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In 2013, the 1713 Treaty of Portsmouth Tricentennial Committee explored the history of First Nations diplomacy on the New Hampshire-Maine Seacoast. The 1713 Treaty commemorations in 2013 and this website continue to develop those ideas.
The 300th anniversaries of the 1713 and 1714 Treaties of Portsmouth and the subsequent agreement of 1717 provide a modern opportunity to understand the history of the era, the nuanced diplomacy of the delegates (English and Native American) and its relevance to contemporary Rights of Indigenous Peoples issues through the lens of the legal and ethical considerations that are the speaker’s area of professional expertise.
The Treaty is important for the First Nations diplomacy employed, for the first steps toward recognition of a New Hampshire governing Council separate from Massachusetts and for the impact it had on opening the Portsmouth door to development as the commercial and military hub on the frontier. The issues discussed on the Seacoast frontier in 1713-14 and in 1717 have a direct connection with ideas concerning the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People that are in the headlines today.
The new initiative, "Justice for People of the First Light: Colonial Treaties to the UN Declaration," puts local New Hampshire history in the context of world history and compares the cultures of English and French “conquest nations” with the First Nations of “the dawnland” – what is now coastal northern New England. The program addresses the ethical, philosophical and legal issues of the 1713 Treaty of Portsmouth, a critical first encounter colonial treaty and explores decolonization values – that is, removing cultural bias from the history, sociology, legal and cultural anthropology of the First Nations in New Hampshire/New England. The program considers how the aspirational goals of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People, adopted by the UN in 2007 and finally endorsed by the US in 2010 might be achieved today in New Hampshire and the effect of the Native American Trust and Reconciliation commissions in Maine and Canada on New Hampshire.
This page offers a few links to news and initiatives related to these topics:
Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau pledges reconciliation after Aboriginal abuse:
Bernie Sanders appoints Native American advisor:
The other water crisis:
The "Super Bowl ad" the Washington Redskins owner needs to see:
The Daily Show takes on Whiteboro NY and its town seal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSwbG5V5S-8
The 300th anniversaries of the 1713 and 1714 Treaties of Portsmouth and the subsequent agreement of 1717 provide a modern opportunity to understand the history of the era, the nuanced diplomacy of the delegates (English and Native American) and its relevance to contemporary Rights of Indigenous Peoples issues through the lens of the legal and ethical considerations that are the speaker’s area of professional expertise.
The Treaty is important for the First Nations diplomacy employed, for the first steps toward recognition of a New Hampshire governing Council separate from Massachusetts and for the impact it had on opening the Portsmouth door to development as the commercial and military hub on the frontier. The issues discussed on the Seacoast frontier in 1713-14 and in 1717 have a direct connection with ideas concerning the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People that are in the headlines today.
The new initiative, "Justice for People of the First Light: Colonial Treaties to the UN Declaration," puts local New Hampshire history in the context of world history and compares the cultures of English and French “conquest nations” with the First Nations of “the dawnland” – what is now coastal northern New England. The program addresses the ethical, philosophical and legal issues of the 1713 Treaty of Portsmouth, a critical first encounter colonial treaty and explores decolonization values – that is, removing cultural bias from the history, sociology, legal and cultural anthropology of the First Nations in New Hampshire/New England. The program considers how the aspirational goals of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People, adopted by the UN in 2007 and finally endorsed by the US in 2010 might be achieved today in New Hampshire and the effect of the Native American Trust and Reconciliation commissions in Maine and Canada on New Hampshire.
This page offers a few links to news and initiatives related to these topics:
Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau pledges reconciliation after Aboriginal abuse:
Bernie Sanders appoints Native American advisor:
The other water crisis:
The "Super Bowl ad" the Washington Redskins owner needs to see:
The Daily Show takes on Whiteboro NY and its town seal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSwbG5V5S-8
Additional resources on first contact and the indigenous peoples of the region now known as "northern New England" include:
Emerson (Tad) Baker's website on the Northern New England frontier in the 17th century, including his bibliography page: A Guide to Sources on Maine in the Age of Discovery.
