New England Native American Institute

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NEW ENGLAND NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTE’s ANNUAL MEETING
The meeting will be held January 10, 2010 from 1:00 to 4:00pm at the NENAI Conference Room, 7-11 Bellevue Street, Worcester, MA. Click the link above for a PDF flyer with all the details.
NENAI Calendar NOW AVAILABLE!
In this calendar the New England Native American Institute pays tribute to the Native American wealth of herbal healing knowledge transmitted over hundreds of years through initiation, ceremony and oral tradition. Each month features a beautifully illustrated native herb by NENAI's own artistic Joyce Heywood, with an accounting of its usage. In recognition of Gladys Tantaquidgeon, who was the Mohegan Medicine Woman, herbalist, and anthropologist from Connecticut, living 106 years, we have chosen to use the Mohegan language for days and months, as well as some vocabulary words. Calendars are just $12.00! Click here to view details and order!
NEW! Book: The Indians of the Nipmuck Country in Southern New England, 1630-1750: An Historical Geography, by Dennis A. Connole. To read more details and to order the book through the NENAI Store, click the title or here!
POWWOW! Click here for dates, times, location!

The New England Native American Institute is a tax-exempt non-profit Massachusetts corporation functioning as an Indian-controlled center, located in Worcester Massachusetts.

The Institute collaborates with Native American researchers, representatives of regional Indian nations, non-Indian scholars and others. Its work is to further a scholarly study and appreciation of New England's rich and unique Native American history and culture. The Institute has been active in many areas including:

Preserving a still growing collection of Indian artifacts, documents, photographs and other objects for an eventual Native American museum in the central Massachusetts area.
Initiating an Indian oral history archive of video tapes of elders and tribal activities.
Conducting Native American community-based adult educational cycles exploring facets of Indian life ways and native spirituality.
Identifying regional Native American historical and archeological sites for documentation preservation and protection.
Conducting workshops, conferences, and providing speakers
Selling and buying culturally appropriate items for educational and fund raising purposes.
Publishing informational pamphlets about history and culture of local Native people, and tracing one's Native roots.

For more information about these and other activities, contact:

The New England Native American Institute
P.O. Box 20192
Worcester. MA 01602-0192
Phone 508 791-5007

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