December Title: Apple: Skin to the Core by Eric Gansworth Wednesday, December 29 at 7:00pm 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 […]
Thursday, December 30; 9:30am and 1:30pm sessions Have some children that are experiencing a bit of cabin fever? This program will feature Traditional Native American stories, as well as winter games and activities. Participants will play games such as snow snake, hoop and pole, and keeper of the fire, and take home a creation […]
January 9 @ 4 PM Presenter: Dr. Lucianne Lavin Dr. Lucianne Lavin, director of research and collections at the Institute for American Indian Studies, will launch the Frederick Lee Lectures with an examination of the history and cultures of Connecticut’s first peoples. She will trace 10,000 years of native American history, beginning when Native Americans shared the land with […]
Sunday, January 23, time slots at 1:00, 2:00 and 3:00 Throughout the year, the IAIS Education Department offers small group craft workshops on Sunday afternoons. 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 has thousands of […]
January Title: The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich Wednesday, January 26 @ 7:00pm Looking to expand your reading list and discuss a variety of issues and topics important to Native people? If so, please join our virtual book club, As They Speak: Native Voices in Today’s Literature. Based on a variety of topics and featuring […]
Saturday, January 29, 11:00am and 2:00pm Did you know that snow snake, a traditional Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) winter game, is still played today in many Northern Native American communities? This 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 how […]