tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61771676869692923972024-02-19T20:16:42.210-05:00Mashantucket Pequot Museum Libraries and Archives BlogMashantucket Pequot Libraries and Archiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13200649659829777032noreply@blogger.comBlogger93125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177167686969292397.post-45724300716711062752014-11-22T11:08:00.000-05:002014-11-22T11:08:22.174-05:00Seasonal Closing<div class="MsoNormal">
Because the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center
is closing seasonally this year, the Research Library, the Children’s Library,
and Archives & Special Collections are closed beginning December 1, 2014.
Please call (800) 411-9671 for additional information.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Mashantucket Pequot Libraries and Archiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13200649659829777032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177167686969292397.post-50559572664873749992014-10-24T14:32:00.000-04:002014-10-24T14:32:16.580-04:00Maps of Early New England<div class="MsoNormal">
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History of Cartography and director of the History of Cartography Project at
the University of Maine. He plans to discuss early representations of European
exploration and North American colonization with a look at historical maps and
the cartographic shaping of New England during the 17th and 18th centuries. We will have examples from Museum’s collection of maps depicting New England from the 16th
to the 20th centuries. In the Fleet Room. $10 for the lecture; Museum admission
is not required. To register, call (800) 411-9671 or email
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Mashantucket Pequot Libraries and Archiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13200649659829777032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177167686969292397.post-29530988211756763582014-10-02T16:40:00.000-04:002014-10-02T16:40:00.009-04:00Books and AuthorsOctober is a time to fall back into reading! We have two authors visiting the Museum this month which is great for all of us who love to read and who enjoy meeting authors.<br />
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On Saturday, October 11, Major Jason Warren lectures about his book, <i>Connecticut Unscathed: Victory in the Great Narragansett War, 1675-1676</i>. Why and how did the Connecticut colony survive King Philip's War without heavy involvement in the fighting? Dr. Warren lectures at 1:30 pm in the Auditorium. You don't have to pay admission to the Museum for the lecture, which has costs $10, but you might want to because there is a 17th century encampment happening that day on the Farmstead. Call (800) 411-9671 or email rsvp@pequotmuseum.org to register.<br />
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The second author is Gerald Vizenor (White Earth Nation of the Anishinaabeg). He is an award winning well-known and respected writer who is professor emeritus of American Studies at Berkeley. His newest historical novel, <i>Blue Ravens, </i>was published this year by Wesleyan Press which is sponsoring his visit here.<br />
"Aloysius Hudon Beaulieu created marvelous blue ravens that stormy summer." That's the first sentence of the story of two brothers who live on, and then leave, the White Earth Reservation in Minnesota. From 1907, when they are twelve to 1924 when they are living in Paris, after serving in France during World War I, they travel far from their home but remain visionary painters and storiers. Come to the Research Library on Oct. 18, 1:30-3 pm. FREE.Mashantucket Pequot Libraries and Archiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13200649659829777032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177167686969292397.post-21165817972576782752014-09-11T14:22:00.001-04:002014-09-11T14:22:43.390-04:00Gerald Vizenor<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We are pleased that Gerald Vizenor (White Earth Nation of the Anishinaabeg) is visiting the Research Library on Saturday, October 18, 2014. He reads from, and talks about, his new novel, <i>Blue Ravens</i>, recently published by Wesleyan University Press which is supporting, in part, his visit here.</span><div>
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Mashantucket Pequot Libraries and Archiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13200649659829777032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177167686969292397.post-1668987766142433132014-08-15T11:22:00.000-04:002014-08-15T11:22:27.359-04:00Dawnland Voices<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Mi’kmaq, Maliseet, Passamaquoddy,
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past and present, are collected in this hefty paperback. We turned first to the
Schaghticoke section to read the essays by Trudie Lamb Richmond, former director
of Public Programming here at the Museum, and who is, in the words of a
colleague, “a living legend.” The writings gathered together here highlight the
