Lecture by Jessie Little Doe Baird, February 13, 2008

The Language of the Land:
From Assimilation to Reclamation

Jesse Little Doe Baird

(Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and Wampanoag Women’s Medicine Society)

Speaks at the Haffenreffer

Wednesday, February 13, 2008; 5:30 p.m.

Manning Hall, Main Green, on the Brown University Campus

 

The Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology invites friends and community members to join a conversation with Jessie Little Doe Baird (Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and Wampanoag Women’s Medicine Society). Ms. Baird co-founded the Wôpanâak Language Reclamation Project in 1993 and received her Master of Science degree in Linguistics from MIT in 2000.  In this talk, Ms. Baird will discuss the introduction of Native writing to the Wampanoag Nation and examine ways in which the Wampanoag language was used as a tool for assimilation by the colonists, and the social implications for the Wampanoag. She will also explore ways in which written codification of the language helped the Wampanoag to retain their lands and how the Nation is using those written documents, today, to reclaim their language of heritage.

 

This lecture is Co-sponsored by CSREA/American Indian Studies, the Department of Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences, and the John Nicholas Brown Center. The lecture takes place in Manning Hall Gallery with a reception immediately following.

Please forward this email and attached flyer to friends and colleagues who would be interested.

We look forward to seeing you at this important event.

Call for applications (Providence RI) from artist and performers for the historic North Burial Ground

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CRYPTIC PROVIDENCE ISSUES A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FROM ARTISTS AND
PERFORMERS FOR THE HISTORIC NORTH BURIAL GROUND; ARTIST JAY CRITCHLEY TO
DIRECT THIS UNIQUE, SUMMERLONG ARTS PROJECT.

PROPOSAL DEADLINE IS APRIL 1, 2008.

Providence, RI. An historic Rhode Island cemetery will be opened up to
artists and performers this summer for temporary art installations and
performances for the project Cryptic Providence. Provincetown, MA artist Jay
Critchley will direct this unique undertaking, funded by a New Works grant
from the Rhode Island Foundation and sponsored by the City of Providence
Parks Department and the Department of Art, Culture & Tourism, and AS220.
Cryptic Providence will open Friday, June 13.

A request for proposals has been issued for visual artists, photographers,
poets, writers, dancers, actors, historians, musicians, hip hop and spoken
word performers, new media artists, filmmakers and cultural organizations.
The submission for proposals is April 1. Applicants are invited to a project
review and tour of the cemetery on February 23 and March 1 at 1:00 pm. For
more information and application details contact: reroot@comcast.net.

Artists are asked to examine and interpret the history of North Burial
Ground, established in 1700, and burial practices in relation to the rich
history of Rhode Island. Applicants should send: a one page written proposal
with requested cemetery location, time and technical requirements; resume;
and documentation of work (only one of the following): DVD (five minutes),
CD or photographs Å| up to 10 images; or, five to ten pages of text (poetry,
narrative, drama, lyrics). Small stipends are available. Proposals should be
sent to: Jay Critchley, Cryptic Providence, Providence Parks Department
North Burial Ground, 5 Branch Avenue, Providence, RI 02904. Postmark date is

April 1, 2008.

Cryptic Providence is meant to increase understanding of the history of
Providence and Rhode Island, create new ideas, perspectives and images about
our relationship with death, dying and burial customs, and bring awareness
of the historical and cultural resources of North Burial Ground.

North Burial Ground, Providence's oldest public cemetery, was established
in 1700 "for the use of military affairs for training of soldiersÅc& also a
place to be for the use of Buireing of the dead." By 1870 it had expanded to
150 acres, with 100,000 burials, and re-imagined itself as a garden cemetery
and park. In 1939 2,000 people visited the cemetery to honor Samuel Willard
Bridgham.

Critchley is a multi-media artist who lives year round in Provincetown, MA
and is represented by artSTRAND. From performances, rituals and Boston State
House legislation to his Big Dig BigTwig project and award-winning Martucket
Eyeland Resort & Theme Park, his eco-activist art goes back to the early
1980s with his Provincetown "sand car" series. Last summer he created the
public art project, Beige Motel, on Route 6, North Truro, MA encrusting a
1955 A-frame structure soon to be demolished with sand.

