Interview with Chris Newell, Bar Harbor, Maine

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Date
2020-10-23
Main contributor
Chris Newell
Summary
Chris Newell (Bar Harbor, Maine) 

Chris Newell (Passamaquoddy) is a musician and educator based in Bar Harbor, Maine. He was born and raised in Motahkmikuhk (Indian Township, ME) and is a proud citizen of the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Indian Township. Chris has been a member of the Mystic River singers, an award-winning inter-tribal pow wow drum group based in Connecticut. The group traveled across North America singing and learning at community pow wows. Beyond, Chris has served as Education Supervisor for the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center and co-founded the Akomawt Educational Initiative addressing the lack of Native history and social studies in public schools and other institutions. He spearheaded Akomawt’s collaboration with the Leventhal Map Center’s exhibit America Transformed: Mapping the 19th Century, earning the 2019 Excellence Award from the New England Museum Association. Chris serves as Executive Director and Senior Partner to Wabanaki Nations in the Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor, Maine. 

Interviewed by Tamar Sella, 10/23/20.
Contributor
Tamar Sella
Subjects
Music; United States; Covid-19 Pandemic
Location
Bar Harbor, Maine
Collection
Musicians in America during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Unit
Society for Ethnomusicology

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