rich literary traditions of Native New England.</span> <o:p></o:p></div>
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Mashantucket Pequot Libraries and Archiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13200649659829777032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177167686969292397.post-85752092901394537092014-08-01T11:05:00.000-04:002014-08-01T11:05:19.728-04:00Major Jason W. WarrenWhat was Connecticut's role in King Philip's War? Why did the colony remain unscathed when many towns in Rhode Island and Massachusetts were destroyed? Find out the answers on October 11, 2014, when Major Jason W. Warren visits the Research Library. Major Warren lectures at 1:30 pm and signs books afterwards. Buy a copy of the compelling book at the Gift Shop!<br />
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<i>Connecticut Unscathed: </i><i>Victory in the Great Narragansett </i><i>War, 1675–167</i>6<br />
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Volume 45 in the Campaigns and Commanders Series published by the University of Oklahoma Press, 2014.<br />
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Major Jason W. Warren, U.S. Army, received his doctorate in history from Ohio State University and served as an Assistant Professor of history at West Point. He is a strategist at the Army War College. Major Warren conducted research at the Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center about the participation of Pequot and Mohegan forces in King Philip's War.</div>
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Mashantucket Pequot Libraries and Archiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13200649659829777032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177167686969292397.post-66575525263733016892014-07-26T11:43:00.000-04:002014-08-06T09:44:12.446-04:00American Indian Youth Literature Award Ceremony<div class="MsoNormal">
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2014 American Indian Youth Literature Award ceremony at ALA in Las Vegas. The
audience cheered the winners and laughed with multiple award-winning author Tim Tingle, whose key note speech was filled with humor and emotion. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.leeandlow.com/">Click here</a> to go to Tu Books site with more photos of the ceremony. Tu Books, an Imprint of Lee and Low Books, published the Young Adult award winning book, <i>Killer of Enemies</i>, by Joseph Bruchac (Abenaki).</span>Mashantucket Pequot Libraries and Archiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13200649659829777032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177167686969292397.post-23033505571728134202014-07-18T16:06:00.000-04:002014-07-18T16:07:23.860-04:00Connecticut Unscathed: Victory in the Great Narragansett War, 1675-1676<div class="MsoNormal">
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military lens in this intriguing presentation by U.S. Army Major (Dr.) Jason
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Unscathed: Victory in the Great Narragansett War, 1675-1676</i>. King Philip’s
War, one of the bloodiest conflicts in American history, saw many towns in
Rhode Island and Massachusetts destroyed, while Connecticut remained unscathed<i>. </i>The book refocuses Connecticut’s role
in the war and discusses how the colony achieved success by establishing a
policy of moderation towards the Native groups living within its borders. Major
Warren lectures at 1:30, and signs books, 2:30-4:30, in the Research Library.
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Mashantucket Pequot Libraries and Archiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13200649659829777032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177167686969292397.post-50052982700269757622014-07-18T15:22:00.002-04:002014-07-18T16:56:41.429-04:00Gerald Vizenor<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXYPDNZoSxNfsPP68OqcMWLbWTTpF4r4yzCbZWtsrhNDWg2zHt8_VIWADsx0SGLgDSecYQ9fTdz_dFnD55FHxYZH2-fID34t8-63Yp-rMeMOtGej9oEp7A5S4QlT9rrVLYCVvuH6EUObkm/s1600/Vizenor+-+Blue+Ravens+C%2523456.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXYPDNZoSxNfsPP68OqcMWLbWTTpF4r4yzCbZWtsrhNDWg2zHt8_VIWADsx0SGLgDSecYQ9fTdz_dFnD55FHxYZH2-fID34t8-63Yp-rMeMOtGej9oEp7A5S4QlT9rrVLYCVvuH6EUObkm/s1600/Vizenor+-+Blue+Ravens+C%2523456.jpg" height="200" width="131" /></a><br />
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Vizenor, prolific novelist, poet, literary critic, and citizen of the White
Earth Nation of the Anishinaabeg in Minnesota, reads from and signs copies of
his new novel, </span><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Blue Ravens</i><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. Vizenor retells
his uncles’ stories of growing up on the White Earth Reservation, where their
family was known for operating tribal newspapers. He follows their saga as
soldiers, fighting on the battlefields of Château-Thierry, Montbréhain, and
Bois de Fays, during WWI. After their service, his uncles return to the White
Earth Reservation, only to find that they are captives in their own land.
