Zoom Event: Northeast Woodlands Storytelling Concert

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Anne Jennison is a New Hampshire-based Native American storyteller, historian, educator, and craftsperson with both European and Abenaki heritage. With Master’s degrees in both Storytelling and in History, Anne brings a wealth of knowledge - polished by more than 30 years of experience as a performing storyteller - to her retelling of timeless Native American lesson stories, especially the stories of the Northeast.

Prior to retiring from teaching, Anne taught American History, World History, Cultural Anthropology, Storytelling, and Native American Studies courses for 20 years - at both the high school and college level. Since retiring from classroom teaching, Anne continues to be an active public educator. She tells Native American stories and teaches Abenaki history and culture through her appearances at schools, colleges, powwows, museums, historical societies, and libraries. Additionally, Anne gives demonstrations of Indigenous crafts such as beadwork and birch bark basket making. She also teaches storytelling workshops, traditional Abenaki crafts workshops, and gives storytelling performances at such places as Strawbery Banke Museum in Portsmouth, NH, the Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum in Warner, NH and other venues throughout New England. At Strawbery Banke Museum , Anne is also a co-producer of the annual Dawnland StoryFest - New England’s only Native American Storytelling Festival.

This will be an online event through Zoom. More information will be forthcoming closer to the event.

Price: Free to the General Public

Sponsors:

  • New Hampshire Public Radio