Dorcas Library | Colleen Watrous | Group Activity https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/home/dorcas-library-virtual-commons/colleenwatrous/activity/groups/ Public group activity feed of which Colleen Watrous is a member. Thu, 16 Apr 2026 18:22:10 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 5b1130cad66fe012b3579ca31a6e84ca LibraryDirector replied to the topic Skowhegan, Maine in the forum Indigenous Peoples https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/groups/indigenous-peoples/forum/topic/skowhegan-maine/#post-801 Fri, 07 Dec 2018 15:31:33 -0500 UPDATE.

Friends tell me that the meeting was crowded, and mostly with allies and advocates to change the racially offensive mascot.

No vote was taken.

Next public meeting will be January 8.

]]> 51dcb0519d536f04c8e8fb28c55c269a Dawn Neptune Adams joined the group Indigenous Peoples https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/dorcas-library-virtual-commons/p/186/ Thu, 06 Dec 2018 14:08:19 -0500 0 2ed96de513aad56d837e85b6b4b02aaa Lily replied to the topic Skowhegan, Maine in the forum Indigenous Peoples https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/groups/indigenous-peoples/forum/topic/skowhegan-maine/#post-793 Thu, 06 Dec 2018 05:18:28 -0500 Skowhegan school board meets on Thursday, DEC 6, 7pm, at the Skowhegan Area Middle School to consider “retiring” the offensive ‘Indian’ mascot.

If you can’t attend, please email the superintendant:

Brent Colbry

bcolbry@msad54.org

You can also sign the…[Read more]

]]> fe00702f95676382ba3d17f7980fc1f8 Lily joined the group Indigenous Peoples https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/dorcas-library-virtual-commons/p/181/ Thu, 06 Dec 2018 05:06:04 -0500 0 665e4c8d0026719f6bc4cdaa9bf18b24 LibraryDirector joined the group Indigenous Peoples https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/dorcas-library-virtual-commons/p/177/ Wed, 05 Dec 2018 18:58:33 -0500 0 de23de8494f1b4a6405fc31cbb34e095 Susan Dickson-Smith joined the group Indigenous Peoples https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/dorcas-library-virtual-commons/p/168/ Tue, 04 Dec 2018 14:43:29 -0500 0 805b95cda89d463d597d004d0f43a255 Faith started the topic Maine Indigenous Artists in the forum Indigenous Peoples https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/groups/indigenous-peoples/forum/topic/maine-indigenous-artists/ Sun, 02 Dec 2018 06:43:00 -0500 Fashion & Jewelry:  Decontie & Brown. http://www.decontiebrown.com/

Flutes:  Hawk Henries. https://hawkhenries.com/

Basketry: Geo Soctomah Neptune. https://www.facebook.com/GeoNeptuneBaskets/

https://www.themainemag.com/people/geo-soctomah-neptune/

Sierra Henries. https://www.facebook.com/SHBirchArt/

Upcoming Basket Festival at UMain…[Read more]

]]> 7e8ec710cfe37ee7c9f9ff37abef6eb9 Faith started the topic Skowhegan, Maine in the forum Indigenous Peoples https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/groups/indigenous-peoples/forum/topic/skowhegan-maine/ Sun, 02 Dec 2018 06:28:50 -0500 We briefly touched on the fact that Skowhegan is the last remaining school in Maine with an “Indian” mascot. Here are some links for deeper consideration:

 

Skowhegan last Maine school to hold on to Indian imagery, Doug Harlow, CentralMaine.com. June…[Read more]

]]> c8ccaa6dfb92c83472adecee70eeaff7 Faith started the topic More Discussion about Dawnland in the forum Indigenous Peoples https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/groups/indigenous-peoples/forum/topic/more-discussion-about-dawnland/ Sun, 02 Dec 2018 06:00:24 -0500 Referring back to our conversation on Dawnland, we briefly looked at testimony from the Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth & Reconciliation Commission Archive .

Specifically, we considered several paragraphs of testimony from Dawn Neptune…[Read more]

]]> 203b76661714ca0577985939983d6597 Faith started the topic Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls in the forum Indigenous Peoples https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/groups/indigenous-peoples/forum/topic/missing-murdered-indigenous-women-girls/ Sun, 02 Dec 2018 05:59:08 -0500 What follows are some of the links we looked at and/or discussed on this topic:

We watched and discussed this short film about Winnipeg, Canada and the responses of Indigenous People there: healing group visits to exploited neighborhoods; citizen patrols; and dragging the Red River looking for evidence and bodies.
Canada’s Missing and Murdered…[Read more]

]]> 1f60c6d177f23ca8756950c57128bc7c Faith started the topic Dawnland in the forum Indigenous Peoples https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/groups/indigenous-peoples/forum/topic/dawnland/ Sun, 02 Dec 2018 05:37:14 -0500 Nov 3 2018

What a moving evening watching the documentary film, Dawnland, and discussing it later with June Sapiel and Jim and a group of about 15 people.

