PAST L.I.N.K. EVENTS/OFFERINGS

Monthly presentations by teachers and elders of the Wampanoag Tribe on their history and culture. View here. (Show brochure with listing of all events.)

1. First Light Flashback with Annawon Weeden - a dramatic enactment reflecting personal experience and Tribal history of “People of the Dawn”, Pre-European contact to the present day. View flyer here.

2. Before King Phillips War - Linda Coombs, historian, educator, author and member of the Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe, offered an important understanding of America’sbeginning in her discussion of the impact of settler colonialism on the Wampanoag people prior to King Phillip’s War. View flyer here.

3. After King Phillips War - Linda Coombs described the aftermath of King Phillip’s War, and how the lives, lands, and culture of the Wampanoag people were affected by the great changes that took place. View flyer here.

4. Historical Trauma - Linda Coombs described the far-reaching and damaging consequences of King Phillips’s War that have deeply impacted generations of Wampanoag people. View flyer here.

5. Mashpee Nine - Paula Peters, Executive Producer of the 2016 film Mashpee Nine, and Earl “Chiefie” Mills, Jr. told the story of law enforcement abuse of power and cultural justice in the Wampanoag community in 1976. View flyer here.

6. Mashpee Land Suit - Mashpee Tribe vs. Town of Mashpee - Ann Gilmore, a member of the legal team representing the Mashpee Tribe, and Earl “Chiefie” Mills Jr. provided an overview of the 1976 Mashpee Land suit and their roles in it. View flyer here.

7. Wampanoag Cultural Experience: Kids Teaching Kids - Wampanoag children shared their traditional culture with non-Native children with displays of traditional regalia, dancing, drumming, canoe burning, storytelling, cornhusk doll-making and traditional food. View flyer here.

8. Federal Recognition - Ramona Peters, founder and President of the Native Land Conservancy, and Jim Peters, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Commission on Indian Affairs, described the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe’s journey to gain Federal Recognition. View flyer here.

9. Wampum Belt - Paula Peters, founder of the Native American creative agency Smokesygnals, independent scholar and writer, discussed how the search for lost treasures of Metacom following King Phillip’s War in 1677 led to the revival of the traditional art of the wampum belt and the connections it made to history and culture. Wampum belts are of cultural, sacred and symbolic significance to the Wampanoag Nation. View flyer here.

10. Wampanoag Language - Dr. Nitana Hicks Greendeer, a member of the Mashpee Tribal Council, a visiting professor in the American Studies and Critical Native American and Indigenous Studies department at Brown University, with over twenty years of experience in tribal language and education, discussed the story of loss and reclamation of the Wampanoag language to its people. View flyer here.

11. Feathers to Fedoras - Artists demonstrations and exhibit of traditional and contemporary Native Wear at the Falmouth Art Center during the month of November 2024. View flyer here.

12. Gathering -Dr. Nitana Hicks Greendeer facilitated a gathering of people who had attended the 2024 LINK Educational Series to share thoughts and reactions, as to learnings and impact of the series. View flyer here