Mon, Jun 13
|Washington Town Hall or Via Zoom
Digging Into Native History in New Hampshire
Anthropologist/Archaeologist Robert Goodby reveals archaeological evidence that shows their deep presence here, inches below the earth's surface. Although an RSVP is not required to attend, your response does allow us to send you an event reminder and any other important updates.
Time & Location
Jun 13, 2022, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Washington Town Hall or Via Zoom, 7 Halfmoon Pond Rd, Washington, NH 03280, USA
About the Event
Digging Into Native History in New Hampshire
With Robert Goodby, professor of Anthropology (Ph.D.) at Franklin Pierce University in Rindge, NH.
{This program is made possible by a grant from the New Hampshire Humanities "Humanities to Go" program.}
Abenaki history has been reduced to near-invisibility as a result of conquest, a conquering culture that placed little value on the Indian experience, and a strategy of self-preservation that required many Abenaki to go "underground," concealing their true identities for generations to avoid discrimination and persecution. Robert Goodby reveals archaeological evidence that shows their deep presence here, inches below the earth's surface.
Robert Goodby is a professor of Anthropology at Franklin Pierce University in Rindge. He holds a Ph.D. in anthropology from Brown University and has spent the last thirty years studying Native American archaeological sites in New England. He is a past president of the New Hampshire Archeological Society, a former Trustee of the Mount Kearsarge Indian Museum in Warner, and served on the New Hampshire Commission on Native American Affairs. In 2010, he directed the excavations of four 12,000 year-old Paleoindian dwelling sites at the Tenant Swamp site in Keene.