Museum Day is an annual celebration of boundless curiosity hosted by Smithsonian Magazine. Participating museums across the country provide Free Admission to anyone presenting a Museum Day ticket. Bring along your ticket and your curiosity! This is a one-day event in which participating museums and cultural institutions across the country provide free entry to anyone […]
Wednesday, September 29, 7:00pm on ZOOM Looking to expand your reading list and discuss a variety of issues and topics important to Native people? Please join our digital book club, As They Speak: Native Voices in Today’s Literature. Based on a variety of topics and featuring a range of genres, all of the books we will […]
Thursday, October 7, 2021, 7:00 pm. Connecticut’s Paleo-Indian Sites. This final webinar will feature Dr. Zachary (Zac) Singer, Research Archeologist, Maryland Historical Trust and Dr. David Leslie, Archeological and Historical Services, Storrs, CT. Dr. Singer will present the excavations at the Templeton Paleo-Indian site in western Connecticut and Dr. Leslie will provide an update on the […]
Saturday, October 9 at 1:00pm for In Person Screening In Person Event with Virtual Option The history of boarding schools and adoption to Non-Native families has seen countless numbers of Native American youth separated from their families and communities. Indeed, Native American /Alaska Native children remain three times more likely to be placed in foster […]
Sunday, October 10 at 3:00pm on Zoom The Litchfield Hills Archaeology Club welcomes Dr. Nicholas Bellantoni, emeritus state archaeologist with the Connecticut State Museum of Natural History at the University of Connecticut. This presentation is based on his new book And So the Tomb Remained, telling of the former state archaeologist’s investigations into five 18th […]
Saturday, October 16, 11:00am – 4:00pm In Person Event Ongoing throughout the day, dig into the fun with IAIS Staff and uncover what makes archaeology such a fascinating field of study. Archaeology is the study of objects that people leave behind and helps those in the present figure out what life was like in societies […]
Sunday, October 17, Timeslots from 1:00pm to 4:00pm In Person, Small Group Event Join the IAIS Education Department for a small group craft workshop on a Sunday afternoon. Sign up for a time slot with your family and friends. Express your creativity while learning about the world around you and connecting with a culture that […]
October Title: Savage Conversations by Leanne Howe Wednesday, October 27 at 7:00pm on ZOOM - Virtual Event Looking to expand your reading list and discuss a variety of issues and topics important to Native people? Please join our digital book club, As They Speak: Native Voices in Today’s Literature. Based on a variety of topics […]
“Native American Communities and Archaeology: Past, Present, and Future" Saturday, October 30, 2021 1:00pm-5:00pm Virtual via ZOOM PLEASE NOTE: The original scheduled time for the Roundtable has changed! The Roundtable now starts at 1:00pm. North American anthropology had its beginnings in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, when scholars were laboring […]
Friday, November 12 at 4:00pm The installation explores the root causes of the MMIW epidemic. Through spreading awareness the artist promotes actionable change. According to the Urban Health Institute, 5,712 cases of MMIW were reported in 2016, of these, only 116 were logged into the Department of Justice Database. Dante Biss-Grayson, in this ongoing installation […]