The New England Indian Papers Series: The Massachusetts Collection, First Contact to 1869

FAIN: RQ-249929-16

Yale University (New Haven, CT 06510-1703)
Paul Joseph Grant-Costa (Project Director: December 2015 to May 2021)

Preparation for digital publication of a scholarly critical edition of primary source materials about Native Americans in Massachusetts from 1649 to 1869. See website at http://yipp.yale.edu/.

The project will consist of the first three years of the editorial preparation and electronic publication of a portion of the second state series, The Massachusetts Collection. This effort will begin the creation of a fundamental base of historical documentation assembled from primary source materials on the Native Americans who lived within the geographical limits of the colonies of Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay, their history, culture, and long interactions with Euro-Americans in what is now the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Editors propose to transcribe, annotate, and publish 900 recently digitized primary source materials dating from 1649 to 1869 from the Indian collections within several different archives.

Media Coverage

Edgartown: Tribal Clans of Chappy (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Gail Gardner
Publication: Martha's Vineyard Times
Date: 7/18/2018
Abstract: Article on the Chappaquiddick Wampanoag
URL: http://www.mvtimes.com/2018/07/18/edgartown-tribal-clans-chappy/

Centuries-old ‘Indian Melodies’ come to life through collaborative project (Media Coverage)
Author(s):
Publication: YaleNews
Date: 5/22/2018
Abstract: Article about recovered American Indian music
URL: https://news.yale.edu/2018/05/22/centuries-old-indian-melodies-come-life-through-collaborative-project

Yale has a Thomas Commuck Indian Melodies Initiative project, Commuck being a Brothertown Indian who published a Christian hymnal considered the first musical work published by a Native American in the US (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Wenatchee the Hatchet
Publication: Wenatchee the Hatchet
Date: 5/26/2018
Abstract: Discussion of Thomas Commuck's book
URL: http://wenatcheethehatchet.blogspot.com/2018/05/yale-has-thomas-commuck-indian-melodies.html

Yale Agrees To Return Hundreds Of Artifacts To Mohegans (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Kenneth R. Gosselin
Publication: Hartford Courant
Date: 11/17/2017
Abstract: Yale's Peabody Museum returns artifacts to Mohegan tribe.
URL: http://www.courant.com/business/hc-biz-yale-mohegan-artifacts-20171117-story.html

Peabody completes transfer of artifacts to Mohegan Tribe (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Mike Cummings
Publication: YaleNews
Date: 3/26/2018
Abstract: Yale's Peabody Museum returns materials in its collections to the Mohegan tribe.
URL: https://news.yale.edu/2018/03/26/peabody-completes-transfer-artifacts-mohegan-tribe

Associated Products

The New England Indian Papers Series (Web Resource)
Title: The New England Indian Papers Series
Author: Joseph Grant-Cosa
Abstract: The New England Indian Papers Series Electronic Archives is a scholarly critical edition of New England Native American primary source materials gathered into one robust virtual collection. It offers students, educators, researchers, Native American tribal members, and the general public, visual and intellectual access to significant historical knowledge for the purposes of teaching, scholarly analysis, and research.
Year: 2016
Primary URL: http://http://yipp.yale.edu/.

The New England Indian Paper Series, The Massachusetts Collection, First Contact to 1869 (Database/Archive/Digital Edition)
Title: The New England Indian Paper Series, The Massachusetts Collection, First Contact to 1869
Author: Paul Grant-Costa
Author: Tobias Glaza
Abstract: The edition is a fundamental base of historical documentation assembled from primary source materials on the Native Americans who lived within the geographical limits of the colonies of Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay, their history, culture, and long interactions with Euro-Americans in what is now the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It consists of digital heritage items (images, transcriptions, and metadata) from materials dating from 1649 to 1869 assembled from the Indian collections within several different archives.
Year: 2019
Primary URL: https://www.nativenortheastportal.com/dashboard
Primary URL Description: The Native Northeast Research Collaborative
Secondary URL: https://www.thenativenortheast.org/
Secondary URL Description: The Native Northeast Research Collaborative
Access Model: Open Access

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