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The Wabanaki people hope their history and culture are shared in Maine classrooms, as a 2001 law required.

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Peterborough Town Library, 2 Concord St., will present a screening of the documentary, “Dawnland,” a film produced by the Upstander Project, Thursday, Jan. 20, at 2 p.m. The film will be available at the library in-person or through a Zoom...

Short documentary Dear Georgina spotlighting life of Passamaquoddy elder streaming launch May 7 Share Article Dear Georgina is the follow up to Emmy award-winning documentary Dawnland (2018) She was witness to a lot of things in her youth. So from that moment when the film premiered was good healing. To see herself on that screen was good medicine. Even though she isn’t with us today, it still means the world to know Dear Georgina is being shared and that she is still being heard. LOS ANGELES (PRWEB) May 07, 2021 Dear Georgina...

Mishy Lesser stands at the green burial site of her mother, Nettie Lesser. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR) Nettie Lesser's grave is tucked in the back of Mount Auburn Cemetery in a quiet area surrounded by trees and birds and a carpet of purple flowers starting to bloom. The plot blends into the scene around it, the only marker a small plaque the size of a hockey puck; you wouldn't know it was a grave unless you were looking for it. “She loved Mount Auburn, loved visiting here,” says Mishy Lesser, Nettie's daughter. “We loved the beech trees, and the cedars, and the wall and the placement of the ...