WNHHS April Zoom Mtg — Anne Jennison: Gluskabe — The Magical, Powerful Culture Figure Central to Wabanaki Storytelling
Mon, Apr 14
|Online Zoom Event
In this traditional Wabanaki storytelling presentation, Anne Jennison will introduce Gluskabe, who is at the center of an entire body of lesson stories that are central to the Wabanaki cultures of New Hampshire and the Northeast. An RSVP allows us to send you an event reminder.
Time & Location
Apr 14, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Online Zoom Event
About the Event
Gluskabe — The Magical, Powerful Culture Figure Central to Wabanaki Storytelling
With Native American storyteller and historian Anne Jennison
This program is made possible by a grant from the "New Hampshire Humanities "Humanities to Go" program.
In this traditional Wabanaki storytelling presentation, Anne Jennison will introduce Gluskabe, who is at the center of an entire body of lesson stories that are central to the Wabanaki cultures of New Hampshire and the Northeast. Gluskabe is not the Creator, nor is he human; rather he is somewhere in between. Gluskabe has magical powers, is as tall as the white pine trees, and a friend to the Alnobak (the human beings). Layered with multiple embedded meanings, Gluskabe stories reveal the central spiritual and ethical beliefs of the Wabanaki peoples. They teach traditional Wabanaki understandings about how to live in harmony and balance with Mother Earth – and what kinds…