Eventually, they leave again, going to Paris to pursue their creative
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Berkeley. His novel <i>Griever: An American Monkey King in China</i>, won the
American Book Award and the New York Fiction Collective Award. He was the
primary author of the White Earth Nation's newly ratified constitution. Mr. Vizenor's appearance at the Mashantucket Pequot Museum is supported in part by the Wesleyan University Press, publisher of <i>Blue Ravens</i>.</span></div>
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Mashantucket Pequot Libraries and Archiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13200649659829777032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177167686969292397.post-29509348568605206482014-05-07T11:56:00.000-04:002014-05-07T11:56:44.403-04:002 New Pathfinders Books<div class="MsoNormal">
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Company in Summertown, Tennessee, has added two new titles in their high
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Tim Tingle (Choctaw) continues Danny
Blackgoat’s story in the second of three books about the Navajo teenager taken
prisoner during the Long Walk of 1864. Look for <i>Danny Blackgoat: Rugged Road</i> <i>to
Freedom</i> and you will want go back and read the first book, <i>Danny Blackgoat,
Navajo Prisoner</i> which was named the 2014 American Indian Youth Literature Award
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Gary Robinson writes about contemporary American Indian boys
exploring their heritage through sports, canoe trips, powwows, and more. His
latest book is <i>Son Who Returns</i>. Fifteen
year old Mark Centeno spends the summer with his Chumash grandmother: “I had attended
one of the largest gatherings of Native people in the country. And I had danced
the Men’s Traditional style like my grandfather before me.”<o:p></o:p></div>
Mashantucket Pequot Libraries and Archiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13200649659829777032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177167686969292397.post-79204678537387581492014-04-02T16:01:00.000-04:002014-04-02T16:01:13.512-04:00Russ Cohen<div class="MsoNormal">
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fall and noticed that we did not have a copy of his book, <i>Wild Plants I Have Known…and Eaten</i>, in our reference collection. He
promptly gave us a copy and generously included a large handful of shelled shagbark
hickory nuts and some delicious cookies made with hickory nuts. The cookies
disappeared the next morning at a staff meeting, but we saved the nuts and shared
them during the Native Cooking demonstration on the Farmstead. We all now know
how hard it is to crack and pick the meat out of shagbark hickory nuts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Ecological Restoration, Department of Fish and Game, Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
is coming the Museum on <b>Wednesday, April 23</b>. At <b>11:30-12:15 pm</b>, he talks about
the food we can find in the spring. From <b>1-2 pm</b>, he talks about finding and
preparing summer and fall foods. Maybe you will be able to "shop" in the fields and forests this spring and summer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and are free with Museum admission and free to Museum members. If you have ever wanted to forage for food,
this is a wonderful opportunity to learn about eating wild plants and to meet an engaging forager.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to know more about John Eliot and the influence of the first bible printed in
any language in America? The Museum’s copy of the second edition (1685) of the <i>Eliot Bible</i> is on display in the
Research Library, Wed.-Sat., 1-5 pm, through April 26, 2014. In addition to the
Bible, we have a small display of works about John Eliot, including a handful
of theses devoted to him, and we have many microfilms of historical documents including: <i>A brief
narrative of the progress of the gospel amongst the Indians in New-England, in
the year 1670, </i>written by John Eliot. London: Printed for J. Allen, 1671.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Bible with two of the nation’s leading scholars on the intersection of Indians,
language, and religion. <b>Jessie Little Doe Baird</b>, Wampanoag
Language Reclamation Project founder and director, vice-chairwoman of the
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, and MacArthur Foundation Genius Award recipient
presents with Brown University history professor <b>Linford Fisher</b>, author of <i>The
Indian Great Awakening</i>. The discussion is in War Theater I and is free with Museum admission, free to Museum
members. Plan to visit the Research Library after the talk to view the Bible</span>.<o:p></o:p></div>
Mashantucket Pequot Libraries and Archiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13200649659829777032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177167686969292397.post-37858130897593190822014-02-15T11:01:00.000-05:002014-03-01T14:00:47.479-05:002014 American Indian Youth Literature Awards<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;">
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announce the 2014 American Indian Youth Literature Award winners. The awards
were created to identify and honor the very best writing and illustrations by
and about American Indians, Alaska Natives, Canadian First Nations, and Native
Hawaiians</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The winning and honor
titles convey the past and present of the American Indian experience and</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> are given in three
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Mashantucket Pequot Libraries and Archiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13200649659829777032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177167686969292397.post-85816607346479575262014-02-07T16:29:00.000-05:002014-02-07T16:32:46.803-05:00Rachel Sayet<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Fortunately the
snow held off on Saturday, January 25, when Rachel Sayet gave an excellent talk
based her extensive research about Moshup which culminated in her Master’s
thesis from Harvard University Extension.
