May 6, 2003

Contact: Sarah Ray



802-443-5794

sray@middlebury.edu

Posted: March 24, 2003

Tuesday,

May 6, 7:30-9:30 p.m.

Kirk Alumni Center, Route 30

Free

Lecture and discussion: “Who Owns the Past?

Native American Perspectives on Archaeology and History” by Donna

Roberts Moody and John Moody of the Abenaki Nation. Do Native American

interpretations of prehistoric materials carry more weight than theories

presented by archaeologists and historians? The speakers will discuss

the politics of how the public understands Vermont’s past. Topics

will include Abenaki ethnohistory, the repatriation of archaeological

materials, and how prehistoric and historical social dynamics shape contemporary

Abenaki issues in Vermont.

For more information, contact Michael J. Sheridan,

Middlebury College visiting assistant professor of sociology and anthropology,

at 802-443-3472 or msherida@middlebury.edu.