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Events & News from the Museum»
To
volunteer for any of the exciting upcoming events please click on the
link below for the Chiefswood volunteer form. Filled in forms can be sent back to the
office by fax, email or regular post mail.
Chiefswood Museum
Volunteer Form
Upcoming
Events:
2010 Events
March 10 ~ Come
Celebrate E. Pauline Johnson’s Birthday. Join us
at her birthplace “Chiefswood National Historic
Site” – 1037 Hwy 54 at Chiefswood road on Wednesday
March 10, from 10am –
3pm for an Open House. Admission is by donation only. For information, please contact
519.752.5005 or email: chiefswood@execulink.com
May ~ Museum
Month
September 11 ~ At
Husking Time Women’s Conference
October 22-23 ~ All
Hallows Eve Evening Tours
November
6-December 18 ~ Christmastide, A 19th
Century Christmas
Past Events:
“FAITHFULLY YOURS, E.
PAULINE JOHNSON” EXHIBIT OPENS
SIX
NATIONS, ON.: In conjunction with
the Woodland Cultural Centre, Chiefswood is
pleased to announce the opening of the first exhibit dedicated to the
life, times and work of E. Pauline Johnson – Tekahionwake
curated by Curator Emeritus, Thomas V. Hill.
The
exhibit, “Faithfully Yours, E.
Pauline Johnson,” features artifacts revealing the legend of Pauline
beginning at her childhood home, Chiefswood, to
her death in Vancouver, B.C. The exhibit opens at the Woodland Cultural Centre Museum on Saturday, August 15th
2009 at 3:00 p.m.
“Faithfully Yours, E. Pauline
Johnson” is the first to depict Pauline from a Native
perspective. Curator Emeritus,
Thomas V. Hill presents Pauline as an artisan of words. “This exhibition is an experience in
the passion of Pauline Johnson, her commitment to her identity and her
understanding of her mixed heritage.
She was one of the first Mohawk personalities that questioned
social injustices,” says Hill.
Visitors
will explore Pauline’s adventurous life as she performed in remote
townships across Canada and sailed
to England to meet
the Royals. They will see how a
woman of mixed heritage tackled the political and social issues of her
time.
Pauline’s
famous buckskin dress, a symbol of her heritage “comes home” from the Vancouver Museum along with
other cherished objects she bequeathed to Vancouver. Many rare ‘never-before-seen’ artifacts
of Pauline and her family will be a part of “Faithfully Yours, E. Pauline Johnson.”
Join us at the
Woodland Cultural Centre, 184 Mohawk Street, Brantford, ON, for this
rare and historical look into the life of E. Pauline Johnson.
“Faithfully Yours, E. Pauline Johnson” opens Saturday, August 15, 2009 and runs
to Thursday,
December 24, 2009.
"Faithfully Yours, E. Pauline
Johnson" exhibit poster
On-going Events:
Ohswe:ken Genealogy Society
Do you want to find out about your FAMILY TREE?
ARE YOU RELATED TO ME??
Come and find out if you are……
We meet the 1st SUNDAY of every
month to share our
Family History and Knowledge.
You are invited to join us at the
VETERANS HALL on CHIEFSWOOD ROAD.
SIX NATIONS of the GRAND RIVER.
From 1:00
p.m.
to 3:00 p.m.
If you need any more info. Contact Renee
– 519-445-4105
Or Joann – 519-445-0310
News
Summer Kitchen
Part of our on going restoration is the summer kitchen. It has recently
been rebuilt on the East side of the mansion, connecting to the dining
room. Archaeological data has uncovered the original foundation of the
kitchen.
Chiefswood
Meadow
The meadow is host to a variety of native wildflowers to this local area.
Each season the Chiefswood’s Meadow offers you a new color show.
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