What the Indians ate is the title of an article in the current (June, 2009) issue of Down East magazine. The first page was slipped mysteriously into my mailbox today and, luckily, I had the perseverance to track that gift down. The article is taken from a new book, Notes on a Lost Flute: A [...]
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What the Indians ate – or eat?
May 6th, 2009 · 3 Comments
Remembering Rosie
June 8th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Our friend Rosie Shiras passed on last week. She would not be pleased to know of the emptiness and sorrow I feel. She would want me to laugh and tell stories about her. She would laugh that just now I could not find my glasses in my handbag, only to discover them hanging from a [...]
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Theresa Secord in print
May 27th, 2008 · 2 Comments
The summer issue of American Indian, the member’s publication of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, highlights Theresa Secord (Penobscot) on page 32. They include a photo of her and of her great-grandmother and teacher, Philomene Nelson. Theresa was a founder of the Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance. In the article, she [...]
