American Indians In The Time Of Henry Hudson

The Stephentown Historical Society will present an illustrated lecture by Dr. Laurence M. Hauptman on American Indians in the Time of Henry Hudson: The Munsee and Mahican (Mohican) Indians.  Free and open to the general public, the event begins at 7:30 pm on Monday, November 1, at the Stephentown Fire Hall, Grange Hall Road, Stephentown.  For directions or information, phone 518-733-5675.
Henry Hudson encountered two distinct Native American peoples – the Munsees and Mahicans (today known as the Mohicans) – in his voyage of exploration in 1609.  Hauptman will describe the history and culture of these two significant Native American peoples. The beginning of European exploration and settlement in what is now known as the Hudson River Valley had far reaching consequences for the Munsees and Mahicans.  Hauptman will show how these two communities viewed Hudson’s voyage and early European settlement as well as how they dealt with their rapidly changing world. He will also describe the world of the Munsees and Mohicans who live today in Wisconsin, Oklahoma and Ontario, Canada.
Laurence M. Hauptman is SUNY Distinguished Professor of History at SUNY New Paltz, where he has taught since 1971.  He is the author, co-author, editor or co-editor of 15 books that focus on the history of Native Americans.  He has testified as an expert witness before committees of both houses of Congress and in the federal courts and has served as a historical consultant for the Wisconsin Oneidas, the Cayugas, the Mashantucket Pequots and the Senecas. Hauptman has been honored for his research by both the Iroquois nations and by the New York State Board of Regents. In 1987 and again in 1998 Professor Hauptman was the recipient of the Peter Doctor Indian Memorial Foundation award for his scholarship and applied work on behalf of Native Americans in eastern North America. Two of his books are forthcoming – A Nation Within a Nation: The Oneida Indians of Wisconsin to be published by the Wisconsin Historical Society in November and The Tonawanda Senecas’ Heroic Struggle Against Removal to be published by SUNY Press in July, 2011.