Virtual Native American Artist Series: Jeanne Morningstar Kent
Jeanne Kent was named Spozowialakws (Morningstar) by an Abenaki Elder many years ago. It means: "One who leads others out of the darkness into the light...a teacher." She is an […]
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Virtual Native American Artist Series: Annawon Weeden
Annawon Weeden is an actor, activist, dancer and artist with Mashpee Wampanoag, Narragansett and Pequot heritage. Growing up on the Narragansett reservation in south coastal RI, Annawon has been instructed on the traditional dances […]
Virtual Native American Artist Series: Brenda Hill
Brenda Hill (Tuscarora/Choctaw) is an indigenous artist who specializes in pottery and special order clay items. For several decades, she has exhibited and taught the history of Haudenosaunee pottery at […]
Sunday Fun Day Craft Workshops: Snow Snakes
The Institute for American Indian Studies 38 Curtis Road, Washington, CT, United StatesThis traditional Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) winter game involves a stick that is carved and decorated to resemble a snake. Competitors throw the stick along a snow trench and try to see […]
Sunday Fun Day Craft Workshops: Beading
The Institute for American Indian Studies 38 Curtis Road, Washington, CT, United StatesFor thousands of years, many Native peoples decorated clothing and items with materials found in nature, such as shell, stones, seeds and porcupine quills. In more recent centuries, multi-colored glass […]
As They Speak: Native Voices in Today’s Literature – Virtual Book Club
Online EventLooking to expand your reading list and discuss a variety of issues and topics important to Native people? If so, please join our new digital book club, As They Speak: […]
As They Speak: Native Voices in Today’s Literature – Virtual Book Club
As They Speak: Native Voices in Today’s Literature – Virtual Book Club January Title: One Native Life by Richard Wagamese Wednesday, January 27, 7:00pm Looking to expand your reading list and discuss […]
Winter Moon Walk
The Institute for American Indian Studies 38 Curtis Road, Washington, CT, United StatesThe soft sounds of the nighttime winter woodlands provide a pleasant setting for a walk guided by the light of the first full moon of 2021. Join IAIS Educators for […]
Virtual Lecture – Connecticut’s Indigenous Communities and their Natural World
Online EventCT’s indigenous communities have long, rich histories that extend back to when they shared Mother Earth with mastodons and other extinct animals. Through those thousands of years, Native Americans became […]
Earth Day Weekend Walk: Etuaptmumk
The Institute for American Indian Studies 38 Curtis Road, Washington, CT, United StatesEtuaptmumk is a Mi’kmaw saying that translates to “Two-Eyed Seeing.” This concept refers to learning how to see from one eye the strengths of traditional indigenous knowledge, and from the […]