Save the Date: Doctrine of Discovery Learning Weekend

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The Council on Indigenous Relations and the Province One Justice Network invite you to a long weekend of learning opportunities about the Doctrine of Discovery. The Episcopal Church has taken an historic lead role in repudiating this complex assault on our indigenous neighbors.

On Thursday, Sept. 10 at 7 p.m., please join us online for a presentation by Sarah Augustine and Rev. Joe Hubbard, hosted by the Saint Paul Center for Theology and Prayer. A link for remote attendance will be provided as soon as the invitation is live.

Hubbard and Augustine are members of The Episcopal Church’s Truth, Justice, & Healing Commission of Native Boarding Schools. Hubbard is executive director of Ministry on the Margins in Bismarck, ND, and convenor of the Episcopal Indigenous Justice Roundtable. Augustine is the executive director of the Coalition to Dismantle the Doctrine of Discovery.

On Saturday, Sept. 12, 2-4 p.m. we invite you to the Cathedral Church of St. Luke, Portland for an interactive map experience led by Wabanaki REACH: Restoration, Engagement, Advocacy, Change, and Healing. This program, Interacting with Wabanaki Maine History, was created by people who advocated for and supported the Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Participants engage in a story of particular events in the history of 400 years of colonization of Wabanaki people by Europeans in this territory now called the state of Maine. This highly engaging experience, which is suitable for high school-age youth, requires our full participation in order to genuinely increase our understanding of colonization and what it means for current descendants and future generations; to reflect on what story we are writing for our grandchildren. Registration information will be forthcoming.

On Sunday, Sept. 13, Augustine will give the sermon at the 9 a.m. service at St. Ann’s, Windham. Hubbard will give the sermon at the 9 a.m. service at St. Peter’s, Portland. Watch the livestream here

On Sunday, Sept. 13 at 2 p.m., the cathedral will host a panel discussion with Hubbard and Augustine on Wabanaki Boarding Schools and the Doctrine of Discovery. This event will be livestreamed here.

Members of the Wabanaki Alliance will be present both days at the cathedral with a table of information and indigenous knowledge to share.