by Karen Larkin | Apr 6, 2024
Sunday, April 28th1:00PM – 2:30PM & 3:00PM – 5:30PM Have you ever wondered how traditional indigenous communities knew which types of materials to use for making tools, and how to source them? Join traditional skills expert and IAIS Head of Fabrication...
by Karen Larkin | Apr 6, 2024
Wednesday, April 24th7:00PM – 9:00PMThis is a Virtual Event Looking to expand your reading list and discuss a variety of issues and topics important to Native people? Please join our virtual book club, As They Speak: Native Voices in Today’s Literature. Based on...
by Karen Larkin | Apr 6, 2024
Wednesday April 24 – Thursday April 25 This is a Fundraising Event The Greater Waterbury and Litchfield Hills Give Local is an annual 36-hour online fundraising campaign uniting donors, businesses, and local charities to provide much-needed support for our...
by Karen Larkin | Apr 6, 2024
Saturday, April 20th 1:00PM – 3:00PM This is a Members Only Event Join us for our Annual Members’ Meeting, where we will formally elect our 2024 Officers and Trustees. Following, we invite you to join IAIS staff for an interactive workshop in which we will weave...
by Karen Larkin | Apr 6, 2024
Saturday, April 13th 10:00AM – 1:00PM Native peoples traditionally recognized that all beings are related and that animals and plants can be our teachers. With the changes in the season, you might be seeing and hearing different sights and sounds if you take a...
by Karen Larkin | Mar 5, 2024
Sunday, March 30th 11:00AM – 2:00PM Did you know: the word moccasin comes from the Algonkian word meaning shoe or footwear? Traditional Native American clothing varies widely from tribe to tribe, but nearly one universal element has been the moccasin. This...
by Karen Larkin | Mar 5, 2024
Saturday, March 23rd 2:00PM – 4:00PM This is a Virtual Event. Gladys Tantaquidgeon (Mohegan) was a medicine woman, tribal elder, author, and anthropologist who helped to found the oldest tribally-owned museum in the United States, the Tantaquidgeon Museum,...
by Karen Larkin | Mar 5, 2024
Saturday, March 16th 1:00PM – 4:00PM Do you have any stone artifacts or Northeastern Native American cultural items? Between 1:00 and 4:00pm, our Research Department will be hosting an Artifact I.D. Day. Join the conversation as we identify and provide...
by Karen Larkin | Mar 5, 2024
Sunday, March 17th 1:00PM – 3:00PM The IAIS Education Department frequently offers family-friendly educational workshops on Sunday afternoons. This year, many of our Sunday Fun Day workshops feature the teachings of trees and the power of plants, which...
by Karen Larkin | Mar 2, 2024
Wednesday, March 27th 7:00PM – 9:00PM This is a virtual discussion. Looking to expand your reading list and discuss a variety of issues and topics important to Native people? Please join our virtual book club, As They Speak: Native Voices in Today’s Literature....
