Stories about "Native Americans"
Q&A: Poet Robert Strong on ‘Bright Advent’ and King Philip’s War
Thursday, June 15, 2017 4:21 pm
A poet and Bates College faculty member, Robert Strong explores the origins of King Philip's War in his latest book, Bright Advent.
Forums to look at immigration, economy; Wabanaki-state child welfare history
Friday, September 26, 2014 3:21 pm
Harward Center Civic Forums at Bates College in October explore the role of immigration in Maine's economy; and a historic effort to redress problems created by government policies toward Native American children.
Indigenous rights and environmental activist Oren Lyons to discuss sustainability
Tuesday, February 18, 2014 1:10 pm
Chief Oren Lyons, a Native American leader and environmental activist, offers a lecture on March 3.
‘The Swordfish Hunters’: Archaeologist Bruce Bourque tells the story of an ancient people
Wednesday, August 7, 2013 5:12 pm
Bruce Bourque, senior lecturer in anthropology at Bates and curator of archaeology…
Panel, lecture focus on material culture of Wabanaki Indians
Thursday, February 3, 2011 4:04 pm
A panel discussion and lecture at Bates College on Feb. 11 will focus on the material culture of the Wabanaki people, the Native Americans that include Maine's Penobscot, Passamaquoddy, Micmac and Maliseet tribes.
Native Americans' role in mercury legislation at issue in talk by UMaine anthropologist
Wednesday, November 17, 2010 11:44 am
An associate professor of anthropology and coordinator of Native American research at the University of Maine, Darren Ranco discusses the influence of Native American tribes on environmental legislation in a Bates College lecture at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 17, in Room 204 of Carnegie Science Hall, 44 Campus Ave.
Expert on American Indian and Native Hawaiian issues to speak
Wednesday, November 3, 2010 3:21 pm
An expert in American Indian and Native Hawaiian history and culture speaks at Bates College at 4:15 p.m. Monday, Nov. 8, in Room G21, Pettengill Hall, 4 Andrews Road (Alumni Walk). Professor of history, American studies and American Indian studies at the University of Minnesota, David Chang presents the talk Borderlands in a World at Sea: Konkow Indians, Native Hawaiians and South Chinese in Global and National Spaces, 1860s-1880s.
Activists to discuss indigenous politics, environmentalism in the Americas at Bates College
Friday, February 12, 2010 9:39 am
The politics and environmental interests of indigenous peoples in the Americas, including Native Americans from Maine, are at issue in two nights of panel discussions at Bates College at Monday, Feb. 22 and Tuesday, Feb. 23.