Wednesday, July 1, 2026 — Native historians elevate overlooked history in the wake of America250 …
Fifteen days after the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, the new nation signed its first international treaty with the Wolastoqey and Mi’kmaq Nations of present-day Maine. It’s a history that historian and Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians ambassador Osihkiyol Crofton-Macdonald wishes more Americans knew. Brown University assistant professor and Narragansett Nation citizen Dr. Mack Scott III is working to get Black and Indigenous histories better integrated into the K-12 curriculum in northeastern schools. This includes histories like how Narragansett citizens fought in the 1st Rhode Island Regiment, a unit long celebrated as an all-Black unit. We’ll hear from Native historians about reclaiming these narratives along with their tribes’ stories from 1776.
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Osihkiyol Crofton-Macdonald (https://maliseets.net/) (Wolastoqey). tribal ambassador for the Houlton Band of Maliseet
Mack Scott III (https://naisi.brown.edu/people/mack-scott-iii) (Narragansett), assistant professor at Brown University
Jeremy Johnson (https://delawaretribe.org/) (Delaware Tribe of Indians), cultural education director for the Delaware Tribe of Indians
Break 1 Music: Wolastoq Song by Saqatay (https://youtu.be/21C69yxNeY8?si=rlc6FMo3sSzUHcMP) (song) Mawi Sakolikapuwicik Singers (artist)
Break 2 Music: Tsudadatla Tsisqwa (song) Kalyn Fay (artist) Garden (album)
