Reclaim-memorating

Reclaim-memorating the Treaty of Casco Bay as Wabanaki Practice is a Waponahki-led public art initiative working to bring historical awareness of the Casco Bay Treaty negotiations (1726-1727) to Maine communities. This cross-cultural group of artists and scholars — led by Lilah Akins, Mihku Paul and Darren Ranco — gathers monthly to collaboratively design events that reclaim and commemorate the treaty negotiations through a contemporary Waponahki lens. These ways of seeing have continued relevance for current and future Settler-Waponahki relations. Spinning Wampum aims to create arts events that center Wabanaki experiences, stories, and perspectives to engage communities around the state with the Treaty of Casco Bay, and its place in the continuing story of the Dawnland.