Tom Arne Midtrød, Ph.D. discusses how the outbreak of the Seven Years’ War affected Mahican and Munsee-speaking populations in the Hudson Valley. During this conflict, many Native groups felt themselves pressured to relocate to new areas both inside and outside of the Valley, creating a refugee crisis that led to a varied of responses from both colonial officials and the Mohawks and other members of the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) Six Nations.
Date/Time: Thursday, June 4, 6pm
Location: Virtual, via Zoom
Registration: No registration required. To register for the Zoom link, click here.
Photo: Old Fort Johnson, a central location during the refugee crisis.
The Jacob Leisler Library Lectures are made partially possible through the generous support of the Van Dyke Family Foundation, HRBT Foundation, and Bank of Greene County Charitable Foundation. This program is offered in collaboration with the Jacob Leisler Institute for the Study of Early New York History, Hudson Area Library, and Columbia County Libraries Association.
The Jacob Leisler Institute for the Study of Early New York History is an independent, not-for-profit study and research center devoted to collecting, preserving, and disseminating information relating to colonial New York under English rule. In the years spanning 1664 to 1773, New York province’s diverse European settlements and Native American and African populations fused into a cosmopolitan colonial territory with ties throughout the Atlantic World.