Join us today for Digging into Native History in New Hampshire. Presented by Robert G. Goodby, Ph.D. Robert is a professor of  Anthropology at Franklin Pierce University and published author. His recent book, A Deep Presence shares the remarkable story of Native Americans in the Monadnock region of southwestern New Hampshire, part of the traditional homeland of the Abenaki people.  

Abenaki history has been reduced to near-invisibility as a result of conquest, a conquering culture that placed little value on the Indian experience, and a strategy of self-preservation that required many Abenaki to go "underground," concealing their true identities for generations to avoid discrimination and persecution. Robert Goodby reveals archaeological evidence that shows their deep presence here, inches below the earth's surface.

This program is provided to us through a grant from the New Hampshire Humanities.