Five years after the state changed the October holiday from Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day, some businesses are giving workers the day off while others are trying to foster greater cultural awareness.
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Portland Museum of Art offering free admission Monday for Indigenous Peoples Day
Numerous special events are planned at the museum.
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Wabanaki exhibit set to debut at Portland children’s museum
The exhibit, titled ‘Ckuwaponahkiyik Atkuhkakonol: Wabanaki Storytelling Through Art and Traditions,’ explores the Wabanaki people.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Maine will be a valuable partner to an independent Greenland
The world’s largest island is in the process of seceding from Denmark. Some Mainers will have front-row seats to this instructive process.
Posted inLocal & State, Schools and Education
Report finds Maine schools failing to teach Wabanaki studies despite state law
The report was published Monday to mark Indigenous Peoples Day and is a collaboration between the Wabanaki Alliance, the Abbe Museum, the Maine Indian Tribal-State Commission and the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine.
Posted inLocal & State
‘We have not vanished’: Advocate for Taíno people, long said to have disappeared, tells their story
Priscilla Colon is part of group trying to preserve the language and culture of the Caribbean Indigenous people encountered by explorers in 1492.
Posted inTimes Record
Mural debate sparks panel discussion at Brunswick library
Curtis Memorial Library will hold a panel discussion on the role of Indigenous voices in public discourse Wednesday evening at 6 p.m.
Posted inThe Forecaster
Midcoast towns invited to free hazardous waste disposal day
Residents of Brunswick, Topsham, Harpswell, Georgetown, Bowdoin and West Bath can dispose of household hazardous waste items for free from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 8 at the Brunswick Public Works Department, 9 Industry Road. Paints, cleaners, batteries, oils and pesticides are among the items that can contain hazardous materials and require alternative methods […]
Posted inThe Forecaster
Indigenous Peoples discussion will focus on local history, inclusion
Midcoast Indigenous Awareness Group will host “Many Voices: Who Gets to Tell the Story?” Sept. 28 at Curtis Memorial Library.
Posted inNation & World, New England, News
Penobscots do not want ancestors’ scalping to be whitewashed
Members of the Penobscot Nation in Maine have produced an educational film addressing how European settlers killed Indigenous people during the British colonial era.