One of the items that will be appearing in the Indian Papers Collection is a copy of Thomas Commuck’s Indian Melodies that Yale’s Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library owns. Published in 1845, the work is possibly the earliest musical publication by a…
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Thanksgiving 2017
For most of us, Thanksgiving Day is tomorrow. A time when we remember family, friends, and the good things that have happened throughout the year. But for our friends and colleagues in the Mohegan Tribe, you could say that a…
Welcome to Our New Hub IT Manager
My name is Brian Kitano, and I’m a junior at Yale University studying Statistics and Data Science. My experience in cultural heritage preservation as a field archaeologist drove me towards YIPP, where I can combine my passion for computer science…
Teachers Workshop: Investigating 17th Century New England Indian Slavery Through Primary Source Materials
On July 14th and 28th, Indian Papers Project editors, Paul Grant-Costa and Tobias Glaza, participated in Mapping a New World, an NEH-sponsored Landmarks of American History and Culture Workshop for School Teachers. The gathering, held at Boston Harbor/Deer Island and…
Welcome to Our New Consulting Editor
Please welcome a new member of our editorial team, Julie Fisher. Julie holds a Ph.D. in History from the University of Delaware with a focus on Early American and Native American history. Her research centers on English-colonial politics, language acquisition,…
Coming Soon . . .
Dear Colleagues, As you are probably aware, it’s been some time since we’ve updated the Op-Ed Blog. We’ve been quite busy. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be posting news about things we’ve been working on for last several months.…
“We did not land on Plymouth Rock. Plymouth Rock landed on us.”
For this Thanksgiving, we republish our post of November 27, 2013. Frank James, whose Wampanoag name is Wamsutta, organized the United American Indians of New England in 1970 after a speech he had written for the celebration of the 350th anniversary…