• Saturday, May 21, Day of Remembrance and Franklin County Video Release Celebration, Great Falls Discovery Center, 2 Ave. A, Turners Falls. 10 am - noon, Franklin County Video Release Celebration of and showing of several segments of INDIGENOUS VOICES: Stories from the Connecticut River Valley of Massachusetts, A Series of Short Videos About Native Life Past and Present, produced by the Nolumbeka Project in collaboration with Turning Tide Films. Held in the Great Hall. Meet with filmmaker Robbie Leppzer and producer Jennifer Lee. Original artworks on display, other works for sale.
1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Day of Remembrance: Commemoration of the 346th Anniversary of the Great Falls Massacre, May 19, 1676. Weather permitting, this will be held on the lawn behind the building. Guest speakers, former deputy Tribal Historic Preservation Officer Doug Harris and Mashpee-Wampanoag artist Robert Peters. Original artworks on display. Indigenous art works for sale
• Sunday, May 22, Hampshire County Video Release Celebration, Hitchcock Center for the Environment, 845 West St., Amherst. 1-5 p.m., Will begin with showing of several segments of INDIGENOUS VOICES: Stories from the Connecticut River Valley of Massachusetts, A Series of Short Videos About Native Life Past and Present, produced by the Nolumbeka Project in collaboration with Turning Tide Films. Meet with filmmaker Robbie Leppzer and producer Jennifer Lee. Special guest Rhonda Anderson, Western Massachusetts Commissioner on Indian Affairs. Original artworks on display. Presentations by artists featured in the video series Deborah Spears Moorehead of the Seaconke Wampanoag Tribal Nation and Wes Pecor, a Massachusett descendant. Indigenous Art works for sale. More.