Beaver Island Community School reports science fair and traditional-pottery program, 1989

Also 1989 Beaver Island school science fair · Frank Ettawageshik pottery course

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TypeEvent

Date1989-04-20

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Date: 1989-04-20
Kind: Education
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: educationanishinaabe-odawacraftheritagecommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The school held its annual science fair on April 20, 1989, and scheduled a traditional pottery study with Frank Ettawageshik for April 24–28.

Evidence limits

The report describes instruction and funding, not student projects, enrollment, or an independent account of the cultural teaching tradition.

Sources

“School News,” Beaver Beacon, April 1989.
Reports the April 20 science fair and Frank Ettawageshik’s April 24–28 Woodland-tradition pottery study funded by the Michigan Council for the Arts. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, April 1989, held issue PDF, source scan.
Paired held eighteen-page issue PDF.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Community School reports science fair and traditional-pottery program, 1989”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-school-science-fair-pottery-program-1989/, accessed [date], citing “School News,” Beaver Beacon, April 1989. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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