Introduction to Indigenous Cultural Sites in Shutesbury (Shutesbury Historical Commission, 2021)
Government Resources
2008 Department of Interior Turners Falls NRHP Decision (Redacted)
Native American Traditional Cultural Landscapes, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP)
Harvey, H. (July 22, 2020). Finding meaning in stone. Blog of the Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved from https://pahistoricpreservation.com/finding-meaning-stone/
Research and Preservation Efforts
Indigenous Voices: a Resource Guide for Teachers & Life-long Learners
Manitou Hassannash Preserve, Hopkinton, Rhode Island
Sacred Ceremonial Stone Landscapes in Rhode Island
NEARA OSL Dating Project: The New England Antiquities Research Association reports on its multi-site, multi-state study of suspected Indigenous stone groupings, using Optically-Stimulated Luminescence, a scientific dating methodology for stone structures. Results show multiple sites were likely built prior to European Contact.
Hidden Landscapes Documentary Film Series on Ceremonial Stone Landscapes and New Archaeological Developments in the Northeast. Films are available for online streaming rental at http://twtimreck.com/.
Voluntary Guidelines for Assessing Traditional Sacred Sites
Tribal Resources
United Southern and Eastern Tribes History Home Page
Massachusetts Commission on Indian Affairs: Includes more links to state Tribes and Councils.
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)
Chaubunagungamaug Nipmuck Tribal Council
Recommended Bibliography
Brook, L. Our Beloved Kin: Remapping a New History of King Philip's War.
Brooks, L. (2008). The common pot: The recovery of Native space in the Northeast. University of Minnesota Press.
Brooks, L. (2018). Our beloved kin: A new history of King Philip's War. Yale University Press.Bruchac, M.M. (2004
Bruchac, M.M. (2004). Abenaki connections to 1704: The Sadoques family and Deerfield, 2004. In Captive histories: Captivity narratives, French relations and Native stories of the 1704 Deerfield raid. E. Haefeli & K. Sweeney, eds., University of Massachusetts Press, pp. 262-278. Retrieved from https://repository.upenn.edu/anthro_papers/169/
Bruchac, M. & Thomas, P. (2006). Locating “Wissatinnewag” in John Pynchon’s letter of 1663. Historical Journal of Massachusetts, 34, pp. 56-82.
Bruchac, M.M. (2011). Revisiting Pocumtuck history in Deerfield: George Sheldon's vanishing Indian act. Historical Journal of Massachusetts, 39 (1-2), 30-77. Retrieved from https://repository.upenn.edu/anthro_papers/106/
Bruchac, M.M. & Hart, S.M. (2012). Materiality and autonomy in the Pocumtuck homeland. Journal of the World Archaeological Congress, 8, pp. 293-312.
Bruchac, M.M. (2014). Indigenous knowledge and traditional knowledge, Chapter 10. In Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. C. Smith (ed.). Springer Science and Business Media.
Bruchac, M.M. (n.d.) Schaghticoke and points north: Wôbanaki resistance and persistence. Raid on Deerfield: The Many Stories of 1704. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association/Memorial Hall Museum. Retrieved from http://1704.deerfield.history.museum/popups/background.do?shortName=ExpWob_persistence
Cachat-Schilling, R. (Fall, 2017). Quantitative assessment of stone relics in a western Massachusetts town. Bulletin of the Massachusetts Archaeological Society, 77, pp. 37-54.
Cachat-Schilling, R. (2018). Assessing stone relics in western Massachusetts part II: patterns of site distribution. Bulletin of the Archaeological Society of Connecticut, 80, 109–128.
Gage, M.E. & Gage, J.E. (2015). A handbook of stone structures in Northeastern United States. Powwow River Books.
Gould, D.R., Herbster, H., Pezzarossi, H.L., & Mrozowski, S.A. (Eds.) (2020). Historical archaeology and Indigenous collaboration: Discovering histories that have futures. University Press of Florida.
Hoffman, C. (2018). Stone prayers: Native American stone constructions of the eastern seaboard. Arcadia Publishing.
Lavin, L. (2013). Connecticut's Indigenous peoples: What archaeology, history, and oral traditions teach us about their communities and cultures. Yale University Press.
Lavin L. & Thomas, E. (Eds.) (2023) Our hidden landscapes: Indigenous stone ceremonial sites in eastern North America. The University of Arizona Press.
Mavor, J.W. & Dix, B.E. (1989). Manitou: The sacred landscape of New England’s native civilization. Inner Traditions International.
O’Brien, J.M. (2010). Firsting and lasting: writing Indians out of existence in New England. University of Minnesota Press.