Castine History Partners, in partnership with Atlantic Black Box, invites you to join us on a journey of collective recovery. We will be part of a journey across land and water in the place known for millennia by the Wabanaki people as the Dawnland. Together, we will shine a light on the ways that Indigenous, Black, and settler-descendent populations are represented—or not—in Castine’s commemorative landscape.
Convened by the public history nonprofit Atlantic Black Box, the Walks for Historical & Ecological Recovery (WHERE) are a broad-based and community-engaged effort carried out in partnership with Tribal nations of the Dawnland and many local and regional organizations.
This program is free of charge, but we do ask that you register!
mači-pikʷátohsək (Penobscot) translates to “at the bad shoal,” and refers the lower Bagaduce River, a descriptive name that would have helped guide Wabanaki canoe travel along the river. It is likely that Majabigwaduce derives from this place name.
Schedule for Sunday, October 5
1:00 pm Welcome & opening remarks at Emerson Hall (67 Court Street)
2:00 pm The Wayfinding Walk begins, featuring the voices of Jennifer Neptune and Flo Edwards
4:00 pm Regroup at Wilson Museum (112 Perkins Street) for observation stations, shared meal, student presentations, and group processing
6:00 pm Event ends