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词条 Mihku Paul
释义

  1. Early life and education

  2. Published works

  3. Visual arts

  4. Activism

  5. References

  6. External links

{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2018}}Mihku Paul (born 1958) is a Native American poet, visual artist, storyteller, and activist. She was born into the Maliseet Native American tribe and she is a member of Kingsclear First Nation in New Brunswick, Canada. Mihku Paul currently resides in Portland, Maine[1] where she teaches creative writing at the Maine Women Writers Collection at the University of New England.[2]

Early life and education

Mihku Paul was born on December 4th, 1958, and was raised in Old Town, Maine. She lived close to the reservation, but not on one because of the lack of infrastructure, housing programs, and poor living conditions. Paul received a traditional education, inclusive of traditional and cultural knowledge, from her grandfather who was a Maliseet elder. She was the youngest child and the only one of the four children in her family to complete high school.

She then went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree in Human Development and Communication from the University of Southern Maine. Paul then attended the Stonecoast MFA Program in Creative Writing at the University of Southern Maine in Portland, Maine and graduated from this program in 2010. She worked for over 20 years as a cultural consultant in the Portland public school system. She has taught creative writing at the University of New England. Like many other contemporary Wabanaki artists, which is inclusive of Mi'kmaq, Maliseet, Passamaquoddy, Abenaki, and Penobscot tribes, she is also involved in community education.[2]

Published works

Mihku Paul's first chapbook, 20th Century PowWow Playland, was published by Bowman Books in Greenfield, New York in 2012. The poems describe Maliseet homeland, also known as Wolastoqiyik, and Paul's own thoughts on the rights and continuation of indigenous people in the northeast. This poem, as her most popular, is known for giving a voice to the African American community and the discrimination they face, although this was not her main goal of these poems. Some of her more popular poems include The Water Road, Mother Tongue, and Genocide and Me.

A number of poems also address Paul's dissatisfaction with the education she received in the Maine public school system. One of her most famous works would be Jefferson Street School also in 20th Century PowWow Playland. In this piece, Paul speaks as a "kindergarten captive" who is forced to memorize and recite the "invader's language" and the biased culture that was present.[2]

Mihku Paul has also been published in magazines including Cabildo Quarterly Online.[3]

Paul has recently been credited with writing a chapter in Transforming Our Practices which is a teach pedagogy text that focuses on Indigenous educational paradigms.[4]

Visual arts

Mihku Paul combines her poetry with visual art, creating works in pen and ink, watercolor, gouache, and mixed media collage. Although she never had any formal education in the visual arts field, she looks to support her identity through her artistic values. Paul's first multi-media exhibit was a 2010 installation at the Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor, Maine, entitled "[https://www.abbemuseum.org/blog/2009/10/look-twice-evokes-new-thoughts-about.html Look Twice: The Waponahki in Image & Verse.]” The poems that are published in the anthology Dawnland Voices were paired with photographs and her own drawings.[5] She looked to use this piece as a way to redirect the viewers objective thoughts on Native American life and history.[6] Her other pieces, which include medicine wheel paintings have been auctioned off for fundraising to support arts in the schools and by the Sierra Club to support local and regional projects.[7]

Activism

During her experience within the educational system off of her Maliseet reservation, she dealt with racism and discrimination. Paul looked to enhance the experience within education with the inclusion of Native Americans as people as well as their history.[2] In Portland, Maine, she looked to work with the educational system and schools to spread the learning and understanding of Native Americans through storytelling and curriculum enhancements. She often speaks on issues regarding her experiences at different schools and events. Paul spoke at an event hosted by the Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project, Maine Wabanaki REACH, Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth & Reconciliation Commission, and United to End Genocide. This event was called "Genocide & Maine: Shining the Light of Truth" and focused on making invisible genocide visible, make what is silenced about genocide heard, and motivate the development of awareness and action to face the challenges that affect the people of Maine. [8]

References

1. ^{{cite journal|last=Senier|first=Siobhan|title=Rethinking Recognition: Mi'kmaq and Maliseet Poets Rewrite Land and Community|journal=MELUS: Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States|date=Spring 2012|volume=37|issue=1|pages=15–34}}
2. ^1 2 3 {{Cite web|url=http://dawnlandvoices.org/collections/items/show/291|title=Mihku Paul · Indigenous New England Digital Collections|website=dawnlandvoices.org|language=en-US|access-date=2018-11-30}}
3. ^{{cite journal|last=Paul|first=Mihku|title=Born, and Then Again|journal=Cabildo Quarterly Online|date=May 22, 2013|url=http://cabildoquarterly.tumblr.com/post/51088591501/born-and-then-again-by-mihku-paul|accessdate=18 March 2014}}
4. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.une.edu/mwwc/programming-events/academic-conferences/presenters|title=Presenter Information {{!}} Maine Women Writers Collection {{!}} University of New England in Maine, Tangier and Online|website=www.une.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-11-30}}
5. ^{{Citation|pages=424|publisher=UNP - Nebraska|isbn=9780803256798|doi=10.2307/j.ctt1d9njj2.203|title = Dawnland Voices|year = 2014}}
6. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.abbemuseum.org/blog/2009/10/look-twice-evokes-new-thoughts-about.html|title=Look Twice Evokes New Thoughts About History|work=Abbe Museum|access-date=2018-11-26|language=en-US}}
7. ^{{cite web|last=Museum|first=Abbe|title=Look Twice Evokes New Thoughts About History|url=http://abbemuseum.blogspot.com/2009/10/look-twice-evokes-new-thoughts-about.html|work=ABBE MUSEUM The mission of the Abbe Museum is to inspire new learning about the Wabanaki Nations...|publisher=Abbe Museum|accessdate=April 4, 2013}}
8. ^{{Citation|last=Maine-Wabanaki REACH|title=Genocide and ME: Poem by Mihku Paul|date=2015-02-16|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyI_An8ZTc4|access-date=2018-11-30}}

External links

  • The Work of Mihku Paul, official web site
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5 : 1958 births|Native American writers|Native American artists|Living people|People from Old Town, Maine
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