Join the Bowdoin College Library and Wabanaki REACH for an archive opening and discussion about the history of the Maine Indian Land Claims Settlement Act and Wabanaki REACH’s most recent truth-telling initiative, Beyond the Claims. This oral history project, soon to be available on Bowdoin Digital Collections, provides critical insight into the human implications of the legislation, while amplifying the voices of those directly impacted by the Act and preserving their stories for cultural continuity.

4:30-5:30 PM: BTC Opening Program
Kresge Auditorium, Visual Arts Center
Welcome & Remarks: Kat Stefko, Bowdoin College Library
BTC Opening Remarks & Panel Facilitator: Maria Girouard, Penobscot, Historian
Panelists: Kate Russell, BTC Project Coordinator, Juanita Grant, BTC Story Gatherer Darrell Newell, Story Provider
Audience Q&A

Please join us before the panel discussion for a photography and oral history exhibition, Wikhikonol - 3:00-4:30PM, Ramp Gallery, Hawthorne-Longfellow Library and afterwards for a reception - 5:30-6:30, Main Lounge, Moulton Union.

Explore resources about the event and Maine Indian Land Claims here: bowdoin.libguides.com/beyondtheclaims