Unusual rock from Tyngsboro

(From reader Colin)

Rock piles: Western North Carolina mountains

Reader Alf writes:

These piles are located in Western North Carolina mountains.

I count 20 rock piles. 6 to 8 are still in good shape. Covered in moss and leaves and vegetation, the top center kind of sunk in or receded. The piles are about 3 feet tall and maybe 8 feet in diameter. Some of the piles seem to be in a line. The 20 piles cover a couple or maybe 3 acres of space.

A mysterious place with stacked rocks

[From Tommy Hudson] 

https://youtu.be/zVSqN6VUAZU?si=L5leAMhQU1Ut9D5D

Understanding Stone Prayers in the Northeastern Cultural Landscape

[From Ethical Archaeology]

 Read Text: Understanding Stone Prayers in the Northeastern Cultural Landscape (ethicarch.org)

Friends of Nashoba Events, in Littleton MA

Please see this link for details and registration: https://www.pinehawk.org/2024-spring-programs/ 

Sacred Stones & Trail Trees: Littleton’s Hidden Sacred-Shamanic Landscape

 

April 28, 2:00 pm, Littleton Library

By the Nashobah CSL Team: Strong Bear Medicine, Dan Boudillion, and Kevin Gallant

Sponsored by the Littleton Historical Society

 

Please see attached flyer (courtesy of Friends of Pine Hawk).

 

This is a unique talk.  Most Native stones presentations are given with the assumption of the antiquity of the constructions.  But in  this talk, we’ll be focusing on Native constructions in Nashobah that can be dated as not-before the 1820s.  This is new information, first presented here. 

 

We’ll also be sharing the Native-ways on how to act around Native ceremonial structures.  Learn to walk these sites – of any antiquity – the same as a Native American would. 

 

 

Nashobah Praying Indians: A Living People, A Living landscape

 

Strong Bear Medicine & Dan Boudillion

May 5, 2:00 pm, Boxborough Town Hall, 29 Middle Rd, Boxborough

 

This is a historical talk about the Nashobah Praying Indians, from 1654 to the present.  It will give focus to the fact that part of the original 1654 Nashobah Praying Indian Plantation is now in Boxborough. 

 

 

Programs by members of Friends of the Nashobah Praying Indians:

 

Acton: 4000 to 7000 Years Ago

 

Friend of the Nashobah, Archaeologist Kimberley Conners, is giving a Friends of Pine Hawk talk on May 9, and a walk on May 18 in Acton.