The editors would like to recognize the several students presently assisting them on the Indian Papers Project. Anya Montiel and Ryan Hall are two of the editorial assistants who are working with materials from the Massachusetts Archives and the…
The Nehantic: Who were they, where did they go, and where are they today? A Talk by John Pfeiffer, Ph.D. Thursday, April 10, 2014, 7:30 PM Yale Native American Cultural Center 26 High Street, New Haven, CT As Europeans moved…
Those of you who are kind enough to read our posts on a regular basis may have noticed two things. First, our noticeable absence for the past few weeks, and, second, the appearance of a variety of renditions of our…
In 1763 a transient Native woman gave birth to a son in Colchester, Connecticut. Soon after, the child was left unaccounted for. The historical record is silent on the circumstances. The mother may have moved on without her child, as…
After almost six years at the Lewis Walpole Library in Farmington, Connecticut, the Yale Indian Papers Project has a new home at the Yale Divinity School in New Haven. The location will provide the Yale community with greater access to…
The idea to train Indians as missionaries and educators to Native communities in and around New England was not necessarily a new concept in the mid-eighteenth century, but in the hands of Eleazar Wheelock, a graduate of Yale College (1733)…