Abenaki/Penacook History of Pembroke, NH and the Suncook River Watershed

Every town and watershed in New Hampshire has ancient and continuing Native American history. From the recent, late 20th century explosion of local Native population in New Hampshire back to the era of early settlement and the colonial wars, John Moody explores the history of New Hampshire's Abenaki and Penacook peoples with a focus on your local community. 

Every town and watershed in New Hampshire has ancient and continuing Native American history. From the recent, late 20th century explosion of local Native population in New Hampshire back to the era of early settlement and the colonial wars, John Moody explore the history of New Hampshire's Abenaki and Penacook peoples with a focus on your local community.

About the Presenter: John Moody graduated from Dartmouth College with a degree in Native American Studies and Anthropology.  He began working with the Abenaki and other Native peoples in the 1970’s and has become a recognized expert on Abenaki history, culture, language, and traditions.  In the 1990's, John and his partner Donna L. Moody founded the Winter Center for Indigenous Traditions, in the Upper Valley of New Hampshire and Vermont, which is devoted to protecting and strengthening the past, present and future for the Abenaki, Penacook, and other Native Peoples.  He is an ethnohistorian and Winter Center's projects coordinator.