Connecticut's Indigenous Communities: An Introduction (Online)

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Zoom Virtual Meeting (Adult). Eastern North America was not a “howling wilderness” as described by the early English settlers. It was a built landscape, managed by the first settlers of the land, its Indigenous peoples. Indigenous communities have long, rich histories that extend back to when they shared Mother Earth with mastodons and other extinct animals. Through those thousands of years, Native Americans became experts in their natural environments, a necessity for their physical survival as well as their spiritual obligation. Our first environmental stewards, Native American communities had long been managing their physical environments to enhance plant and animal populations as well as their human communities. Indigenous folklore and sacred stories promoted this ecological balance. Lucianne Lavin is Director Emerita of Research and Collections at the Institute for American Indian Studies (a museum and research and educational center in Washington, Connecticut), a position she held for 18 years. She has over 50 years of research and field experience in Northeastern archaeology, anthropology, and Native Studies, which includes teaching, museum exhibits and curatorial work, cultural resource management, editorial work, and public relations. Dr. Lavin is a founding member of Connecticut’s Native American Heritage Advisory Council and retired editor of the journal of the Archaeological Society of Connecticut. Dr. Lavin has written over 200 professional publications and technical reports on the archaeology and ethnohistory of the Northeast. Registration required. A Zoom link will be emailed one hour prior to the start of the program. Sponsored by the Friends of the Cheshire Public Library.

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