As a young girl living at Mohegan, Rachel learned traditional stories of
giants and little people from her elders. The giant, Moshup, is always
connected to the land and sea of southern New England. Mohegan and Pequot
people as well as Aquinnah and Mashpee Wampanoags have many stories about
Moshup which have been passed down for hundreds of years. In the 1920s,
Rachel’s great-aunt Gladys Tantaquidgeon began recording Moshup stories among
the Aquinnah of Martha’s Vineyard. Rachel demonstrated that while many
different people have recorded Moshup stories, each from a unique perspective
and for different purposes, these stories have always connected the Aquinnah
Wampanoag people to the landscape, thereby reinforcing sovereignty for their
nation and ensuring their survival. Rachel’s engaging presentation was well
received by an interested and thoughtful audience in the Research Library. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Mashantucket Pequot Libraries and Archiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13200649659829777032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177167686969292397.post-28750618160470276412013-12-11T16:13:00.000-05:002013-12-11T16:17:08.537-05:00The Big Read: Love Medicine Book Talk <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px;">Saturday, Jan. 11, 2-3:30 pm</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Join Lor</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">é</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">n
Spears (Narragansett/Niantic) at the Research Library to talk about Louise
Erdrich’s first novel, <i>Love Medicine</i>.
It is the first book about the Kashpaws and Lamartines whom we have gotten to
know over the years. Lor</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">é</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">n
shares an indigenous perspective about <i>Love
Medicine,</i> 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 <a href="http://www.pequotmuseum.org/">www.pequotmuseum.org</a>
to find out about this and other programs.</span></span><br />
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January 25, 1-2:30 pm, to hear Rachel Sayet (Mohegan) talk about her Master’s
thesis from Harvard: <i>Moshup: Enduring Aquinnah
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(Santee/Cree), Beverly Slapin and Carolyn Silverman (Cherokee/Blackfeet). Oyate,
1995.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Mashantucket Pequot Libraries and Archiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13200649659829777032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177167686969292397.post-4693203340551011422013-10-30T13:33:00.001-04:002013-10-31T08:45:30.386-04:00Storytelling with Joe and Jesse Bruchac, Trudie Lamb Richmond, and Candyce TestaMark your calendars for this Saturday, November 2, 2014, and join Abenaki storytellers, Joe and Jesse Bruchac, at the Pequot Museum. From 1-2:30 pm, the Bruchacs share some of their huge collection of Native stories; ones that teach us lessons, even when we're laughing. Trudie Lamb Richmond and Candyce Testa tell a few stories, too, and the afternoon will fly by. Meet the storytellers after the event. Buy their books and get them autographed!<br />
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Mashantucket Pequot Libraries and Archiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13200649659829777032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177167686969292397.post-37264225315251637902013-09-13T09:54:00.000-04:002013-09-13T09:55:14.751-04:00The Big Read Kick-Off<div class="MsoNormal">
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discussion this year. Join us on <b>Saturday,
Jan. 11, 2-3:30 pm</b>, to talk about <i>Love
Medicine</i> 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.</span></div>
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Mashantucket Pequot Libraries and Archiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13200649659829777032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177167686969292397.post-39985530463301266852013-09-06T15:51:00.000-04:002013-09-06T15:55:07.629-04:00Joe and Jesse Bruchac <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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pleased to announce that Joe’s son Jesse is joining the storytelling program here on
Nov. 2. Jesse is a graduate of Goddard College, where his thesis was the
creation of a syllabus for teaching the Abenaki language, and has worked
extensively over the last 15 years in projects involving the
preservation of the Abenaki language, storytelling, music and traditional
culture.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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this blog for more information about Jesse, Joe, Trudie, and Candyce who are the
storytellers taking the stage on Nov. 2 at 1 pm.</span>Mashantucket Pequot Libraries and Archiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13200649659829777032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177167686969292397.post-50971611080440389342013-08-29T11:13:00.002-04:002013-09-06T15:54:42.878-04:00Joe Bruchac: Storyteller<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Is it too early to think about November? No! Mark your
