UPCOMING EVENTS
2010
• March 5,6,7,13,14,20,21,27,27: “Sogaliskisos - Maple Sugaring Traditions," "Fur Mittens and Wooden Snowshoes - Algonkian Winter Fashions," and "Talk With the Indian Doctress.” Featured performances at Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, MA. For times, see OSV Events Calendar at http://www.osv.org/activities_events/events.html
NATIVE AMERICAN MUSIC AND STORYTELLING PERFORMANCES
2009
• November 26-28, 2009: “Algonkian Traditions of Giving Thanks.” Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, MA.
• October 3-4, 2009: "The Dawnland Singers." Saratoga Native American Festival, Saratoga Spa State Park, Saratoga Springs, NY.
• July 11-12, 2009: "Hand in Hand." Champlain Quadricentennial Celebration, Burlington, VT.
• May 8, 2009: "Abenaki Oral Traditions." Putney Central School, Putney, VT.
2008
• November 27-29, 2008: “Algonkian Traditions of Giving Thanks.” Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, MA.
• October 12, 2008: “Abenaki Songs and Stories of Waterways.” “Maritime Storytelling
Festival.” Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Vergennes, VT
• August 9, 2008: “Adirondack Indian Stories.” Keene Valley Storytelling
Festival, Jay Entertainment and Music Society, Jay, NY.
• August 2, 2008: “Abenaki Songs, Stories, and Dances.” Champlain Valley Folk
Festival, Kingsland Bay State Park, Ferrisburgh, VT.
• June 22, 2008: “W’Abenaki Dancers.” Vermont History Expo, Tunbridge Fairgrounds, VT.
• July 14 and August 11, 2008: “Native Songs and Stories of the Connecticut River Valley.”
Elder Hostel at Historic Deerfield, Deerfield,
MA.
INVITED PRESENTATIONS FOR SPECIAL EVENTS
2009
• September 1, 2009: “Welcome to Ndakinna.” Keynote speaker for School for International Training Commencement, Brattleboro, VT.
• July 19-24, 2009. Writer in Residence for Wabanaki Youth Writers' Camp, Penobscot Nation, Oldtown, ME.
2008
• November 6-7, 2008: “Hiding in Plain Sight: Native Families in New
England.” Invited speaker for “Native American Heritage Month.” Truman
State University, Kirksville, MD.
• October 18, 2008: “The Indians of Indian Lake.” Invited speaker for the Adirondack Museum, Blue Mountain Lake, NY.
• August 23, 2008: “The Indian Doctress Meets the Yankee Physician.”
Invited speaker for the Silsby Free Public Library at Fort Number 4,
Charlestown, NH.
• June 4, 2008: “Hear the Women: A Sharing of History and Continuance of Our
Culture.” Invited speaker for Gedakina and Penobscot Nation, Indian
Island, ME.
• April 12, 2008: “Native Oral Traditions and Connections to Place.”
Keynote speaker for “Hudson River Diversity Residency.” Empire State
College, White Plains, NY.
• March 22, 2008: “Continuing Algonkian Histories.” Invited speaker for “Continuing
Histories” at the Ndakinna Education Center, Greenfield Center, NY.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS FOR K-12 TEACHERS:
2009
• December 11, 2009: “Cultural Perceptions and Misconceptions in Understanding Native Peoples." Workshop for "Native American & European Interactions: Rethinking Early American History," West Somerville School and Primary Source Institute, Reading, MA.
2008
• October 7, 2008: “Abenaki Perspectives on Lake Champlain.” Workshop for Vermont Public Television and Vermont Department of Education, Vergennes, VT.
• October 2, 2008: “Cultural Misperceptions in Understanding Native
Peoples.” Workshop for “Native American Perspectives on U.S.
History,” Primary Source Institute, Watertown, MA.
• July 15, 2008: “Native Americans in Colonial New England.” Workshop for “Massachusetts History (1620-1812) for Elementary Schools.”
Coolidge Middle School and Primary Source Institute, Reading, MA.
• July 14, 2008: “The Indian Doctor.” Performance and workshop for
“Citizenship, Property, Identity, and Representation: the Historical
Journey of Southern New England’s Native Peoples,” American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, MA.
• May 2, 2008: “Hiding in Plain Sight: the Abenaki in Vermont.” Invited
speaker for Vermont Librarians’ Conference, Vermont Library
Association, Stowe, VT.
This list will be updated as more information becomes available.
Contact Marge Bruchac by phone at (413) 584-2195 or by email at maligeet@earthlink.net.
