As cultural institutions around Massachusetts celebrate the 250th anniversary of the American War of Independence from British rule, Nipmuc artist Brittney Peauwe Wunnepog Walley encourages us to look back even further at what Indigenous folks were experiencing in Massachusetts 350 years ago.

In partnership with the Concord Museum, Walley curated “Chemacheg Menuhki: Paddle Strong,” an exhibition that looks at the treatment of the Nipmuc community in the mid-1600s when European settlers were disrupting the Native tribes that had been here for centuries.

The core of the exhibition is a woven basket, “Different Footprints, Part 4,” that Walley made. The basket tells the story of 58 Nipmuc individuals who were housed on John Hoar’s property in Concord (now known as Orchard House and home o

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