calendar now so you won’t forget to come on </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Saturday, November 2, 1-2:30 pm, </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">to hear well-known storyteller and
author Joseph Bruchac. His books and stories reflect his Abenaki roots and his
lifelong interest in American Indian histories and cultures. Most of Joe's books
are based on Native traditional teachings, and many of his stories are ones
he’s learned from the elders. His enthusiastic storytelling is </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">amazing; you</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">“see”
the animals, people, and events in his stories. Joining him to tell a story or two, are local storytellers, Trudie Lamb Richmond (Schaghticoke) and
Candyce Testa (Pequot). Free with Museum admission, free to Museum
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Mashantucket Pequot Libraries and Archiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13200649659829777032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177167686969292397.post-68673933619811729942013-08-09T13:49:00.001-04:002013-08-15T16:30:05.729-04:00Check out Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. #BookLoversDay<div class="MsoNormal">
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published in 2007 by Little, Brown, is among my favorite books. Lots of readers know about the novel because it has won many awards including the <b>National Book Award for Young People’s
Literature</b> and the <b>American Indian
Youth Literature Award for Young Adults</b>. It’s a great read – one that makes
you laugh and cry along with Junior as he makes his way in a new school and at
home on the reservation. But it continues to show up on lists of banned books. Read
it and see what you think – I join many others in loving it.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Mashantucket Pequot Libraries and Archiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13200649659829777032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177167686969292397.post-84239653376651012292013-08-02T15:11:00.000-04:002013-08-09T13:54:32.660-04:00New Books for Teens<div class="MsoNormal">
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ghost when this book begins, so you have to pay very close attention. I should
tell you something else. I see things before they happen. You are probably
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identities can clash. And dance. And laugh. Gansworth informs readers about
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of Canada’s award-winning authors, Richard Wagamese‘s new book is an Orca Rapid
Reads book and it is a quick, yet compelling story about what happens when Lucas
Smoke, extraordinary woodcarver, is asked to carve a spirit mask by a
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Mashantucket Pequot Libraries and Archiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13200649659829777032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6177167686969292397.post-27529213974103208132013-04-27T16:22:00.002-04:002013-04-27T16:22:31.416-04:00S.D. Nelson<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We’ve just added 2 new, beautiful books by S.D. Nelson to our
collection of books by Native authors. He is a member of the Standing Rock
Sioux Tribe and is an artist, writer, and gifted craftsman whose works of art
are influenced by his Lakota heritage, yet they are contemporary
interpretations of traditional images. Children respond to his pictures with people,
horses, and animals of many vivid colors. <i>Greet
the Dawn: The Lakota Way,</i> is a lyrical creation of images and colors, and follows
people through the day from dawn to night. <i>Buffalo
Bird Girl: A Hidatsa Story</i> combines his paintings with historical and
contemporary photography to illustrate Waheenee-wea’s (Buffalo Bird Woman) words
which were written down by Gilbert Wilson in the early 1900s. A lengthy, information-filled
author’s note provides valuable background and resources for readers who will
get a feel for her life in Like-a-Fishhook Village. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Louise Erdrich (Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa) was
recently awarded the <b>2013 Scott O’Dell
Award for Historical Fiction, </b>for her latest story in the Birchbark House
series, <i>Chickadee.</i> In 2006, <i>The Game of Silence,</i> her second book in
the series, was recognized as the best historical fiction for young people. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> The year is
now 1866 and Omakayas and Animikiins have 8-year-old twin sons – Chickadee
and Makoons. Their extended family, whom we know from the previous books, is
enjoying the warmer spring weather while maple sugaring. At least they are,
until Chickadee is taken by Zhigaagby’s two sons in revenge for a prank he
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> Finding strength and resourcefulness from his namesake
bird, Chickadee escapes and eventually finds his uncle and his family who has
been desperately tracking his kidnappers from the woods to the Great Plains.
The author is working on the fifth book about Chickadee’s twin,
Makoons, and we hope she continues with the stories which are based on her
family’s experiences.</span><br />
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