga Continues: Penobscot River Case Update (7 min)
    • Film: Kihtahkomikumon (Our Land) – #IslandBack in Passamaquoddy Territory (20 min)
  • Oct 13th – Presentation: #LandBack, Water Rights, and Decolonization in Wabanaki Territory (in-person)
    • 11:45am to 1:00pm | Emery Community Arts Center Performance Space
  • Oct 15th – Presentation / Discussion: Decolonizing the University Through Placed-Based Agreements with Tribal Nations (in-person)
    • 11:45am to 1:00pm | Emery Community Arts Center Performance Space