Free Hybrid Summer Lecture Series: Indigenous Histories and Material Culture

The 2025 Summer Lecture Series will take place both in person at the Deerfield Community Center and via Zoom from 7–8 p.m. (ET) on the following Thursdays: June 26, July 10, and July 17.

Lecture 1 (June 26): “The Return of William Apess: Resurrecting the Life and Legacy of a Nineteenth-Century Pequot Author and Activist” with Dr. Drew Lopenzina

Lecture 2 (July 10): “Carrying the Fire: Cherokee Women’s Textile Diplomacy” with Dr. Patricia Dawson (Cherokee Nation)

Lecture 3 (July 17): “Native New England and the Impact of Slavery” with Dr. Margaret Ellen Newell

You may also like the following events from Historic Deerfield:

• This Wednesday, 25th June, 09:30 am, Building Archaeology at Stebbins House in Deerfield
• This Sunday, 29th June, 12:00 pm, Fake It While You Make It in Deerfield

Also check out other Arts events in Deerfield, Literary Art events in Deerfield.