Chris Newell
@noodlz2020.bsky.social
Passamaquoddy educator. Author of If You Lived During the Plimoth Thanksgiving. Co-director of Weckuwapok: The Approaching Dawn. Co-founder of Akomawt Educational Initiative
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Chris Newell
@noodlz2020.bsky.social
· Apr 16
When you only teach about Native people in the past tense, you’re denying us our present and our future.
"“We are all water,” Ma said in a Vermont Public interview. “It could be a very dangerous place, or it could be the place that gives us, literally, life. It’s both."
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Finding Wisdom in the Waters | Dartmouth
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November 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
"“We are all water,” Ma said in a Vermont Public interview. “It could be a very dangerous place, or it could be the place that gives us, literally, life. It’s both."
home.dartmouth.edu/news/2025/11...
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Wait a minute. River of Fundament was shown with Jonathan Bepler and live music in Poland?!?!!
I was in RoF and I'm interested in this...
I was in RoF and I'm interested in this...
November 1, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Wait a minute. River of Fundament was shown with Jonathan Bepler and live music in Poland?!?!!
I was in RoF and I'm interested in this...
I was in RoF and I'm interested in this...
My dad was such a proponent of our language that when the governor of Maine threatened jail time to Wabanaki chiefs for not turning over documents pertaining to our studies of water quality on our lands, dad said, "Translate them to Passamaquoddy and let them have them." Lol
November 1, 2025 at 4:00 AM
My dad was such a proponent of our language that when the governor of Maine threatened jail time to Wabanaki chiefs for not turning over documents pertaining to our studies of water quality on our lands, dad said, "Translate them to Passamaquoddy and let them have them." Lol
My upcoming book has been chosen as a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection!!
Release date Feb 3, 2026
#goldstandardselection
#JLGgoldstandard
#juniorlibraryguild
#thebestbooks
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Release date Feb 3, 2026
#goldstandardselection
#JLGgoldstandard
#juniorlibraryguild
#thebestbooks
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If You Lived During the American Revolution | The Scholastic Parent Store
What if you lived in a different time and place? What would you wear? What would you eat? How would your daily life be different?Scholastic's If You Lived... series answers all of kids' most important...
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October 31, 2025 at 7:09 PM
My upcoming book has been chosen as a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection!!
Release date Feb 3, 2026
#goldstandardselection
#JLGgoldstandard
#juniorlibraryguild
#thebestbooks
shop.scholastic.com/parent-ecomm...
Release date Feb 3, 2026
#goldstandardselection
#JLGgoldstandard
#juniorlibraryguild
#thebestbooks
shop.scholastic.com/parent-ecomm...
Great news in the inbox. If You Lived During the American Revolution has been chosen as a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard selection!
October 15, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Great news in the inbox. If You Lived During the American Revolution has been chosen as a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard selection!
Been pow wowing so long I remember the days when camped everywhere we went. As singers we had to bring our own PA. These young guys are spoiled by all these badass Native run sound businesses now. ;)
October 7, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Been pow wowing so long I remember the days when camped everywhere we went. As singers we had to bring our own PA. These young guys are spoiled by all these badass Native run sound businesses now. ;)
This came across my feed lately. The underground nature of this film's availability is giving it a long life. Brings back memories. Thirteen years since we recorded this (the opening song). #MysticRiverSingers #RiverofFundament
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River of Fundament: Matthew Barney
Mit RIVER OF FUNDAMENT kommt eines der aufwändigsten und spektakulärsten Kunstwerke der Gegenwart nach Hamburg: ein sinfonisch-epischer Film über…
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October 5, 2025 at 11:29 PM
This came across my feed lately. The underground nature of this film's availability is giving it a long life. Brings back memories. Thirteen years since we recorded this (the opening song). #MysticRiverSingers #RiverofFundament
vimeo.com/127499925
vimeo.com/127499925
Now that is truly hilarious! 😂
A statue depicting President Trump and Jeffrey Epstein reappears on the National Mall amid the government shutdown.
Statue of Trump and Epstein holding hands returns to the National Mall
A statue featuring President Donald Trump alongside convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has reappeared in front of the Capitol after it was removed last week.
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October 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Now that is truly hilarious! 😂
Reposted by Chris Newell
My students discovering my old TEDx Talk from 2013 is a hoot. 😆
October 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
My students discovering my old TEDx Talk from 2013 is a hoot. 😆
Making it to the finals of invite only fellowships and coming up short seems to be my specialty. One day I'll break through. *crossing fingers*
October 1, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Making it to the finals of invite only fellowships and coming up short seems to be my specialty. One day I'll break through. *crossing fingers*
The HUD website right now.
Yes it's against the law.
Yes it's against the law.
October 1, 2025 at 12:59 AM
The HUD website right now.
Yes it's against the law.
Yes it's against the law.
When the meeting is over, but we're stuck in it because a few people want to heavily discuss a tangent that doesn't involve the rest of us.
a little girl is sitting at a table with a plate of food .
ALT: a little girl is sitting at a table with a plate of food .
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September 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
When the meeting is over, but we're stuck in it because a few people want to heavily discuss a tangent that doesn't involve the rest of us.
If it wasn't for DOGE and this crazy administration, we'd be working on the interpretation for the Carlisle Industrial School National Monument and telling some hard truths that we could all learn from.
