Tracing Your Native American Roots Lecture
Saturday, March 14th, 2009March 14, 2009
Moccasin Tracks; Tracing Native American Genealogy in New England & Canada
Sunday, March 22, 2009 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Join artist and educator Jeanne “Morningstar” Kent of as she shares her knowledge and experience in researching Native American ancestry. Jeanne will provide essential information, helpful hints and thought provoking questions for those tracing their own Native genealogy. The daughter of a French and Indian father and a German mother, she descends from the Abenaki, Nipissing, Algonkian and Montanais people of theQuebec area. She was named Spozowialakws (Morningstar) years ago by an Abenaki Elder. Her Native name translates as “one who leads others out of the darkness into light” - a teacher.
Mrs. Kent is a retired art instructor who taught in the Hartford public schools for 20 years at all levels. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree and a Master’s in art education from the University of Hartford. She also studied Genealogy with the National Genealogical Society and is a member of the French Genealogy Library in Tolland, CT.
Her art work focuses on the five-tribe Wabanaki Confederacy consisting of the Abenaki, Penobscot, Maliseet, Mi’kmaq and Passamaquoddy. She has taught courses on both native crafts and history to fellow educators, universities and the general public. Currently, she serves as a Native interpreter at The Institute for American Indian Studies. She is a member of the American Gourd Society and is owner of Morningstar Studio on line at www.morningstarstudio9.com
For more information:
The Institute for American Indian Studies
38 Curtis Road, Washington, CT 06793
860 868-0518 www.birdstone.org iais@charter.net
