Women of Natick and Ponkapoag: The Untold History of Praying Towns
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Natick Historical Society
Join Kristen Wyman of the Natick Nipmuc Tribe and Elizabeth Solomon of the Massachusett Tribe at Ponkapoag for a conversation about the development of praying towns in 17th-century New England and how missionary work influenced national Indian policy and continues to perpetuate a myth of Indian extinction today.
This event is supported by the Wellesley Bank Charitable Foundation and is part of the "Crossing Borders" series, a collaboration between Historic Newton, the Natick Historical Society, the Needham History Center & Museum, and the Wellesley Historical Society.