Instead, we're still acknowledging medals to soldiers who massacred the people they disarmed.
Instead, we're still acknowledging medals to soldiers who massacred the people they disarmed.
September 26, 2025 at 2:57 PM
If it wasn't for DOGE and this crazy administration, we'd be working on the interpretation for the Carlisle Industrial School National Monument and telling some hard truths that we could all learn from.
Instead, we're still acknowledging medals to soldiers who massacred the people they disarmed.
Instead, we're still acknowledging medals to soldiers who massacred the people they disarmed.
So in this crazy political climate, I have a nonfiction kids book coming out about the American Revolution.
My specialty...diverse perspectives.
Pray for me...
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My specialty...diverse perspectives.
Pray for me...
www.amazon.com/You-Lived-Du....
If You Lived During the American Revolution
If You Lived During the American Revolution [Newell, Chris, Walthall, Steffi] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. If You Lived During the American Revolution
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September 26, 2025 at 2:39 PM
So in this crazy political climate, I have a nonfiction kids book coming out about the American Revolution.
My specialty...diverse perspectives.
Pray for me...
www.amazon.com/You-Lived-Du....
My specialty...diverse perspectives.
Pray for me...
www.amazon.com/You-Lived-Du....
I get a lot of labels, but the one i use for myself is "educator"
However, if I tell someone I'm an educator their eyes roll back. Yet if I say author, artist, singer etc they get all excited.
I guess I'm just wired different. For me, the exciting thing is the education part...
However, if I tell someone I'm an educator their eyes roll back. Yet if I say author, artist, singer etc they get all excited.
I guess I'm just wired different. For me, the exciting thing is the education part...
September 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I get a lot of labels, but the one i use for myself is "educator"
However, if I tell someone I'm an educator their eyes roll back. Yet if I say author, artist, singer etc they get all excited.
I guess I'm just wired different. For me, the exciting thing is the education part...
However, if I tell someone I'm an educator their eyes roll back. Yet if I say author, artist, singer etc they get all excited.
I guess I'm just wired different. For me, the exciting thing is the education part...
When I said ok to this panel, I had no idea who the other panelists were....😲
September 16, 2025 at 6:16 PM
When I said ok to this panel, I had no idea who the other panelists were....😲
In surveys, my students consistently express that they stress less and learn more than they expected. Try it my fellow educators. I know we have standards to uphold, but these are human beings. Treat them with care and they'll be excited about what you have to teach. The rest takes care of itself.
August 28, 2025 at 8:37 PM
In surveys, my students consistently express that they stress less and learn more than they expected. Try it my fellow educators. I know we have standards to uphold, but these are human beings. Treat them with care and they'll be excited about what you have to teach. The rest takes care of itself.
This is exactly why I work with Yo-Yo Ma. He is as real as it gets. Love this.
My health may be weird right now. But I love Chicago.
I was scrolling through TikTok and saw Yo-Yo Ma and Angelique Kidjo were recording in a studio and upon hearing Trump’s comments about Chicago they decided to put on a free concert tonight in Millenium Park.
train ride and boom I was there
I was scrolling through TikTok and saw Yo-Yo Ma and Angelique Kidjo were recording in a studio and upon hearing Trump’s comments about Chicago they decided to put on a free concert tonight in Millenium Park.
train ride and boom I was there
August 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
This is exactly why I work with Yo-Yo Ma. He is as real as it gets. Love this.
Scary scenes from classic horror movies. I'll go first.
The psychic reading scene from The Changeling with George C. Scott.
The psychic reading scene from The Changeling with George C. Scott.
August 13, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Scary scenes from classic horror movies. I'll go first.
The psychic reading scene from The Changeling with George C. Scott.
The psychic reading scene from The Changeling with George C. Scott.
Writing nonfiction for kids means dotting your i's and crossing your t's repeatedly. Gotta get the details right. My editor emailed that If You Lived During the American Revolution is at the printer. A few last second details wrapped up and real books get made soon. Cue the anxiety...
August 8, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Writing nonfiction for kids means dotting your i's and crossing your t's repeatedly. Gotta get the details right. My editor emailed that If You Lived During the American Revolution is at the printer. A few last second details wrapped up and real books get made soon. Cue the anxiety...
Just thinking. Heart block almost took my life in 2019. Seeing your chart with 10 seconds of flat line is sobering. Life changing. But the important part is, I lived. Everyone tells me it's because I have more to do. This latest work with Yo Yo Ma is truly starting to take on elements of that.
August 5, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Just thinking. Heart block almost took my life in 2019. Seeing your chart with 10 seconds of flat line is sobering. Life changing. But the important part is, I lived. Everyone tells me it's because I have more to do. This latest work with Yo Yo Ma is truly starting to take on elements of that.
We sold out the Merrill! Between this and Wabanaki Stories we've sold out that venue 6 times. A full auditorium is electric. I can't wait for this.
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We Are Water: A Northeast Celebration
with Andri Snaer Magnason and special guests Ida Mae Specker, Lauren Stevens, and Roger Paul Yo-Yo Ma and friends present an evening of songs and stories to ask how the waters of the North — from…
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July 31, 2025 at 1:33 AM
We sold out the Merrill! Between this and Wabanaki Stories we've sold out that venue 6 times. A full auditorium is electric. I can't wait for this.
portlandovations.org/event/we-are...
portlandovations.org/event/we-are...