with Dr. Melissa Gwen Nadeau (Schaghticoke)

This event is free but advance reservations are required – click here to reserve

In this lecture, Melissa will examine how her mother’s relationship with her ancestry defined her own relationship to her First Nation heritage. The power of resilience is examined through the entanglement of historical context and cultural displacement. A question-and-answer session will follow the presentation.

Image: Kristin Emilyta, Woven Together (detail). Acrylic on canvas, 20 x 16 in. Courtesy of the artist

Native Prospects: Indigeneity and Landscape and naqutiwowok/continuance: Connecticut’s Tribal Communities Create are on view through February 9.

If you are a member of one of Connecticut’s five recognized Tribes, please identify yourself at our Front Desk to receive complimentary admission during these exhibitions.

Native Prospects was organized by the Thomas Cole National Historic Site.

Native Prospects: Indigeneity and Landscape is made possible through support from the Terra Foundation for American Art.

Major support is provided by David Bury & The Bay and Paul Foundations and the Warner Foundation.

The exhibition and publication are also supported by The Cranshaw Corporation, National Endowment for the Arts, Wyeth Foundation for American Art and Becky Gochman.

At the Florence Griswold Museum, this exhibition is made possible with the generous support of Department of Economic and Community Development, Connecticut Office of the Arts, Public Art for Racial Justice Education, CT Humanities, the David T. Langrock Foundation, and Chelsea Groton Bank, as well as donors to the Exhibition Fund and the Annual Fund.