with Evan T. Pritchard, author of Henry Hudson and the Algonquins of New York

Date: Saturday, July 24, 1:00 pm
Location: Village Square Bookstore & Literary Arts Center, 7950 Main St, Rte 23A, Village of Hunter, NY
Hours: Wednesday and Thursday 10 am - 5 pm, Friday 10 am - 6 pm, Saturday 10 am - 7 pm, Sunday 11 am - 4 pm. Closed Monday and Tuesday.
Information: 518 263 2050
Free admission

Algonquin historian Evan T. Pritchard, author of Henry Hudson and the Algonquins of New York, chronicles the Henry Hudson’s September 1609 discovery of Manhattan Island from the perspective of the people who met Hudson’s boat, which they at first thought was surely a great waterfowl, floating. Using all available sources (including oral history passed down to today's Algonquins) Pritchard tells the story from various perspectives... that of Hudson's body guard, scribe, and personal Judas, Robert Juet, that of Hudson himself, and that of the Eastern Algonquins who greeted Hudson as the fulfillment of ancient prophecies.Evan Pritchard, a descendant of the Micmac people (part of the Algonquin nations), is the founder of The Center for Algonquin Culture, and is currently Professor of Native American history  at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York, where he also teaches philosophy and ethics. He is also the author of Native New Yorkers: The Legacy of the Algonquin People in New York and No Word for Time, the Way of the Algonquin People.