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The Connecticut River Valley as Native Space
August 19, 2020
With Dr. Lisa Brooks, Professor of English and American Studies at Amherst College, and author of The Common Pot: The Recovery of Native Space in the Northeast and Our Beloved Kin: A New History of King Philip’s War. Dr. Brooks has advised and published extensive research and has worked on aboriginal rights and land preservation cases at the Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi tribal office. Kwinitekw, or the Connecticut River, has long been an Indigenous “super highway” and a crossroads of nations. With this Zoom conversation, we invite you to interact with the Connecticut River Valley as dynamic Native space through Lisa Brooks’s “Our Beloved Kin” website, which functions as a reader’s companion to the book. Learn about deep time stories, the conflict known as “the First Indian War,” and the migrations and travel of Native people through, to, and from Kwinitekw. The website features maps, images, documents and stories and we will ask you to explore its pathways beforehand. Lisa Brooks will host the conversation, answering questions, and building a space of exchange. Advanced registration required. See link below. Participants will be asked to do a bit of “homework,” reviewing various features of Dr. Brooks’ website to prepare for an interactive and engaging event.
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Online via Zoom
5:00 pm to 6:30 pm