His work has been shown throughout the world Å| last year a performance
project at the Hemispheric Institute in Buenos Aires, Argentina and shows at
the Andy Warhol Museum and The LAB in San Francisco. His project GLOBAL
YAWNING for a small planet is presently on view at the Boston Center for the
Arts through March 31, 2008. He was an artist in residence at AS220 in 2000,
producing his first movie: Providence Dirt Newsreel.

Jay Critchley
P.O. Box 819
Provincetown, MA 02657
reroot@comcast.net
508 487-3684
www.jaycritchley.com

NCPH Annual Meeting

Gladiator: See the movie (then think about it) -- Wednesday at 7:00

Gladiator:
See the movie (then think about it…)

Wednesday, February 6th at 7:00 pm
Salomon 001

A free screening of the movie, Gladiator, followed by a post-film discussion.
 
Commentaries by:
Sue Alcock (Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology)
Kurt Raaflaub (Classics)
Naoko Shibusawa (History)
 
Free popcorn!
 
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Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World
Brown University | Box 1837 | 70 Waterman Street | Providence, RI 02912
t: (401) 863-3188 | f: (401) 863-9423 | e: joukowsky_institute@brown.edu
http://www.brown.edu/joukowskyinstitute

Around The Block: Rhode Island Preservation News 2-1-08 (scroll bar at bottom of post)

Around The Block Rhode Island Preservation News February 1, 2008 Statewide News New Endowment will help preserve Rhode Island's open space The Rhode Island Foundation announced January 30th that it will be receiving an endowment of $1 million from Peggy and Henry Sharpe to support the Conservation Stewardship Collaborative. With this endowment Rhode Island will continue buying the rights to open space around the state, adding to more than 1,000 acres of land already protected from developers. In addition to this endowment, an anonymous donor has made a generous offer to help the Conservation Stewardship Collaborative. For every contribution of $1,000 or more made to the endowment, the donor will make a matching contribution to an environmental organization up to $1 million or until December 2010. Below is the list of organizations that make up the Conservation Stewardship Collaborative. Audubon Society of Rhode Island Rhode Island Chapter of The Nature Conservancy Rhode Island Land Trust Council University of Rhode Island Department of Natural Resources Rhode Island Natural History Survey Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management United States Fish and Wildlife Service Learn about the Rhode Island Foundation grant programs and Initiative for Nonprofit Excellence From February 5 through the 27, The Rhode Island Foundation will hold a series of informal community meetings throughout the state to explain their large and small grant opportunities, including the largest program, Strategy Grants. At the same time, information will be shared on the Foundation's new Initiative for Nonprofit Excellence, as well as on the Foundation's 2008 plans for community involvement and leadership. No registration is required and you may attend one or more meetings. To see the complete list of meetings and directions to each location click here. If you are looking for additional resources check out the Foundation's Directory of Rhode Island's Nonprofits and Nonprofit Consultant Directory. Rose Island Lighthouse Foundation searching for new Executive Director Rose Island Lighthouse Foundation seeks a resourceful and motivated Executive Director to continue its mission to preserve the historic and environmental integrity of Rose Island, to maintain and operate its lighthouse, and to provide education and public access for all people. Rose Island Lighthouse sits in Narragansett Bay, one mile off shore on an 18.5-acres island. It now operates as a hands-on demonstration center and living classroom to teach stewardship, conservation and sustainable living. For a full candidate profile, go to www.roseislandlighthouse.org. To apply, email a cover letter with salary requirements, and a resume to: Search Committee at cltrocki@verizon.net. Deadline:March 5, 2008 Historic Preservation is "Green" And it always has been! Check out these facts from the National Trust for Historic Preservation President Dick Moe's speech on accepting the Vincent Scully Prize from the National Building Museum on December 13, 2007: "The retention and reuse of older buildings is an effective tool for the responsible, sustainable stewardship of our environmental resources - including those that have already been expended. I'm talking about what's called "embodied energy." "Here's the concept in a nutshell: Buildings are vast repositories of energy. It takes energy to manufacture or extract building materials, more energy to transport them to a construction site, still more energy to assemble them into a building. All of that energy is embodied in the finished structure - and if the structure is demolished and landfilled, the energy locked up in it is totally wasted. What's more, the process of demolition itself uses more energy - and, of course, the construction of a new building in its place uses more yet. "Let me give you some numbers that will translate that concept into reality." * According to a formula produced for the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, about 80 billion BTUs of energy are embodied in a typical 50,000-square-foot commercial building. That's the equivalent of 640,000 gallons of gasoline. If you tear the building down, all of that embodied energy is wasted. * What's more, demolishing that same 50,000-square-foot commercial building would create nearly 4,000 tons of waste. That's enough debris to fill 26 railroad boxcars - that's a train nearly a quarter of a mile long, headed for a landfill that is already almost full. * Once the old building is gone, putting up a new one in its place takes more energy, of course, and it also uses more natural resources and releases new pollutants and greenhouse gases into our environment. Look at all the construction cranes dotting the Washington skyline, and consider this: It is estimated that constructing a new 50,000-square-foot commercial building releases about the same amount of carbon into the atmosphere as driving a car 2.8 million miles. * One more point: Since 70% of the energy consumed over a building's lifetime is used in the operation of the building, some people argue that all the energy used in demolishing an older building and replacing it is quickly recovered through the increased energy efficiency of the new building - but that's simply not true. Recent research indicates that even if 40% of the materials are recycled, it takes approximately 65 years for a green, energy-efficient new office building to recover the energy lost in demolishing an existing building. And let's face it: Most new buildings aren't designed to last anywhere near 65 years. Click here to read Richard Moe's entire acceptance speech. Rhode Island Preservation News Links Rhode Island 1/25 Residents again invited to Tour Rhode Island 1/27 Once again, a dustup over historic preservation House of the week 1/18 Victorian restoration fulfilled one man's dream 1/25 College Hill Colonial blends past, present, keeps tradition Providence 1/25 Saratoga to house history display from Annapolis 1/29 Downtown Providence landmark sold Newport 1/24 Attention to detail 1/24 Newport carriage house heavily damaged in fire 1/25 The sky is falling at Chateau-sur-Mer mansion Preservation news links are provided by PRI staff for informational purposes only. The inclusion or exclusion of articles should not be considered as an endorsement or indictment of their contents.

