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Waterways, Footpaths & Wagon Ways: Early Hudson River Trade

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Post date September 17, 2025
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When in the 1780s Nantucket whalers sought a safe inland harbor for their whaling fleet, they found at Claverack Landing (now Hudson, NY) a port with an already well-established land transportation infrastructure.

The development of these transportation networks over thousands of years by indigenous peoples and then 125 years of Dutch and English settlement influenced the Nantucketer’s selection of this small Hudson River port for their base and continues to shape the region to this day.

On Thursday, October 2, from 6 until 7:30 pm, the Jacob Leisler Institute for the Study of Early New York History, in collaboration with the Hudson Area Library, will host an in-person presentation with Justin Wexler, a local researcher on indigenous peoples, and David William Voorhees, director of the Leisler Institute.

They will be speaking about the infrastructure of waterways and land paths used for trade by the indigenous and the Dutch and English colonists prior to Hudson’s founding.

Wexler will focus on the land and water uses of the Mohican people. Voorhees will address the wagon ways and post roads of the colonial development of Columbia County‘s transportation infrastructure.

Justin Wexler is a life-long resident of the Hudson Valley who has dedicated his life to learning everything he can about the lives, land management practices and ethnoecology of the region’s

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Post date September 15, 2025
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University of Winnipeg – Algonquian Conference to highlight community-based research

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Post date September 15, 2025
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The 57th Algonquian Conference, an international gathering of Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars, students, cultural workers, language practitioners, artists, and community members, will take place October 17-19 at The University of Winnipeg. Registration is now open and a list of key dates is available online.

Up to 200 attendees are expected from across Canada, the United States, and beyond. In-person and online presentations are planned, plus roundtables, workshops, panels, a keynote address, and a special variety show evening.

The Algonquian Conference is an annual interdisciplinary forum for research on topics related to Algonquian peoples, said Heather Souter, a Michif (Métis) faculty member in the Department of Anthropology and Indigenous Languages program and member of the conference’s organizing committee.

Canada and the U.S. take turns hosting the annual conference. Last year’s gathering took place in Oklahoma City. UWinnipeg is pleased to host this year’s conference. For the first time, the majority of the conference’s organizing committee is Indigenous.

“The committee has been working hard to ensure all participants can engage with each other in ways that help them see beyond stereotypes, trauma, and superficial differences to our shared humanity and a shared and hopeful future,” Souter said.

“We aim to help foster relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars and community members based on mutual respect and reciprocity while promoting recognition of each Indigenous nation’s sovereignty and autonomy, particularly in the context of knowledge and research.”

The Algonquian family of languages includes Cree, Anishinaabemowin, Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Mi’kmaq, Arapaho, and Fox-Sauk-Kickapoo, and others. Both Southern and Northern Michif are rooted in this language family as well.

“Algonquian peoples represent the largest combined group of First Peoples in Canada,” Souter said. “They are found from the East Coast of what is now known as Canada and the United States, to as far…

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Algonquian Conference in Winnipeg to Spotlight Community-Based Research and Indigenous Languages

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Winnipeg, MB — The University of Winnipeg will host the 57th Algonquian Conference this fall, bringing together scholars, students, cultural workers, and community members from across North America to share research and celebrate the diversity of Algonquian languages and cultures.

Scheduled for October 17–19, the event is expected to draw up to 200 participants from Canada, the United States, and beyond. Organizers say the gathering will feature both in-person and online presentations, along with workshops, roundtables, panels, and a special cabaret-style evening showcasing Indigenous performance and language.

A Gathering of Shared Knowledge

The Algonquian Conference has long served as an international forum for interdisciplinary research related to Algonquian peoples. While Canada and the U.S. alternate hosting duties each year, this marks the first time the University of Winnipeg has welcomed the event.

Heather Souter, a Michif (Métis) faculty member in the Department of Anthropology and Indigenous Languages program and a member of the conference’s organizing committee, emphasized the significance of this year’s meeting.

