The Living Presence of Our History: Part III

The Living Presence of Our History: Part III

March 21, 2021 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Healing and Reparations Through the Land Back Movement:
A Conversation on Indigenous Land Tenure, Stewardship, and Access

Series co-presented by Ohketeau, A Space for Indigenous Culture
and Double Edge Theatre

The forum is a continuation of conversations with Indigenous community members and allies regarding issues that we face today as Native peoples. The panel will delve into the importance of the Land Back movement. Dispossession, colonization, and lack of access to traditional lands have caused generations of harm, and the recent awareness of repatriation through the Land Back movement gaining traction.
Event Moderated by Rhonda Anderson, Ohketeau Co-Director
Opening by Larry Spotted Crow Mann, Ohketeau Co- Director
Panelists include:
  • Ramona Peters, Native Land Conservancy
  • Kristen Wyman, Eastern Woodland Rematiration
  • Fred Freeman, Nipmuc Cultural Preservation
  • Stephanie Morningstar, Northeast Farmers of Color Landtrust
  • Dr. Jessica Dolan, Ethnobotanist, Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe Environment Division; Adjunct Faculty, University of Guelph Department of Sociology and Anthropology.
  • Peter Forbes, First Light Learning Journey
In 2020, Ohketeau, a recently established Ashfield-based Center for Indigenous Culture, and Double Edge Theatre co-produced The Living Presence of Our History on August 2 and September 13. On March 21 at 1 pm, we will broadcast Part III on HowlRound TV, Double Edge’s Facebook as well as Ohketeau’s Facebook page.  Prior broadcasts can be viewed here: PART I & PART II.
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Double Edge is a proud recipient of a NEA Our Town Award for collaborative programming with the Ohketeau Cultural Council, as well as for Residencies at the Farm and within our community.

 

OHKETEAU
MISSION STATEMENT

Ohketeau allows for the opportunity for interdisciplinary education through cultural workshops,  dance, music, art, indoor and outdoor, activities that allows participants the opportunity to fully express their talents.

At Ohketeau we believe teaching and learning is a relationship of reciprocity. The interaction with teacher and participant will be one that  recognizes each others abilities  while also exploring new ways to express our culture.

In addition, our mission is to provide a safe, rewarding and enriching experience for the Indigenous community of the region.

Double Edge Theatre acknowledges and recognizes the Indigenous People – the Nipmuc and the Mohican, who have been present and lived on these lands for millennia, and whose travel and cultivation of this land we now benefit from.
We lift up the legacy of the countless peoples of African descent whose blood, bones, bodies, brilliance, and unpaid labor also built and sustained these lands.
Truth, reconciliation, rematriation, and healing will only come with acknowledgment as a first step, followed by cultural and economic reparations and other restorative actions.

On the platform of Art Justice, we build equity and solidarity with the deliberation and intentionality. This commitment includes the artists with whom we collaborate; the neighbors with whom we trade or work; our residency and training participants; and the consultants who helped to guide us. The mission / values / vision / work of Double Edge will always reflect the larger population of our region / our state / our country. Our people, our Ensemble, our collaborators identify themselves rather than being defined by others. Double Edge protects the silence of our internal space, while simultaneously ensuring that no one is silenced.

CONTACT INFO

By mail:
Double Edge Theatre
948 Conway Road
Ashfield, MA 01330

By phone: 413.628.0277
Fax: 866.649.0635

Office hours:
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