PPS Winter Bash: Next Week!

Hi everyone,

PPS is seeking volunteers to help out at our Winter Bash, coming up on Saturday, February 9 at the American Locomotive Works (ALCO). The event runs 8:00 p.m. until 12:00 midnight and there will be live music and creative hors d’oeuvres. The attire ranges from blue jeans to ball gowns! Tickets are $30 but volunteers attend for free. (Don't tell me co-worker I told you, though!)

We really need people to sell drink tickets, either of the evening shifts...an easy job where you get to meet people and schmooze.

Details:
Winter Bash
Saturday, February 9
ALCO, 555 Valley Street in Providence
8:00 pm – midnight
(More info at http://ppsri.org/?section=events)

Volunteer Shifts will run 3 hours. They are:
Saturday night: 6:30-9:30
Saturday night: 8:30-11:30
Saturday night: 11:00 pm – 2:00 am

Volunteer opportunities include:
-Set-up
-Greeting guests
-Registration
-Drink Ticket Sales
-Coat Check
-Floating (miscellaneous)
-Clean-up

Please let me know if you’re interested: info@ppsri.org. And please pass the word along to your friends! The more volunteers, the merrier, believe me!

Best,

Betsy O'Neill
Office Manager
Providence Preservation Society
Ph: 401-831-7440
www.ppsri.org
Betsy's Winter-Spring Work Hours: MWF 9:30-5

CALL FOR PAPERS: Bridging the Gap: New Scholars, New Forms of Scholarship (On-line Edition)

REFLECTIONS: A Journal of Writing, Community Literacy, and Service Learning
www.reflections.org <http://www.reflections.org/>

Call for Papers

Bridging the Gap: New Scholars, New Forms of Scholarship (On-line Edition)

What does civic engagement look like to the next generation of scholars? What are the challenges, opportunities, and consequences posed by publicly active scholarship at the graduate level?  This special issue addresses these questions by featuring work by emerging scholars -  graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, independent scholars, and new assistant professors. Edited by the Publicly Active Graduate Education Collective, an alliance of graduate students focused on publicly engaged scholarship, this issue will feature work which speaks to the issues, scholarly models, and writing styles being developed by the generation of scholars who will define "community literacy," "service learning," and "engaged scholarship" in the years to come.

