On Wednesday, October 27, at 7PM, online, join Cook Memorial Library and Chocorua Lake Conservancy for a screening of the film Dawnland, and the short film Dear Georgina, followed by a Q&A with Esther Anne, film participant and co-director of Maine-Wabanaki REACH; gkisedtanamoogk, film participant and Truth and Reconciliation Commission commissioner; and film director Adam Mazo. For decades, child welfare authorities removed Native American children from their homes to “save them from being Indian.” In Maine, the first official Truth and Reconciliation Commission in the United States begins a historic investigation. Dawnland goes behind-the-scenes as this historic body grapples with difficult truths, redefines reconciliation, and charts a new course for state and tribal relations. Dawnland aired on Independent Lens on PBS in November 2018 reaching more than 2 million viewers. The film won a national Emmy® Award for Outstanding Research in 2019 and made the American Library Association’s list of 2020 Notable Videos for Adults: “a list of 15 outstanding films released on video within the past two years.” Please register at eventbrite.com/e/161250212727/.  (The registration page will ask if you wish to make a donation; this is not a requirement.)

This program is part of “Wabanaki History, Ecology & Experiences,” a series of programs exploring Indigenous history and experiences in what is now called northern New England, a collaboration between the Cook Memorial Library in Tamworth and the Chocorua Lake Conservancy, made possible through a generous grant from The Tamworth Foundation.

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