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For Indigenous People, a Different Kind of Mayflower Story
MAYFLOWER HISTORY, PART 1 For Indigenous People, a Different Kind of Mayflower Story ‘You can’t create a colony without creating people who are colonized’ The Provincetown Independent, NOV 12, 2020 BY JOSEPHINE DE LA BRUYERE PROVINCETOWN — On Nov. 11, 1620, 130-odd...
This Has Been A Year Of Many Firsts
This Has Been A Year Of Many Firsts First, we got hit by a Pandemic, and that resulted in our first year of not opening any of our Museum Doors to the public. It was our first year of not meeting together for our monthly meetings, The first year of meeting by Zoom,...
Mayflower Mouse Student Writing Contest
"The Adventures of Plimoth Plantation As Told by the Mayflower Mouse" and the current STUDENT WRITING CONTEST for grades 1-12 on Cape Cod. Please see the attached Cape Cod Chronicle article, reviews, and information. 10/15/20, and note that the new DEADLINE IS NOV....
Search is on for the old stone marking the Pilgrims’ first encounter with Native Americans
EASTHAM — I was slouching around the Curious Cape Cod office, trying to choose between a nap and another bowl of pistachios, when this cannonballed into my inbox: “Eric, hopefully you can help us out. My children came to visit about a month ago and went to First...
Anne Makepeace (Makepeace Productions, Inc.) and Jennifer Weston (Wôpanâak Language Reclamation Project & Wampanoag Mashpee Wampanoag Language Department) join Galen on Truro Airwaves to discuss We Still Live Here (Âs Nutayuneân). The film, co-produced by our...
400 Years After the Mayflower Set Sail, a New Exhibit Acknowledges the U.K.’s Impact on Native American Communities
BY SUYIN HAYNES SEPTEMBER 16, 2020 9:00 AM EDT On a September day in Plymouth, southwest England, a ship set sail. The day was Sept. 16, 1620, and the vessel was the Mayflower. Its passengers and their voyage would soon secure their place as an indelible part of...
400 years later, a new Mayflower will sail without humans
400 years later, a new Mayflower will sail without humans
Four centuries after the Mayflower sailed from Plymouth harbor, another vessel is taking to the water
By JAMES BROOKS and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press
September 15, 2020, 12:10 PM
Eastham Looks to Set the Record Straight at 400th
The Provincetown INDEPENDENT PEOPLE OF THE FIRST LIGHT Eastham Looks to Set the Record Straight at 400th Campfire series invites Indigenous historians to shift the storytelling BY DON WILDING AUG 27, 2020 EASTHAM — Since 1620, the English side of the story of the...
The Mayflower at Cape Cod by Rebecca Locklear
The Mayflower at Cape Cod by Rebecca Locklear Stories, activities, and research that connect 1620 with life today 7-Lesson Unit Study Grades 6-12 What happened when the Mayflower anchored off Cape Cod for five weeks in 1620? In what ways can Pilgrim and Native...
The FIRST ENCOUNTER AT EASTHAM – THE STORY RE-TOLD
The story presented by author-historian Ian Saxine and by others followed by a discussion on the themes for the year-long commemoration in 2020. Speakers: Jim Russo, Chair of the Eastham 400 Commemorative Committee, the project historian, project director, and project...