It’s been a pretty busy summer. With the kind assistance of the Divinity School Library, we’ve been making good progress in getting the Project’s new website and database ready for publication and, along the way, have given several presentations. Now,…
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Meet (More of) Our Editorial Assistants
Justin Brooks is a doctoral student in History at Yale University, specializing in the early modern British Empire. He holds a bachelor’s degree in History with highest honors from Holy Cross; a graduate degree in Australian Indigenous Studies from Melbourne…
Meet Our Editorial Assistants
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…
Understanding the Niantic People
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…
Pardon Our Absence
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…
Compelled to Make Retaliation for ye Expence of Nursing
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…
Our New Situation in the Metropolis
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…