New Wabanaki exhibition opens at Portland’s Children’s Museum on Indigenous Peoples Day

Starr Kelly, the Director of Education & Exhibits at the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine, right, and Mi’kmaq artist Max Romero Sanipass look at the basket-weaving section of the new exhibit Sunday. Photo: Brianna Soukup/Staff Photographer.

By Bonnie Washuk|Portland Press Herald

The interactive, outdoor exhibit was developed with Wabanaki artists to share songs, history and traditions.

PORTLAND - On Monday, Indigenous Peoples Day, a new exhibit opens at the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine to honor and educate visitors about Wabanaki art, song and way of life.

The exhibit, titled “Ckuwaponahkiyik Atkuhkakonol: Wabanaki Storytelling Through Art and Traditions,” explores the Wabanaki people, who have thrived in Maine for more than 12,000 years, said Starr Kelly, the museum’s director of education and exhibits.

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