Back Cove Lecture Series: Indigenous Portland

Schedule

Sat Oct 11 2025 at 01:00 pm to 02:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Glickman Family Library | Portland, ME

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Indigenous Portland: Wabanaki Ties to Casco Bay - Back Cove and the 1920 Maine Centennial.
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"Indigenous Portland: Wabanaki Ties to Casco Bay - Back Cove and the 1920 Maine Centennial."

Saturday, October 11th, 1pm-2:30pm

University Events Room, 7th Floor, Glickman Family Library

University of Southern Maine, Portland Campus

Presenters: Donald Soctomah, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, Passamaquoddy Tribe, and Micah Pawling, Associate Professor of History and Native American Studies, University of Maine

Please join the Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education, and the Collaborative for Bioregional Action Learning & Transformation (COBALT) as we kick off our 2025-2026 Back Cove Lecture Series with a lecture exploring Wabanaki Ties to Casco Bay and the Back Cove, including the 1920 Maine Centennial events in Portland, presented by Donald Soctomah, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer for the Passamaquoddy Tribe, and Micah Pawling, Associate Professor of History and Native American Studies at the University of Maine. This is the first in a series of six Back Cove lectures and panel discussions that will take place throughout 2025-2026.

The lecture is free and open to the public. Parking is available in the Bedford Street garage for $4.15/hour.


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Glickman Family Library, 314 Forest Avenue, Portland, United States

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