This issue of Reflections will be published on-line to allow new forms of multi-media scholarship and community literacy work to be featured.

We invite submissions of two kinds:

1) Substantial, article-length work that emerges in the nexus of community- and university-based programming, research, and/or teaching. We are particularly interested in work that emerges from and reflects on community partnership while also actively considering the consequences of taking these partnerships seriously in our scholarship, in our teaching, and/or in our disciplinary training--especially as graduate students and new professors. Within these multiple contexts, how do particular community-based programs and partnerships inform and influence established disciplinary practice?

There is no set format for these submissions; we invite collaborative submissions, innovative forms, and multi-media scholarship, and we welcome the opportunity to publish materials produced out of the partnership project adjacent to or in conjunction with the submitted article.

2) Shorter responses to the following writing prompt:
Years of conventional academic wisdom tell us to put community-based programs and partnerships on hold or on the side until we achieve tenure.  Yet the breadth of public practice already undertaken by graduate student scholars, artists, and activists across the country makes vividly clear that such advice is no longer adequate. What new agendas do you see publicly engaged graduate students setting?  What has being "publicly active" meant in your own trajectory to and through graduate school?  What's helped you? What's hindered you? How has your community-based work influenced or informed your academic training? What does it—or what would it—look like to "come up" in a university culture that acknowledged, accommodated, and encouraged civic engagement at the graduate level?

Deadline for Submission: March 21st, 2008
Please e-mail submissions to:
Steve Parks
Editor, Reflections
sjparks@syr.edu

Spring 2008 Events at the Haffenreffer

History Channel Announces Guidelines for Save Our History Grant Program

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History Channel Announces Guidelines for Save Our History Grant Program

An initiative of the History Channel, the Save Our History Program invites history organizations to partner with a local school or youth group and apply for funding to help preserve the history of their communities. Each year, the History Channel awards grants to organizations across the country that partner with schools or youth groups on community-preservation projects that engage students in learning about, documenting, and preserving local history.

Eligible applicants are nonprofit 501(c)(3) history organizations such as museums, historical societies, preservation organizations, historic sites, libraries, archives, or other history organizations that are located in one of the fifty states or the District of Columbia. Other eligible applicants include local government agencies such as parks and recreation commissions, historic commissions, departments of local history, or other local government agencies that own and/or operate a historic site or property. Eligible applicants must partner with a local elementary, middle, or high school, or an organization
that provides educational programming for children of similar ages. Applicants may partner with multiple schools or educational organizations.

The History Channel will award a total of $100,000 in grants of up to $10,000 each in 2008.

All applications must be completed and submitted online. Visit the program's Web site for complete program information and application instructions.

Around The Block: Rhode Island Preservation News 1-18-08 (scroll bar at bottom of post)

