WEEK I
Sunday, July 16 – Welcome
6:00-8:00 Cookout at Martha’s Vineyard Hostel Introductions and orientation to the Summer Institute
Monday, July 17 – Grounded History 1
9:00 – 10:00 Discussion of the readings
10:00 – 10:15 Break
10:15 – 12:00 Visit to important cultural areas in Aquinnah/Gay Head: Cliffs, Tribal Headquarters, Aquinnah Cultural Center, Toad Rock, Cranberry Lands, Black Brook........
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch
1:00 – 4:00 Continue tour of Island: Waskosim's Rock, Takemmy/Christiantown, Nunepaug, Chappaquiddick
5:00 Return to lodging
6:00 - 6:45 Dinner (at Tribe?)
6:45 - 8:00 Presentation by Byron Stone: Geology vs Moshop Legends
Read:
- Dresser, The Wampanoag: From Colonization to Recognition (Read the entire book, including the Foreword, Preface and Acknowledgements, before arrival.)
- Elvin, “At Gay Head Cliffs: Ancient Glacial Story Retold,” The Vineyard Gazette, 6/4/15
Tuesday, July 18 – Identity 1
9:00 – 10:00 Discussion of readings
10:00 – 10:15 Break
10:15 – 12:00 Stereotypes Activity + discussion
12:00 – 1:30 Lunch with Aquinnah Elders (at Tribe)
1:30 – 1:45 Announcements
1:45 – 2:45 Free time (Check out of Martha’s Vineyard hostel)
2:45 Leave Aquinnah
3:45 Catch 3:45 ferry, arrive Woods Hole 4:30
4:30 Travel to Hyannis, check in to hostel
6:00 – 7:30 Dinner in Mashpee
7:30 – 9:00 Film: “The Mashpee Conflict” + discussion
Read:
- Clifford, “Identity in Mashpee”
- Dorris, “Indians on the Shelf”
Wednesday, July 19 – Land 1
9:00 – 10:00 Discussion of Readings
10:00 – 11:00 Jessie Little Doe Baird presentation
11:00 – 11:15 Break
11:15 – 12:30 Primary Doc workshop (Indian deeds)
12:30 – 1:30 Lunch
1:30 – 1:45 Announcements
1:45 – 2:45 Lisa Brooks presentation
2:45 – 3:00 Break
3:00 – 4:30 Primary Documents continued (Rowlandson, maps)
8:00 – 9:00 Optional: Dialogue on Teaching and Learning in the Hostel lounge
Read:
- Salisbury, ed., The Sovereignty and Goodness of God (text, introduction, appendices)
- Brooks, The Common Pot (maps)
- Fermino, Jessie Little Doe. "You are a Dead People."
Thursday, July 20 – Historical Trauma 1
Visit to Plimoth Plantation
9:00 – 2:00 Tour sites of Plantation; Wampanoag lunch
2:00 – 4:00 Discussion (historical trauma, Plymouth 400)
Read:
- Brave Heart, M.Y.H., “Wakiksuyapi: Carrying the Historical Trauma of the Lakota”
- Ceci, “Fish Fertilizer”
- Coombs, “Holistic History
- Nanepashemet, “It Smells Fishy to Me”
- Irreconcilable Differences exhibit booklet
Friday, July 21 – Evaluating Resources
9:00 – 10:00 Discussion of readings
10:00 – 10:15 Break
10:15 – 11:45 Debbie Reese presentation
11:45 – 12:00 Announcements
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch
1:00 – 2:30 Resource Workshop
2:30 – 2:45 Break
2:45 – 4:00 Resource Workshop, continued
Read:
- Blancke and Cjigkitoonuppa , “The Teaching of the Past of the Native Peoples of North America in U.S. Schools”
- Reese, American Indians in Children’s Literature blog (browse)
- Critiquing tools from the Boston Children Museum (n.p.)
WEEK 2
Monday, July 24 – Grounded History 2
9:00 – 10:00 Mashpee Wampanoag Museum
10:00 – 10:15 Break
10:15 – 12:00 Visit to important cultural areas in Mashpee, including: Tribal Government Center, South Mashpee, New Seabury, upstreet, downstreet
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch
1:00 – 4:00 Continue tour of Mashpee: former Flume, Mashpee Pond, Mashpee River, Old Indian Chuch
5:00 Return to hostel
8:00 – 9:00 Optional: Dialogue on Teaching and Learning in the Hostel lounge
Read:
- Bingham, Mashpee 1870-1970.
- Senier, Dawnland Voices (excerpts)
- Simmons, Spirit of the New England Tribes (excerpts)
Tuesday, July 25 – Identity 2
9:00 – 10:00 Discussion of readings
10:00 – 10:15 Break
10:15 – 11:45 Gender & Colonization
11:45 – 12:00 Announcements
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch
1:00 – 2:30 Gender and Colonization, continued
2:30 – 2:45 Break
2:45 – 4:00 Guest presentation by Harlan Pruden
8:00 – 9:00 Optional: Dialogue on Teaching and Learning in the Hostel lounge
Readings
- Simmons, Spirit of the New England Tribes, excerpts
- Nash, “La Vie de Chretiens”
- Plane, “The Examination of Sarah Ahhaton,” “Putting a Face on Colonization”
- Pruden, Two Spirit Resource Directory
Wednesday, July 26 – Land 2
9:00 – 10:00 Discussion of readings
10:00 – 10:15 Break
10:15 – 11:45 Jessie Baird presentation
11:45 – 12:00 Announcements
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch
1:00 – 2:30 Peter D'Errico presentation
2:30 – 2:45 Break
2:45 – 4:15 The Impact of Environmental Destruction
8:00 – 9:00 Optional: Dialogue on Teaching and Learning in the Hostel lounge
Read:
- d’Errico, “Native Americans in America.”
- Miller, “The Doctrine of Discovery”
Thursday, July 27 – Historical Trauma 2
9:00 – 10:00 Discussion of readings
10:00 – 10:15 Break
10:15 – 12:15 Colonization and historical trauma
12:15 – 1:15 Lunch
1:15 – 1:30 Announcements
1:30 – 2:45 Guest presentation by Amy Lonetree
2:45 – 3:00 Break
3:00 – 4:00 Discussion
Read:
- Lonetree, “The Ziibiwing Center of Anishinabe Culture and Lifeways: Deconlonization, Truth Telling, and Addressing Historical Unresolved Grief.”
Friday, July 28 – Presentations and Talking Circle
9:00-11:45 Summer Scholar presentations
11:45-12:00 Break
12:00-1:30 Talking Circle with box lunches
1:30-2:00 Final Evaluations
