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Wabanaki Storytelling: Gluskabe- The Magical, Powerful Culture Hero

November 1, 2023 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

In this traditional Wabanaki storytelling presentation, Anne Jennison will introduce Gluskabe, who is at the center of an entire body of lesson stories that are central to the Wabanaki cultures of New Hampshire and the Northeast. Gluskabe is not the Creator, nor is he human; rather he is somewhere in between. Gluskabe has magical powers, is as tall as the white pine trees, and a friend to the Alnobak (the human beings). Layered with multiple embedded meanings, Gluskabe stories reveal the central spiritual and ethical beliefs of the Wabanaki peoples. They teach traditional Wabanaki understandings about how to live in harmony and balance with Mother Earth – and what kinds of things can happen when that balance is disrupted. Each time a Gluskabe story is heard, something new can be discovered. Anne Jennison is a traditional Native American storyteller and historian of European and Abenaki heritage. While Anne’s storytelling skills have been polished by more than 30 years of experience sharing Indigenous lesson stories with audiences of all kinds, she also believes that her growth and development as a human being has been deeply influenced by internalizing the content of the Northeastern lesson stories that she tells. Join us in the Library Lab for a livestream with tea, coffee and snacks or attend remotely on Zoom.

Register for an email reminder and/or Zoom link at: //bit.ly/gluskabe

Details

Date:
November 1, 2023
Time:
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
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Website:
https://mccnh.edu/event/wabanaki-storytelling-gluskabe-the-magical-powerful-culture-hero/

Venue

Library Computer Lab
1066 Front Street
Manchester, NH 03102 United States
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