She added that the conference aims to strengthen relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars while underscoring “recognition of each Indigenous nation’s sovereignty and autonomy, particularly in the context of knowledge and research.”

The Role of Algonquian Languages

The Algonquian language family is among the largest in North America, spanning communities from the Atlantic coast to British Columbia and south into Oklahoma. It includes Cree, Anishinaabemowin, Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Mi’kmaq, Arapaho, Fox-Sauk-Kickapoo, and both Southern and Northern Michif.

“Algonquian peoples represent the largest combined group of First Peoples in Canada,” Souter noted.

This linguistic and cultural diversity will be front and…

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Native heroes fought and died for the American revolution. Their sacrifices couldn’t protect them.

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Tribal leaders hoped that by providing crucial support, they might earn favor with colonial leaders and secure protection for their remaining territory.

But their sacrifices were not enough. In the generations that followed, the Stockbridge-Munsee were dispossessed of their homelands and pushed westward — first into New York, then into Wisconsin.

As the United States marks 250 years since its founding, the country still struggles to remember the Native people who fought to bring it into being.

Today, the Stockbridge-Munsee Mohicans are working to change that. In Massachusetts, the tribe recently reclaimed several hundred acres of ancestral land, including part of Monument Mountain. In the town of Stockbridge, a joint commission now works to foster ties between tribal members and local residents. And in Wisconsin, the Mohican Veterans carry two Eagle Staffs — one traditional, one commemorative — to honor Native soldiers who fought in every American war since the Revolution.

“We did what we could because it is in our blood to be a warrior and defend what was justly ours,” said Robert Little, commander of the Mohican Veterans. “But after helping the American colonies for their cause, we were treated with such greed. Our land was swindled out from under us.”

Other Native American tribes also participated in the American Revolution. Some allied with the revolutionaries, others with the British, and still others fractured internally — divided by kinship, geography, and the grim calculus of survival.

Jonathan Lane, executive director of Revolution 250, said the anniversary has spurred historians and institutions to confront the long-overlooked role of Native peoples.

“It is astounding when you learn, for instance, that more than 150 Indigenous people participated in the Siege of Boston,” he said. “The Mashpee Wampanoag sent 25 men off to war, and I think only one came…

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Scituate Preservation Society celebrates 50 years with Roger Williams event

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USACE and Stockbridge-Munsee Community Collaborate to Improve Fish Passage in Wisconsin Watershed

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Fish Biologist Alex Catalano and Biologist Andrew Miller, with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Chicago District, recently joined forces with the Stockbridge-Munsee Community (SMC) Ecology Department to evaluate the impact of road culverts on Aquatic Organism Passage (AOP) in the West Branch of the Red River near Bowler, Wisconsin. The collaborative effort, combining local ecological knowledge and federal technical expertise, aims to determine whether two culverts are restricting fish movement — and if so, prioritize solutions that improve connectivity across the watershed.

Culverts can unintentionally block fish from accessing upstream habitats needed for feeding, spawning, and seeking refuge from heat and predators. These barriers can severely affect fish populations and reduce the overall health and resilience of aquatic ecosystems.

To monitor fish passage, the team employed electrofishing to safely capture Brook Trout and White Suckers, both selected due to their ability to make large migrations.

“Brook Trout are also a culturally and recreationally important species to the SMC and local community,” Catalano says.

The fish were then implanted with Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) tags—small microchips similar to those used to identify pets—which allow researchers to track their movement through the stream system.

Antennas were installed upstream and downstream of the culverts to detect PIT-tagged fish as they pass through. In addition to internal PIT tags, fish were also externally tagged to make them identifiable to anglers.

Data collected from this study will help identify which culverts in the West Branch Red River Watershed are most in need of replacement or redesign. The ultimate goal is to reconnect fragmented habitat to sustain fish populations faced with increasing threats.

Although this is USACE, Chicago District’s first study in the area, similar studies are being conducted involving culvert removals by other state and federal agencies.

“AOP barriers at road…