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Reels: Helping tribal members identify with their heritage
The Day, New London, Conn. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNov. 13—As the director of cultural resources for the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe, Wayne Reels helps people identify with their Native American heritage. He describes it as a "rebirth and rebuilding ...
Connecticut’s tribal nations, Department of Education partnering to develop Native American studies...
Hartford Courant via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRepresentatives from Connecticut’s five sovereign tribal nations, the governor and other state leaders met in Hartford Wednesday to announce a historic collaboration between the Native American ...
Fairfieldshedslight on its slavery and Indigenous past in new museum exhibit
Journal Inquirer, Manchester, Conn. via Yahoo News· 11 months agoJul. 20—Garth said museum staff needs to build stronger relationships with the descendants of enslaved people to include artifacts from those family collections, which the site has yet to find ...
Five historic Connecticut locations chosen as ‘Sites of Conscience’
Hartford Courant via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA 19th-century ethnic community. A school for women of color. A prison in a copper mine. The site of a Native American massacre. The state house where the Amistad trial began. Five state locations ...
What's Going On: Next move from New London's famed Thames Club: exclusive inclusivity
The Day, New London, Conn. via Yahoo News· 11 months agoJul. 27—Ramón Massó-Flores marvels at the history of New London, a legacy he is now part of as the first Hispanic president of the 154-year-old Thames Club, the oldest private social club in ...
Chaney honored with a slot on New London's Black Heritage Trail on Juneteenth
The Day, New London, Conn. via Yahoo News· 4 days agoJun. 19—NEW LONDON — Parade Plaza rang out Wednesday afternoon with the sounds of drumming, laughter and song as dozens of guests celebrated Juneteenth and one of the city's most respected matriarchs ...
These 20 historic ‘Game Changers’ herald Connecticut’s untold stories
Hartford Courant via Yahoo News· 2 years agoConnecticut Explored, the nonprofit history magazine, wants to tell stories mainstream history left out, the stories from communities that have been unheard, suppressed or oppressed. The nonprofit ...
What to know about ceremonial lithic stonework of southern New England and where to find it
The Bulletin via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIt’s nearly impossible to walk in our region’s forests and not encounter surface rocks and stones....
