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Tag: Agawam

Politics of the Archives Redux: Indigenous History of Indigenous Peoples of Essex County, Massachusetts

December 17, 2021February 18, 2023 Mary Ellen LepionkaLeave a comment
Map of Indigenous peoples of New England

This essay is about attributions of ethnic identity in the Indigenous history of Essex County, Massachusetts. Will Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars be able to retell Indigenous history as it was real?

Posted in Native AmericansTagged Agawam, Indigenous peoples, Mary Ellen Lepionka

The Great Dying 1616-1619, “By God’s visitation, a wonderful plague”

April 21, 2021November 24, 2022 Gordon Harris9 Comments
A Mortal Sickness Among the Indians

An estimated 18,000,000 Native Americans lived in North America before the 17th Century. The arrival of 102 Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower at Plymouth in 1620 and the settlements by the Puritans a decade later were accompanied by the demise of the native population of North America.

Posted in HistoryTagged 1616, Agawam, Commons, Native Americans

Who Were the Agawam Indians, Really?

April 21, 2021February 18, 2023 Mary Ellen LepionkaLeave a comment

It’s hard for people to change their stories—so embedded in deep time and official canon, even when there is a better explanation or a closer truth. I hope it will be possible to change public knowledge about the Native Americans who lived here and get closer to the truth.

Posted in Native AmericansTagged 1630, Agawam, Mary Ellen Lepionka

The Bull Brook Paleo-Indian Discovery

March 13, 2021January 7, 2023 Gordon Harris10 Comments
The Ipswich discovery of PaleoIndian artifacts at Bull Brook

in the early 1950's, a group of young amateur archeologists men discovered one of the largest Paleo-Indian sites in North America along the banks of Bull Brook and the Egypt River in Ipswich, with over 6,000 artifacts uncovered.

Posted in History, Places, VideoTagged 1953, Agawam, Bull Brook, Ipswich, Ipswich Neighbors, Native Americans

Discovery of native American shell heap on Treadwell’s Island, 1882

January 23, 2021 Gordon HarrisLeave a comment

In1882, a shell heap on the shore of Treadwell's Island was observed to contain nearly two quarts of human bones, broken into short pieces.

Posted in HistoryTagged 1882, Agawam, Clams, Native Americans

The Bones of Masconomet

January 7, 2021November 22, 2022 Gordon Harris5 Comments

On March 6, 1659 a young man named Robert Cross dug up the remains of the Agawam chief Masconomet, and carried his skull on a pole through Ipswich streets, an act for which Cross was imprisoned, sent to the stocks, then returned to prison until a fine was paid.

Posted in Legends, People, StoriesTagged 1659, Agawam, Court, EDITED, Hamilton, Ipswich, Masconomet, Native Americans, Sagamore

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