With: Gail Golec

Class Fee: Donation/registration required

Class size: 50 / all ages

The Indigenous People of the Upper Connecticut River have maintained a presence in New England for centuries. This talk will introduce David Abraham, a Christianized Nipmuc Indian of Hassanamessit, who moved to East Alstead, NH in the early 1770s. Abraham’s story and that of other Protestant converts highlights the complex and interconnected relationships they had with their fellow English townspeople.

Gail Golec has been a professional archaeologist for over 20 years, working on pre-Contact and historic sites primarily in the Connecticut River Valley and Monadnock Region. She is currently a co-manager of the Kchi Pontegok Petroglyph project, studying the Bellows Falls petroglyphs, and hosts “The Secret Life of Death,” a podcast about New England cemeteries.