All Nolumbeka Project events are free, accessible, and open to all
We are proud to participate in the Card to Culture program, a collaboration between Mass Cultural Council and the Department of Transitional Assistance, the Women, Infants & Children (WIC) Nutrition Program, and the Massachusetts Health Connector, by making all Nolumbeka Project events free, accessible, and open to all. See the complete list of participating organizations offering EBT, WIC, and ConnectorCare discounts.
Volunteers are always welcome. Please contact us at nolumbekaproject@gmail.com
Upcoming Events
All Our Relations: To Honor the Wampanoag Supreme Sachem Pometacomet on the 350th Anniversary of the Great Falls Massacre Art Exhibit
Art exhibit featuring works by internationally known and multi-talented Wampanoag artists Deborah Spears Moorehead and Robert Peters
April-May
Great Hall, Great Falls Discovery Center, Turners Falls, MA
Featuring Deborah Spears Moorehead,Seaconke Pokanoket Wampanoag, and Robert Peters, Mashpee Wampanoag. The exhibit will focus on pre-colonization and the 350th Anniversay of Metacom’s Resistance (King Philip’s War) and the Great Falls Massacre on May 19, 1676.
Great time of year for school groups to learn more about the Indigenous History of this area and the continued presence of tribal members here in our Valley and throughout the Northeast.
Sponsored by Friends of the Discovery Center, DCR, Montague Culural Council and the Nolumbeka Project
All Our Relations: To Honor the Wampanoag Supreme Sachem Pometacomet on the 350th Anniversary of the Great Falls Massacre Zoom Webinar with the artists
Saturday, April 25, 7 – 9 p.m.
Zoom webinar (Registration info will be posted on this web page)
Join us for a Zoom webinar with Deborah Spears Moorehead (Seaconke Pokanoket Wampanoag), and Robert Peters (Mashpee Wampanoag).. Deb and Robert speak about their art and share history about their ancestor Metacom. Facilitated by David Brule. You will have an opporunity to meet the artists in person at the Discovery Center where they will be among Honored Guests for the Day of Remembrance proceedings on Saturday, May 16.
KIng Philip’s War in Your Backyard 1675-1676, Sunday, April 26, 2-3:30 p.m. Great Falls Discovery Center, 2 Ave. A, Turners Falls, MA David Brule reviews the events that happened nearby in the central Connecticut River Valley starting in August 1675 and continuing into May 1676 and beyond. David focuses on the latest results of the National Park Service-sponsored study of the massacre at Peskeompskut falls and the Native counterattack over a 7-mile route through Greenfield. Learn from statements about the lasting impacts on local Tribes by modern-day Tribal participants in this 12-year study. For youth and adults. Sponsored by the Nolumbeka Project.
Day of Remembrance: Commemoration of the 350th Anniversary of the Great Falls Massacre (May 19, 1676) and Metacom’s Resistance, aka King Philip’s War
Saturday, May 16, 12:30 to 3::30 p.m., Great Falls Discovery Center, 2 Ave. A, Turners Falls, MA
Day of Remembrance: Commemoration of the Great Falls Massacre. Honored presenters will include Liz Coldwind Santana-Kiser, Elder and Council member of the Chaubunagungamaug Band of Nipmuck Indians and Cahubunagungamaug THPO; Roger Longtoe Sheehan, Elnu Abenaki Chief and musician; Artist and author Deborah Spears Moorehead, Seaconke Pokanoket Wampanoag; Artist Robert Peters, Mashpee Wampanoag; Eastern Medicine Singers, Indigenous, intertribal drum group specializing in Eastern Algonquin traditional music; Strong Eagle “Many Feathers” Daly, Nipmuc, flute; Pat Allen, who was chair of the Selectboard on May 19, 2004, when the Reconciliation Agreement between the Town of Montague and the Narragansett was signed; Nulhegan Abenaki author and anthropologist Dr. Marge Bruchac; awards-winning poet Martin Espada; Artist Diane Travis; Emcee David Brule, Chair of the Nolumbeka Project and Coordinator of the Battlefield Study Grant Advisory Board.
Art exhibit featuring the photography of Scott (Strong Hawk) Foster
July-August
Great Hall, Great Falls Discovery Center, Turners Falls, MA
Scott Foster is an award-winning photographer and member of the Hassanamisco Nipmuc Band. Artist reception date TBA.
Sponsored by Friends of the Discovery Center, DCR, Nolumbeka Project, and the Montague Cultural Council
Peskeompskut Paddle on the Connecticut River
Friday, July 31
Details TBA
13th Annual Pocumtuck Homelands Festival: A Celebration of Native American Art, Music, and Cultures
Saturday, August 1 & Sunday, August 2, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days. Rain or shine. Unity Park Waterfront, Turners Falls, MA
Free, accessible. Donations welcome. Appeals to all ages and backgrounds.
Feauring Mohawk elder Tom Porter: Nipmuck flute player Hawk Henries. Aquinnah Wampanoag singer-songwriter Thea Hopkins; Rez Dogs; Andre StrongBearHeart Gaines, and more. 40 Indigenous artists and authors create colorful outdoor market with beautiful arts and crafts, children’s activites, History talks
This year will include recognition of the 350th Anniversary, the “end” of Metacom’s Resistance aka King Philip’s War on August 12, 1676. More details TBA.
Full Beaver Moon Gathering
Saturday, November 21, 1-4pm
Great Falls Discovery Center, 2 Ave. A, Turners Falls, MA
Presenters TBA
Past Events Media
Click on posters to access the videos of past events
TRAILER: Wissatinnewag
By Gillis MacDougal
Talk given by Jennifer Lee at All Souls Church
Greenfield, MA, October 12, 2025
Scroll to 25:00 to begin her presentation
Videos from the 2025 Pocumtuck Homelands Festival
Thank you to Montague Community TV for the beautiful recordings of these memorable presentations where indigenous people share their own stories in many inspiring, informative, meaningful, powerful, creative ways. (Please note: our emcee is Justin Beatty, not James.)
Film panel discussion: Ancient Sea Peoples of the North Atlantic
A recording of the discussion that followed the screening of Ancient Sea Peoples of the North Atlantic film on March 2, 2025. The panel features producer Ted Timreck, Anthropologist William Fitzhugh, Archaeologist Paul Robinson, and Nolumbeka Project President David Brule. Also in attendance was Native Ceremonial Preservationist Doug Harris and his wife Genevieve. The entire film can be rented or purchased from Bullfrog Films.
11th Annual Pocumtuck Homelands Festival: A Celebration of Native American Art, Music & Cultures, August 3-4, 2024
Produced by Montague Community TV
Occupying Massachusetts: Layers of History on Indigenous Land with Sandra Matthews and David Brule
Full Snow Moon Social Dance led by Annawon Weeden
February 1, 2020, Greenfield Community College
Connecting Point, January 22, 2020, Liz Coldwind Santana-Kiser and David Brule
Mashalisque and Frances Crowe: Women and Native Land History
With Doug Harris and Sarah Pirtle, November 29, 2020
“New Lights in the Dawnland” Audio storytelling
Produced by Michael and Carrie Kline
“You Can’t Unknow the Past” Audio Storytelling Produced by Michael and Carrie Kline
Reconciliation Ceremony, May 19, 2004
Produced by Montague Community TV, edited by Steve Alves, and adapted for viewing on this website by Greenfield Community TV
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