Meet Strong Bear Medicine of the Nashobah Praying Indians and local historian Daniel V. Boudillion to learn about the enduring legacy of the Nashobah people
“Honoring Indigenous Peoples Day: The History and Resilience of the Nashobah Praying Indians”
Meet Strong Bear Medicine of the Nashobah Praying Indians and local historian Daniel V. Boudillion to learn about the enduring legacy of the Nashobah people, whose ancestral homelands include present day Littleton and Acton. Prior to the founding of the Nashobah Praying Indian Plantation in 1654 by missionary John Eliot, Littleton was the location of the Massachusett village of Nashope. (Mystic, another Massachusett village, was located in present-day Arlington/Medford.) Strong Bear and Boudillion will discuss the Nashobah’s millennia-long presence on these lands, their journey of survival, and their thriving community today. Strong Bear Medicine is a well-known speaker, Native dancer, performer, and craftsman. Boudillion is a Littleton-based author of History of the Nashobah Praying Indians: Doings, Sufferings, Survival, and Triumph, which will be available for purchase and signing. This free event is co-sponsored by the Old Schwamb Mill, Cyrus Dallin Art Museum, and the Robbins Library.
Free Admission
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Strong Bear Medicine is the brother of Chief Caring Hands of the Nashobah-Natick-Punkapoag Praying Indians of the Massachusett Tribe. He is a noted Native dancer and singer, having performed in both the U.S. and Europe, as well as a public speaker and craftsman.
Daniel V. Boudillion is an avid historian and author with a wide knowledge of early Nashobah history and the locations associated with them. He is currently on the board of the Littleton Historical Society, a Trustee of the Littleton Conservation Trust, on the Steering Committee of Friends of Pine Hawk, founder of Nashobah CSL, cofounder of the Friends of the Nashobah Praying Indians, and was previously webmaster for New England Antiquities Research Association. He has given numerous talks and walks in the area on Nashobah history. His work has been featured the NEARA Journal and Weird Massachusetts and has recently published The History of the Nashobah Praying Indians.
2023/09/30 - 2023/09/30
Robbins Library
700 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington, MA
Elevator available