THURSDAY @ 7:30pm, our friends at The Association of Native Americans at Yale are hosting Wesleyan anthropologist John Pfeiffer to bring attention to the LOCAL INDIGENOUS HISTORY and whats at stake in their CONTEMPORARY RECOGNITION STRUGGLES. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The Nehantic: Who were they, where did they go, and where are they today? John Pfeiffer, PhD Thursday, April 10, 2014 7:30 PM Native American Cultural Center (26 High Street) Conference Room (Ground floor) As Europeans moved into the lower Connecticut Valley in the 1630s, a group of Native Americans, the Nehantics, resided in the region. By the 1870s, the State of Connecticut declared them “extinct” and their reservation was sold. Yet their history was never over. Dr. John Pfeiffer received his PhD in anthropology from the SUNY Albany and has worked in southeastern New England as an anthropologist, historian, and archaeologist for more than 45 years. He has aided local Native American groups (Schaghticoke, Mohegan, and Nehantic) in better understanding their cultural identity and unique histories. While he has helped groups with the federal recognition process, he believes that, “if you need the government to recognize you, you are starting off on the wrong foot.”
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