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Today is: Thursday, July 24, 2008.
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An Evening with Native American Environmental Activist and Author Winona LaDuke
September 06, 2007
The Friends of Wissatinnewag proudly
present An Evening with Native American
Environmental Activist and Author
Winona LaDuke
Monday, Oct. 8th, 2007 at 7 p.m. in
Greenfield Community College's Sloan
Theatre. One College Drive, Greenfield, MA
Tickets are $10 in advance, available at
World Eye Books in downtown
Greenfield $12 at the door, $8 for GCC
students with college ID
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Wissatinnewag Wake-up Coffee Fundraiser
June 14, 2007
Friends of Wissatinnewag and Pierce Brothers
Coffee have joined together to bring you a
fantastic medium roast coffee that helps
support our work protecting Native American
sacred sites.
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The Friends of Wissatinnewag Mourn the Loss of Our Elder Cecile (Wawanolett) Joubert
October 18, 2006
Cecile (Wawanolett) Joubert, 98, died
peacefully at her home in Troy, NY on October
4, 2006, following a short illness. An
Abenaki Indian, Cecile was a descendant of
the famous undefeated Abenaki leader known in
English as Graylock. Cecile was born January
8, 1908 on the Abenaki Reserve of Odanak,
Quebec, Canada. She was the daughter of the
late Elie and Marie (Nagazeoi) Wawanolett and
the devoted wife of the late Alfred A.
Joubert. She is survived by three children,
Joyce Hamel, Elie Joubert and Edward (Darcy)
Shea; six grandchildren, Michele, Jay, Brian,
Tina, Debbie and Terry; and five
great-grandchildren, Amber, Karlee, Alysha,
Luke and Jeremy.
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Native American Remains May Finally Receive Protection: Developer Promises to Protect the 10 Acres.
May 18, 2006
After two years of struggle, it looks like
the 10 acres of the historic
White Ash swamp and the Native American
burials that lie within them will
finally be protected from development. Read
the full story and the press
release from the Mayor of Greenfield about
the agreement between Friends
of Wissatinnewag, Inc. and Ceruzzi Holdings,
the proposed developer for
land along French King Highway.
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Burial Protection/Sand Bank Restoration Project in Full Swing!
May 17, 2006
After a successful fundraising campaign, the
Friends of Wissatinnewag,
Inc. were able to fulfill our contract with
the USDA's Natural Resource
Conservation Service (NRCS)for the
Wissatinnewag Burial Protection/Sand
Bank Restoration Project.
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The Friends of Wissatinnewag Mourn the Loss of Our Friend Laurie Wirt
June 29, 2006
Mother Earth and the Friends of Wissatinnewag
lost a wonderful and
caring friend on June 26th, 2006.
Laurie Wirt passed away
early Monday, June 26 following a kayaking
accident on Saturday, June
24, on the Cache la Poudre River in Colorado.
She was comforted by her
family and dear friends. She is survived by
her husband Kirk Vincent,
and siblings Betsy Wirt and Ted Wirt. Ted
serves on the Board of
Directors for the Friends of Wissatinnwag.
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