The Friends of Pine 2024 Fall Program is well underway with more to come.

The Friends of Pine 2024 Fall Program is well underway with more to come.

But first, a reminder that tonight, Friday, October 18, the Littleton Lyceum is presenting :

Littleton’s Hidden Sacred-Shamanic Landscape: Sacred Stones, Vision Quest, and the Nashobah Praying Indians with Sagamore of the Nashobah Praying Indians, Strong Bear Medicine, and Littleton historian Daniel V. Boudillion at 7:30 PM.

 

Upcoming Pine Hawk Programs

Full descriptions of these programs are on our website https://www.pinehawk.org/2024-fall-programs/.

All Pine Hawk events are free but require registration at tinyurl.com/pinehawk-2024.

Burying the Trowel: A History of Controversy and Innovation in New England’s Cultural Stone Features Debate 

Tuesday, October 22, 7-8:30 PM in person at the Acton Memorial Library and via Zoom

Cultural anthropologist Kitty O’Riordan will make sense of contributions, clashes, and collaborations between avocational researchers and professional archaeologists in pursuit of understanding the unusual stone features that dot the woodlands and hillsides of New England.

 

Changes in the Land Book Discussion 

Tuesday, October 29, 7-8:30 PM in person at the Acton Memorial Library

All are invited to this in-person group discussion of William Cronon’s landmark environmental history of pre- and post-contact New England.

 

Community Service Day

Sunday, November 10, 1-3 PM in person

Assist with trail and site maintenance on the Nashoba Brook Conservation Land’s Trail Through Time, a multicultural heritage trail in North Acton. There will be an optional brunch beforehand at 11:30 am. Limited to 25, ages 13 and up. Details will be emailed to registrants a few days in advance.

 

Adult Archaeology Walk

Saturday, November 9, 10AM–noon, in person only. (Note new date)

Ian Bergmann, Land Stewardship Coordinator for the Town of Acton, will lead this hike along the Nashoba Brook Trail, with stops at the stone chamber and Native American ceremonial sites. Trail conditions can be rocky, uneven, and often wet, and thus participation is limited. Registrants will receive a detailed email several days before the walk. Limited to 20, ages 17 and up. (Previously scheduled for Oct. 19.)

 

A Day in the Life of a Local Archaeologist

Wednesday, November 20, 7 PM, in person at the Acton Memorial Library and via Zoom

Westford archaeologist David Gutbrod will share experiences and discoveries encountered in his professional life, from remote sensing projects in the South to an extensive report on a significant site in North Acton.

 

Native Americans and the Revolution: The Times are Exceedingly Altered

Thursday, December 5, 7 pm, at Acton Town Hall and via Zoom

Historian Daniel Mandell, author of Tribe, Race, History: Native Americans in Southern New England, 1780-1880, will present how the thousands of Native people in southern New England were involved in and impacted by the Revolution, and how they sought to secure their rights in different ways. Cosponsored with Acton 250.

 

For full descriptions of these free programs and to register, visit the Pine Hawk website at https://www.pinehawk.org/

The Friends of Pine Hawk 2024 Programs are presented with support from Acton Memorial Library and Freedom’s Way National Heritage Area.