Events
Wampanoag Nation: People of the First Light – Speaker/Discussion Series
June 9, 2021 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm CDT
An event every week that begins at 4:00 pm on Wednesday, repeating until August 11, 2021
One event on September 2, 2021 at 4:00 pm
The Truro Historical Society is hosting a series of talks to accompany their upcoming “Wampanoag Nation: People of the First Light” exhibition.
June 9: Jennifer Weston: “Reviving the Wampanoag Language”
June 16: Andrew Lipman: “The Death and Life of Squanto”
July 7: Drew Lopenzina: “400 Years of Settlement Through an Indian’s Looking-Glass”
July 14: Voices of Indigenous Poets: Lucy Lang Day, Ben Naka-Hasebe Kingsley, Cheryl Savageau, and Ron Welburn
August 4: Lin Fisher and Paula Peters: “Native Enslavement and Settler Colonialism in Early New England
August 11: Deborah Spears Moorehead: “Eastern Woodland Traditional Storytelling”
September 2: Truro Connections Program: Red Hawk Singers and Dancers