First Baptist Church of Williamstown Service for Sunday is available for viewing on WilliNet - TV channel 1303 Sunday mornings at 7:30am.
OLLI 2022 University Days Presents Professor Mararget Bruchac: 'Nonotuck to Northampton: Recovering Histories of Indigenous Persistence.'
Hawk Henries is a member of the Chaubunagungamaug band of Nipmuck, a people indigenous to what is now southern New England. He has been composing original flute music and making flutes using only hand tools and fire for over twenty 25 years.
When James Fenimore Cooper wrote “Last of the Mohicans” he created a narrative that has lasted centuries. But it was a false narrative. The Mohican Nation is alive and well today with a rich history that spans before colonization – the land that today we call Williamstown is part of their ancestral homelands. Join Heather Bruegl, Director of Education at Forge Project, to learn about who the Stockbridge-Munsee Community is and how they are not the Last of the Mohicans.
Hear from human rights advocate Chris Stearns ’86 about the most pressing legal issues impacting Indigenous American communities today. As an attorney, Chris specializes in the practice of Native American law representing tribes and organizations on federal public policy, elections, gaming, health care, and more.
