Music is a great connector, as are Wabanaki values and love is felt deeply when music meets Wabanaki values. You will feel this connection when you listen to the Aunties today. Chris Newell is back in the studio! Uncle Chris, Passamaquoddy citizen, musician, author, and supporter of all indigenous college, is back for an exciting conversation. The story shared today is a powerful one, a story of connection. Often when we work together, we can create bigger and more impactful things than if we worked alone. Uncle Chris will discuss the unique and special connection between the Wabanaki people and Yo Yo Ma. Each time Yo Yo enters a collaboration with Wabanaki artists, elders, and community, our souls are touched by the magic created. Uncle Chris has been central to this work; he will share his experiences and what is coming up next! You will not want to miss it!
Aunties on Air Episode 34: Flowing Together: Uncle Chris Newell, Wabanaki Values, and We Are Water
Music is a great connector, as are Wabanaki values and love is felt deeply when music meets Wabanaki values. You will feel this connection when you listen to the Aunties today. Chris Newell is back in the studio! Uncle Chris, Passamaquoddy citizen, musician, author, and supporter of all indigenous college, is back for an exciting conversation. The story shared today is a powerful one, a story of connection. Often when we work together, we can create bigger and more impactful things than if we worked alone. Uncle Chris will discuss the unique and special connection between the Wabanaki people and Yo Yo Ma. Each time Yo Yo enters a collaboration with Wabanaki artists, elders, and community, our souls are touched by the magic created. Uncle Chris has been central to this work; he will share his experiences and what is coming up next! You will not want to miss it!
Wabanaki Words Used:
Apc-oc (again in the future, parting, good-bye, farewell) https://pmportal.org/dictionary/apc-oc
Topics Discussed:
Chris Newell - https://www.freeporthistoricalsociety.org/chris-newell-bio/
Wayne Newell - https://downeast.com/features/wayne-newell/
Harvard University - https://www.harvard.edu/
“Wabanaki Stories” show - https://portlandovations.org/event/wabanaki-stories/
Husson University - https://www.husson.edu/
Allen Sockabasin, “Thanks to the Animals” - https://www.amazon.com/Thanks-Animals-Anniversary-Allen-Sockabasin/
Scholastic Books - https://www.scholastic.com/home
Chris Newell, “If you Lived During the Plimoth Thanksgiving” - https://www.amazon.com/You-Lived-During-Plimoth-Thanksgiving/
Indigenous People’s Day - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_Peoples%27_Day_(United_States)
Akomawt Educational Initiative - https://www.akomawt.org/
Pequot Museum - https://www.pequotmuseum.org/
Foxwoods Casino - https://foxwoods.com/
Acadia National Park - https://www.nps.gov/acad/index.htm
Abbe Museum - https://www.abbemuseum.org/
Yo-Yo Ma - https://www.yo-yoma.com/
Roger Paul - https://umaine.edu/nativeamericanprograms/people/rogerpaul/
Weckuwapok film - https://www.reciprocity.org/films/weckuwapok
Harvard “Original Eleven” - https://hunap.harvard.edu/history
MIT - https://www.mit.edu/
Wayne Newell, “Kuhkomossonuk Akonutomuwinokot: Stories Our Grandmothers Told Us” - https://www.amazon.com/Kuhkomossonuk-Akonutomuwinokot-Stories-Grandmothers-Told/
Kingsclear First Nation - https://www.kingsclear.ca/
Maliseet Nation - https://maliseets.net/
University of Connecticut - https://uconn.edu/
Dartmouth College - https://home.dartmouth.edu/
The Dodd Center for Human Rights - https://doddcenter.humanrights.uconn.edu/
Sage Phillips - https://unityinc.org/ctshowcase-team-member/sage-phillips/
Native Student Organization (NAISA) - https://nacp.uconn.edu/native-american-and-indigenous-students-association-naisa/
Jeremy Dutcher - https://jeremydutcher.com/
Juno Awards - https://junoawards.ca/
Mali Obomsawin - https://www.maliobomsawin.com/about
“We Are Water” - https://porttix.com/whats-on/we-are-water-a-northeast-celebration-yo-yo-ma/
Merrill Auditorium - https://www.portlandmaine.gov/1144/Merrill-Auditorium
Hopkins Center of the Arts show - https://hop.dartmouth.edu/events/we-are-water-northeast
Ida Mae Specker - https://idamaespecker.com/
Andri Snær Magnason - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andri_Sn%C3%A6r_Magnason
Hopkins Center for the Arts - https://hop.dartmouth.edu/
Wampum Belt - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wampum
Maggie Paul - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maggie_Paul
Wabanaki Tribal Nations:
Houlton Band of Maliseet Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians | Littleton, ME (maliseets.net)
Mi’kmaq Mi'kmaq Nation | Presque Isle, ME (micmac-nsn.gov)
Passamaquoddy Tribe Indian Township Passamaquoddy Tribe @ Indian Township | Peskotomuhkati Motahkomikuk
Passamaquoddy Tribe Sipayik Sipayik Tribal Government – Sipayik (wabanaki.com)
Penobscot Nation Penobscot Nation | Departments & Info | Indian Island, Maine
Special Thanks/Woliwon:
Guests: Chris Newell
Producer: Gavin Allen
Podcast Team: Becky Soctomah Bailey, Macy Flanders