The Big Read: Love Medicine Book Talk

Saturday, Jan. 11, 2-3:30 pm

Join Lorén Spears (Narragansett/Niantic) at the Research Library to talk about Louise Erdrich’s first novel, Love Medicine. It is the first book about the Kashpaws and Lamartines whom we have gotten to know over the years. Lorén shares an indigenous perspective about Love Medicine, so if you haven’t read it yet, pick up a copy and come; if you have read it, here’s a chance to discuss it with others. Free! Call 860-396-6897 for more information or visit www.pequotmuseum.org to find out about this and other programs.

The Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) designed to restore reading to the center of American culture. Managed by Arts Midwest, The Big Read provides competitive grants to support innovative reading programs in selected communities.

 Plan to visit the library again on Saturday, January 25, 1-2:30 pm, to hear Rachel Sayet (Mohegan) talk about her Master’s thesis from Harvard: Moshup: Enduring Aquinnah Wampanoag Stories.

Rachel Sayet

The Big Read Kick-Off

Thursday, Sept. 19, 6:30-8:30 pm

Big Read Kick Off at the URI Multicultural Center, 74 Lower College Rd., Kingston, RI

The Big Read has selected Louise Erdrich’s first novel, Love Medicine as one of the works for discussion this year. Join us on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2-3:30 pm, to talk about Love Medicine with Tomaquag Museum’s director and educator Lorén Spears. As a Narragansett/Niantic, Lorén shares an indigenous perspective on how Erdrich weaves historic and familial trauma with hope and renewal. In the Research Library where we have copies you can borrow or buy one at the Museum gift shop. Free. Call (860) 396-6897 for information.

The Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) designed to restore reading to the center of American culture. Managed by Arts Midwest, The Big Read provides competitive grants to support innovative reading programs in selected communities.

The Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. www.neabigread.org

Meet the Editor

Meet the Editor: Dawn Dove (Narragansett)

 Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012, 1-2 pm

We have a new program in our popular series featuring local Native writers. This session is a little different –we get to meet an editor! Dawn Dove, Narragansett elder, is coming to the library to talk about Through Our Eyes, An Indigenous View of Mashapaug Pond, a book she co-edited with Holly Ewald, founder of Urban Pond Procession. This beautiful book is the product of a year-long project to help people imagine what life would have been like for indigenous people living by Mashapaug Pond, in Providence, RI, before European contact. Narragansett community members ages 6 to 92 created collages about Mashapaug using photography, stamping, natural items, and hand-printed papers. The stories and poems illuminate their history, culture, and artistic expression. As an added bonus, Loren Spears (Narragansett), Tomaquag Indian Memorial Museum director and educator, speaks about the significance of connecting art and culture to science and environmental curriculum. Please call the Research Library at (860) 396-6897 for more information.