Monday, October 14th, 2024 is Indigenous Peoples’ Day. We acknowledge and celebrate the day together with the indigenous peoples in our communities. I have written previously about this important holiday because it is essential to know our past fully with all its present-day ramifications....

I am writing this blog in a dwelling that sits within a mile of the Squamscott River named for the Indigenous Peoples who were the original inhabitants of the land. The Squamscott people were part of the Algonquin tribe who lived in this area of coastal New Hampshire for thousands of years. They walked this land, fished in the waters of the tidal river, and grew crops to sustain their small villages....