Poestenkill Historical Society Program On Indian Lore

The Poestenkill Historical Society will hold its March  meeting at the Poestenkill Town  Hall on Rt. 351  on Tuesday, March 26, at 7 pm. Shirley Dunn will present “Mohican Indian Lore.”
The history of this area usually centers on Dutch/English settlement and very little has been published about the Mohicans who occupied this land long before Henry Hudson’s exploration in 1609. Dunn has changed all this through her research of Indian deeds and her publication of  two books, The Mohicans and Their Land,1609-1730 and The Mohican World 1680-1750.
The Mohican name means “from the waters that are never still.” Historians say that the original group came from the North and West across the water to settle around the Hudson River. The Mohicans were first encountered by Henry Hudson in 1609.The story of the Mohican Indian is one of a great people who, like other Native Americans, were exploited by the early settlers and eventually ended up on reservations in Wisconsin.
Dunn has worked as a teacher, museum interpreter and historic preservation consultant, member of the Board of the “Friends of Fort  Crailo” and was a founder of the Dutch Barn Preservation Society. The public is warmly invited. Refreshments will be provided after the program. For directions, call Patricia at 518-283-5223.