Native Ancestors return to Deer Island
From Katherine Perry | 05:04
At the end of October, Native Americans from around Massachusetts gathered to memorialize the tragic events that passed at Deer Island, one of the Boston Harbor Islands, more than three centuries ago. Ancestors of the survivors made up a crew taking a "sacred paddle"; a fleet of traditional canoes, or mishoons, was making a 20 mile journey down the Charles River and out to Deer Island, following the path the Nipmuc people were forced along in late October of 1675 Don't know what I'm talking about? Well, you're not alone.
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The Great Adventure
From Loyola Productions, Inc. | Part of the Kaleidoscope series | 44:09
Our Pilgrim Fathers & Mothers—Mike Whorf details the first few years of the Plymouth colony and the natives they befriended.
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Another story capturing the hardship and struggle of the Pilgrims. Bradford, Brewster, Alden, Mullins, Standish—these were the leading figures aboard the Mayflower, who would later colonize Plymouth and play out their roles in Europe's age of exploration and discovery. Persecuted as Puritans, they came seeking freedom and found the beginning of a nation.
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Massasoit's Peace Pact with the Pilgrims: Peace Talks Radio [29:00]
From Good Radio Shows, Inc. | Part of the Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes series | 29:01
Massasoit was the leader of the Wampanoag Confederacy who negotiated a truce with British settlers of Plymouth Colony that lasted for 40 years in the 1600's, starting shortly after the first Thanksgiving. This time on Peace Talks Radio, conversation with American Indian scholars and a filmmaker who fill in the details of this Massasoit's attempt to make peace for his people and with the new strangers.
Massasoit was the leader of the Wampanoag Confederacy when English settlers landed at Plymouth Rock in 1620. He and his people kept the Pilgrims from starving in the early years of their settlement, attended the first Thanksgiving and forged a peace treaty with the English that lasted 40 years until his death. We'll talk with American Indian scholars Darius Coombs and Bob Charlesbois who'll fill in the details of this Native American leader's attempt to make peace for his people and with the new strangers. Also, Native American film director Chris Eyre on his portrayal of Massasoit for the 2009 PBS television series We Shall Remain.
This program is also available on PRX in 59:00 and 54:00 lengths.
Timothy Egan, The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America
From KUFM - Montana Public Radio | Part of the The Write Question series | 29:01
The U.S. Forest Service was just about to get the Congressional ax when a monster fire saved it. During this program, Pulitzer-Prize-winning journalist Timothy Egan talks about Teddy Roosevelt's vision, his controversial style, and his alliance with Gifford Pinchot, first Chief of the USFS.
Timothy Egan is a Pulitzer Prize winning author who resides in Seattle, Washington. He currently contributes opinion columns to The New York Times as the paper's Pacific Northwest correspondent. In 2001, he won the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for his contribution to the series How Race is Lived in America.
In addition to his work with The New York Times, he has written six books, including The Good Rain, Breaking Blue, and Lasso the Wind.
The Worst Hard Time is a non-fiction account of those who lived through The Great Depression's Dust Bowl, for which he won the 2006 Washington State Book Award in History/Biography and a 2006 National Book Award.
Most recently he wrote The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America, which details the Great Fire of 1910 that burned about three million acres and helped shape the United States Forest Service. The book also details some of the political issues of the time focusing on Theodore Roosevelt and Gifford Pinchot.
After Centuries Of Wildlife Destruction, Have We Learned Anything?
From WTIP | 08:05
In this episode of Points North, Shawn discusses a common thread through American history, where the culture of slaughter for market has depleted many wildlife species to the point of depletion.
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Shawn Perich is a volunteer producer at WTIP North Shore Community Radio. Each week, he shares his perspectives through Points North.