A public program at the Eastham Public Library this month will look back at a 1976 reburial on Cape Cod and ask a question that has long mattered to our people: who gets to tell the story of what happened?

During the nation's Bicentennial year, the remains of a Wampanoag woman that had been displayed for years in a local history museum were reburied. The ceremony brought together Wampanoag people, the Wellfleet Historical Society and the Cape Cod National Seashore. In the years since, different participants have remembered and described that moment in different ways.

Storyteller Jim Wolf has gathered several accounts of the event and will share them in a presentation titled 'Who Tells the Story: A Cape Cod Reburial.' The program invites people to think about the difference between a story preserved in a document and the memories carried by those who were there.

The presentation is dedicated to Wamsutta, also known as Frank James, whose leadership helped begin the National Day of Mourning tradition in Plymouth. Wolf remembers James as a mentor with whom he spoke about oral history, written history and the meaning of truth.

The program will take place Saturday, November 14, at 1:00 p.m. at the Eastham Public Library, 190 Samoset Road, Eastham.