AHA Autumn Meeting – featured speaker Peter Thomas

Scholar Peter Thomas will present "World of Pocumtuck and Other Native Villages in the Middle Connecticut River Valley.”

Native peoples lived in the middle Connecticut River valley 400 centuries before English settlers arrived, and during the first forty years of colonial contact. The complex, and largely ignored Indian world, with its political, economic and social inter-connections, is a significant element of the historical and cultural context within which English settlement occurred.

Thomas will present a fresh view of this world and discuss three main topics:

• The time depth of Native American occupations in the Connecticut Valley;

• The nature of Indian daily and seasonal lifeways, and

• The significance of inter-tribal relationships before and during the early years of European colonization.

Additional topical information can be found at: www.peterthomashistory.com

This event is free and open to the public.

You may also like the following events from Agawam Historical Association:

• This Wednesday, 6th August, 02:00 pm, Agawam Historical & Fire House Museum in Agawam
• Next month, 6th September, 12:00 pm, A Visit with General & Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant in Feeding Hills
• This November, 1st November, 01:00 pm, Agawam Historical & Fire House Museum Open in Agawam

Also check out other Meetups in Agawam.