Litchfield Hills Archaeology Club

Historians have often considered “colored” Civil War units through the lens of African-American history only. As a result, the accepted historical narrative regards United States Colored Troops as regiments consisting solely of African-American men, neglecting the Indian men and individuals of Indian descent who also served alongside their African American comrades. In actuality, such units contained Native American men from the region along with individuals from China, East India, Hawaii, St. Helena and Spain. Join military historian David Naumec in a discussion of Connecticut Indians’ participation in the Civil War.
Fee: $5 General Public; LHAC Members free.

Historians have often considered “colored” Civil War units through the lens of African-American history only. As a result, the accepted historical narrative regards United States Colored Troops as regiments consisting solely of African-American men, neglecting the Indian men and individuals of Indian descent who also served alongside their African American comrades. In actuality, such units contained Native American men from the region along with individuals from China, East India, Hawaii, St. Helena and Spain. Join military historian David Naumec in a discussion of Connecticut Indians’ participation in the Civil War.
Fee: $5 General Public; LHAC Members free.

Historians have often considered “colored” Civil War units through the lens of African-American history only. As a result, the accepted historical narrative regards United States Colored Troops as regiments consisting solely of African-American men, neglecting the Indian men and individuals of Indian descent who also served alongside their African American comrades. In actuality, such units contained Native American men from the region along with individuals from China, East India, Hawaii, St. Helena and Spain. Join military historian David Naumec in a discussion of Connecticut Indians’ participation in the Civil War.
Fee: $5 General Public; LHAC Members free.

Ancient America’s Hidden History: Fifty Archaeological Sites to See for Yourself, Professor Kenneth L. Feder of Central Connecticut State University In Dr. Feder’s own words, “There is a ‘hidden history’ of America’s first peoples. Of course, there hasn’t been a conspiracy on the part of the Smithsonian, the Illuminati, the Rotary Club, or even professional archaeologists like me […]

Ancient America’s Hidden History: Fifty Archaeological Sites to See for Yourself, Professor Kenneth L. Feder of Central Connecticut State University In Dr. Feder’s own words, “There is a ‘hidden history’ of America’s first peoples. Of course, there hasn’t been a conspiracy on the part of the Smithsonian, the Illuminati, the Rotary Club, or even professional archaeologists like me […]

Ancient America’s Hidden History: Fifty Archaeological Sites to See for Yourself, Professor Kenneth L. Feder of Central Connecticut State University In Dr. Feder’s own words, “There is a ‘hidden history’ of America’s first peoples. Of course, there hasn’t been a conspiracy on the part of the Smithsonian, the Illuminati, the Rotary Club, or even professional archaeologists like me […]

Dr. Singer is a specialist on the Paleo-Indian period in American history, the earliest known human epoch in Northeastern North America, which followed the end of the Wisconsin glaciation. (Even earlier human settlements have been discovered in unglaciated regions of the Americas.) In this  presentation he will discuss the results of the 2016 and 2017 archaeological excavations […]