Geography, Land, & the Environment

Exploring both natural and human-made environments in Native New England space, including reservations, land loss, land use rights and ownership.

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Petition of Nobhow and Others to the Massachusetts General Court

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Native Northeast Research Collaborative
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Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
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A request to settle ownership of Wicosucke Island by Pawcatuck and Pennacook leaders
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John Trusler’s Conversation with the Wappinger/Stockbridge Chiefs on Civilization

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Native Northeast Research Collaborative
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Education, Religion, & Missionary Efforts, Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Arts & Abstract Ideas
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A dialogue between an Englishman and Indian man on differences between Native American and English life
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Judgement of the Massachusetts General Court on the Petition of Nobhow and Others

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Native Northeast Research Collaborative
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Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
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Grant of the Massachusetts Legislature of five hundred acres of land through the petition of several Pennacook leaders
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Letter of John Leverett to Sir Joseph Williamson

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Native Northeast Research Collaborative
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Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
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Report to England from Massachusetts Bay authorities explaining the Indian turmoil in the Colonies
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The Examination of an Indian Called Magsigpen, alias Graypoole

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Native Northeast Research Collaborative
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Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Arts & Abstract Ideas
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Information provided about a party of Indians from Canada who attacked numerous colonial settlements
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A True Declaration of the Carriage of the Indians about the Vessel Lost, Etc.

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Native Northeast Research Collaborative
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Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
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Testimony about a wrecked vessel near Quick's Hole, the passage between Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound
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Concerning that Part of America Which We Call New England

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Native Northeast Research Collaborative
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Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty, Settlement, Migration, & Resettlement
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A summary of various French and English explorations and colonial settlement of New England
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Response of Sylvanus Bourne and Others to the Petition of the Mashpee Indian to the Massachusetts General Court

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Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Mashpee Wampanoag
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Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
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An answer, by the Guardians of the Mashpee Indians, to complaints regarding infringements on the Mashpee's lands
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Petition of Edward Bacon to the Massachusetts General Court

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Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Mashpee Wampanoag
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Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
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A request that four pounds be granted the petitioner to defray the costs associated with attending Court to answer complaints brought by Rueben Cognehew
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Petition of Sarah Wamsquam to the Massachusetts General Court

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Native Northeast Research Collaborative, Natick
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Work, Poverty, & Economy, Geography, Land, & the Environment, Culture & Society, Politics, Power, & Sovereignty
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A request to the Court for liberty to sell her share of a ten acre parcel of land so as to mitigate the cost of her support