Firsting and Lasting

Name: Firsting and Lasting: Writing Indians Out of Existence in New England – An evening with author and professor of history, Jean M. O’Brien, Ph.D.
Start: 2017-11-15T18:00:00-05:00
End: 2017-11-15T19:30:00-05:00
Location: Connecticut Museum of Culture and History

November 2017
November 15, 2017 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Firsting and Lasting: Writing Indians Out of Existence in New England – An evening with author and professor of history, Jean M. O’Brien, Ph.D.

Connecticut Museum of Culture and History 1 Elizabeth St, Hartford, CT, United States

Drawing on more than six hundred local histories from Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island, Dr. O’Brien explores how these narratives inculcated the myth of Indian extinction, a myth that has stubbornly remained in the American consciousness.
November 15, 2017 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Firsting and Lasting: Writing Indians Out of Existence in New England – An evening with author and professor of history, Jean M. O’Brien, Ph.D.

Connecticut Museum of Culture and History 1 Elizabeth St, Hartford, CT, United States

Drawing on more than six hundred local histories from Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island, Dr. O’Brien explores how these narratives inculcated the myth of Indian extinction, a myth that has stubbornly remained in the American consciousness.

Firsting and Lasting

Firsting and Lasting: Writing Indians Out of Existence in New England – An evening with author and professor of history, Jean M. O’Brien, Ph.D.

Firsting and Lasting: Writing Indians Out of Existence in New England – An evening with author and professor of history, Jean M. O’Brien, Ph.D.

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