In our document folder [see right sidebar], you will find an instructional guide about the film with further resources for study.

http://dawnland.org/

]]> e3d2ee668acc77d754a613bde0dbe633 Faith started the topic Let's Get Started! in the forum Indigenous Peoples https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/groups/indigenous-peoples/forum/topic/lets-get-started-5/ Sun, 02 Dec 2018 04:59:53 -0500 Hi. I’m going to set up links by topic areas where possible.

Please do feel free to add links, post documents, or simply write your thoughts about the things we are seeing and learning.

In our face-to-face conversations, I sometimes leave moments for quiet reflection.

We are unlearning and learning. This is challenging work. I’m so glad we…[Read more]

]]> 0ac8d8ed5e9f37dfbc93d7d130d09d5d Colleen Watrous joined the group Indigenous Peoples https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/dorcas-library-virtual-commons/p/151/ Fri, 30 Nov 2018 23:09:39 -0500 0 4ddb09d05ed7bb8d0b897c175c896046 Faith created the group Indigenous Peoples https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/dorcas-library-virtual-commons/p/130/ Thu, 29 Nov 2018 14:56:28 -0500 0 17d370c3a71489d52aa8ab84256f75d9 carole cirincione replied to the topic March 24 2018 - King Lear in the forum All Things Shakespeare https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/groups/all-things-shakespeare/forum/topic/march-24-2018-king-lear/#post-315 Sat, 31 Mar 2018 16:20:58 -0400 hi faith   how great is this?

]]> c356090b67c3da1af1b47a9adc0bbef6 carole cirincione joined the group All Things Shakespeare https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/dorcas-library-virtual-commons/p/105/ Sat, 31 Mar 2018 16:18:38 -0400 0 90c6fdf8882304c83d9f26dc28b36352 Faith started the topic March 24 2018 - King Lear in the forum All Things Shakespeare https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/groups/all-things-shakespeare/forum/topic/march-24-2018-king-lear/ Wed, 28 Mar 2018 12:18:57 -0400 Jennifer Robinson (2017 Aug 30). LEGO King Lear in 5 Minutes. [Video]. Accessed 20180324 at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdou_4Kk0GE

University of Warwick (2016 Feb 15). Sir Ian McKellen discusses age in King Lear. Accessed 20180324 at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZfUMPs-s2Y

National Theatre Discover (2014 Feb 4). Talking Lear: Goneril,…[Read more]

]]> c98fe505d9b96bcb005273f0ea7c1a36 Faith started the topic Sonnets in the forum All Things Shakespeare https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/groups/all-things-shakespeare/forum/topic/sonnets/ Fri, 16 Mar 2018 13:21:15 -0400 We had a lovely February conversation (postponed to the first week of March) about the sonnets. Here are some of the resources we looked at and/or talked about.

OpenSource Shakepeare

An MIT website: Sonnets listed by first line

A discussion of the sonnets from the British Library

Finally, here’s a resource we did not have time to discuss, but…[Read more]

]]> c1692ec9a5bff7911841f854ae9172ae Colleen Watrous joined the group All Things Shakespeare https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/dorcas-library-virtual-commons/p/100/ Tue, 06 Mar 2018 01:10:59 -0500 0 ddb9112b8c04effb9f84ed0cc85df78a LibraryDirector started the topic Who Wrote This Stuff... that dreams are made on? in the forum All Things Shakespeare https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/groups/all-things-shakespeare/forum/topic/who-wrote-this-stuff-that-dreams-are-made-on/ Fri, 09 Feb 2018 01:19:22 -0500 Interesting article. I have a great video about the technology they are using….

]]> c220d857b1c3d91cb224deb94384107c LibraryDirector joined the group All Things Shakespeare https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/dorcas-library-virtual-commons/p/78/ Tue, 30 Jan 2018 15:37:41 -0500 0 05360d1900c2c6e7a16c942651c42417 Faith started the topic Let's Get Started! in the forum All Things Shakespeare https://www.dorcaslibrary1.org/groups/all-things-shakespeare/forum/topic/lets-get-started-2/ Sun, 28 Jan 2018 19:23:57 -0500 Our Shakespeare conversation was quite lively yesterday. Really exciting!

After our personal introductions, we began with a brief glimpse at the history leading up to the “Elizabethan Age.”  Here are some of the videos we watched and discussed together:

Introduction to the Elizabethan Age, Dr. Tarnya Cooper, National Portrait Gallery [UK],…[Read more]

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