Events

Maine Archives & Museums conference

Our Executive Director and Council Chair will be presenting and attending the Maine Archives and Museums annual conference on Wabanaki Homelands in Lewiston, Maine, US, on October 4.

Dr. Stephany RunningHawk Johnson (Oglala Lakota Nation) and James Eric Francis, Sr. (Penobscot Nation) will present “Local Contexts: Supporting Indigenous Cultural Authority and Intellectual Property in Maine Collections,” a session in Block B.

In this presentation, hear about our tools for supporting Indigenous cultural authority and intellectual property. Case studies will focus on examples of Indigenous community and institutional use of Local Contexts in Maine. Presenters will share ideas for best practices and next steps.

Early bird registration is open now until September 10.

Find out more on the Maine Archives and Museums website.

Upcoming Events

2025 National Council on Public History Annual Meeting

mars 26, 2025
, 13:00 UTC
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On March 26, Local Contexts, in partnership with UMass Amherst and the Center for Braiding Indigenous Knowledges and Science staff, will present the workshop, “What is Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Why Does it Matter for Public Historians?”, at the 2025 National Council on Public History (NCPH) Annual Meeting in Montréal, Québec, Canada. This workshop introduces …