Around The Block Rhode Island Preservation News January 18, 2008 Statewide News Buyer needed to preserve threatened Ide Homestead The Ide Homestead, a historic farmhouse in the City of East Providence is for sale. In an attempt to prevent the demolition of this unique historic structure, the City of East Providence is seeking a buyer to purchase the property, which is located at 2585 Pawtucket Avenue. The property, estimated to be built in the late 18th century, is one of the few remaining structures of the Ide family and was once the center of an extensive farm. The Homestead, which is located on a 21,029 sq. ft. parcel and has 2,100 sq. ft. of living space, possesses unique historic amenities that include: a basement summer kitchen a beehive oven parlor size rooms a service staircase a foundation that may predate the 18th century residential structure a stone-walled side yard that retains evidence of its service as an orchard lot The property is a part of an eight lot subdivision that recently received approval by the Planning Board. The City has entered an agreement with the owner to grant the City 90 days to search for a buyer to rehabilitate the structure, which will expire the second week of March 2008. The property is serviced by a RIPTA bus line, is in proximity to commercial destinations along Pawtucket and Warren Avenue, and is less than 15 minutes by vehicle from Providence, Pawtucket, and Barrington. According to East Providence's Historic Designation and Properties Commission Chairman Dean Martineau, "This is a great opportunity for an investor to renovate an exceptional historic structure, a profitable investment..." A non-profit organization could also rehabilitate the structure for the purpose of providing community services to residents of East Providence and nearby communities. If you or your organization is interested in rehabilitating this significant property please review this informational packet that contains images and a detailed description of the Homestead. For additional information or to take a tour of the structure, please contact Patrick Hanner, Senior Planner at (401) 435-7533. Old House Soul documentary focuses on Rhode Island preservation pioneer Steve Tyson Local artists, Michel Schtakleff and Don Manley, are in the midst of producing a documentary film about Steve Tyson, a Rhode Island native and owner and founder of Architectural Preservation Group in Warwick. With support from the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities, Schtakleff and Manley have launched a website featuring a 7-minute video clip as a work-in-progress to introduce the film. Titled Old House Soul, the film will be an hour and a half long when completed. The 7-minute clip was shown at the RI International Film Festival last August and Schtakleff and Manley have made presentations at the Providence Public Library and a number of preservation societies throughout Rhode Island. The project has also been able to obtain non-profit status through the North Scituate Library. View the 7-minute video clip and details about Steve Tyson and the producers on the Old House Soul website If you or your organization is interested in supporting the production of this project please contact Michael Schtakleff at mschtakleff@iiri.org or 401-453-0567. Riverpoint Lace Works, an original Lippitt mill, may be auctioned next week The historic mill located in West Warwick has been in continuous operation since 1809 when it was built for the Lippitt Manufacturing Company. The business was formed in 1808 by Christopher and Charles Lippitt, Benjamin Acorn, George Jackson, and Amass and William Mason. Charles Lippitt was the grandfather of Governor Henry Lippitt (1818-1891), who later owned the mill and whose home located at 199 Hope Street in Providence is now a museum operated by Preserve Rhode Island. The mill is a significant piece of Rhode Island's industrial and architectural history and has survived as a textile mill thanks to the Riverpoint Lace Works, who has kept the mill in operation since 1925. The assets of the textile company, located at 825 Main Street, were to have gone on the auction block on the morning of Wednesday, January 16th, but the company's court-appointed receiver postponed the sale for a week to give two prospective buyers time to consider purchasing the business to keep it operating. The auction has been rescheduled for 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, January 23rd. Read the full article in the ProJo Visit the Riverpoint Lace Works website National Trust for Historic Preservation February Preservation Fund Grant Round Once again, it is time for the February Preservation Fund grant round. Any preservation nonprofit and/or public agencies in need of financial assistance to advance their preservation project are eligible. The postmark deadline is February 1, 2008. To learn about the grant guidelines and restrictions and to access the Word version of the applications for the Preservation Fund, the Johanna Favrot, and the Cynthia Woods Mitchell for Historic Interiors grants please visit the NTHP website. In addition, during this grant round, the Hart Family Fund for Small Towns and the Battlefield Preservation grants are available. For more information contact Brent Leggs at the NTHP Northeast Office at 617.523.0885. Rhode Island Preservation News Links Lincoln 1/9/08 'No' to subdivision of historic Arnold House land - for now Providence 1/16/08 Appeal of the court: Yearlong celebration in store for historic federal courthouse 1/16 Eight projects to receive PPS Preservation Awards 1/15/08 Historic warehouse begins fall to backhoe 1/12/08 Proposals for old produce terminal never bore fruit 1/11/08 State asks court to halt demolition of decrepit warehouse 1/8/08 Bathhouse converted to school library South Kingstown 1/5/08 House of the Week: South Kingstown property highlights three styles Wakefield 1/10/08 Newly renovated Kenyon house has an interested buyer West Warwick 1/16/08 Venerable West Warwick mill dodges auction block, for now Preservation news links are provided by PRI staff for informational purposes only. The inclusion or exclusion of articles should not be considered as an endorsement or indictment of their contents.