Lee Sultzman's First Nations website "History of the Abenaki"
Historic Deerfield (Massachusetts) "1704 Raid on Deerfield" site, developed with Marge Bruchac
Jesse Bruchac, Western Abenaki website
Eliot Joubert website on contemporary efforts to sustain the Abenaki language.
Ruben Thwaites extensive collection of English translations of the Jesuit Relations 1610-1791: Travels and Explorations of the Jesuit Missionaries in New France" and their interactions with French-allied Abenaki. Including English translations of letters from Fr. Sebastien Rasles, c. 1726
Inventory and descriptions of forts and garrisons in New Hampshire in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Native American program at Harvard University.
Indigenous Peoples Conference at University of New Hampshire
Additional links to resources and teachers' aids (includng NH Public Television) on language and peoples in New Hampshire.
Museums:
Musee des Abenakis, Odanak, Quebec
Musee de la Civilisation, Quebec
Abbe Museum, Bar Harbor, Maine
Abenaki Cultural Center, Swanton, Vermont
Mount Kearsarge Indian Museum, Warner, New Hampshire
Passamaquoddy People, Indian Township, Maine
Emerson (Tad) Baker's website on the Northern New England frontier in the 17th century, including his bibliography page: A Guide to Sources on Maine in the Age of Discovery.
Lee Sultzman's First Nations website "History of the Abenaki"
Historic Deerfield (Massachusetts) "1704 Raid on Deerfield" site, developed with Marge Bruchac
Jesse Bruchac, Western Abenaki website
Eliot Joubert website on contemporary efforts to sustain the Abenaki language.
Ruben Thwaites extensive collection of English translations of the Jesuit Relations 1610-1791: Travels and Explorations of the Jesuit Missionaries in New France" and their interactions with French-allied Abenaki. Including English translations of letters from Fr. Sebastien Rasles, c. 1726
Inventory and descriptions of forts and garrisons in New Hampshire in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Native American program at Harvard University.
Indigenous Peoples Conference at University of New Hampshire
Additional links to resources and teachers' aids (includng NH Public Television) on language and peoples in New Hampshire.
Museums:
Musee des Abenakis, Odanak, Quebec
Musee de la Civilisation, Quebec
Abbe Museum, Bar Harbor, Maine
Abenaki Cultural Center, Swanton, Vermont
Mount Kearsarge Indian Museum, Warner, New Hampshire
Passamaquoddy People, Indian Township, Maine
Charles B. Doleac presented “Justice for People of the First Light: Colonial Treaties to the UN Declaration” program in Kittery on March 9, 2016
Portsmouth, New Hampshire (January 15, 2016) – Kittery Community Center welcomes Charles B. Doleac, chairman of the 1713 Treaty of Portsmouth Tricentennial Committee for a program on March 9, 2016 at 7pm. The program is free and open to the public and takes place in the STAR Theatre, 120 Rogers Road in Kittery. For information, contact Todd Henley at 207.439.3800. The illustrated talk, explores the 1713 and 1714 Treaties of Portsmouth and 1717 agreement between the English and the Native Americans of the Maine and New Hampshire coast.
Entitled, “Justice for People of the First Light: Colonial Treaties to the UN Declaration,” the talk features historical artifacts from the era and replicas of the original Treaty from the Library of Congress and the British Archives, signed by New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Native American dignitaries. The program provides an opportunity to understand the history of the era, the nuanced diplomacy of the delegates (English and Native American), the nature of life on the frontier on the Piscataqua before and after the Treaty, and the history’s relevance to the contemporary UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples issues.
“The Treaty is important for the First Nations diplomacy employed, for the first steps toward recognition of a New Hampshire governing Council separate from Massachusetts (Maine) and for the impact it had on opening the Seacoast area as the commercial and military hub on the frontier,” said Charles B. Doleac, senior partner of the Portsmouth law firm, Boynton Waldron Doleac Woodman & Scott PA. “The issues discussed at the Treaty conference at The Castle in Portsmouth in 1713 have a direct connection with ideas concerning the Rights of Indigenous People that are in the headlines today.”
Portsmouth commemorates 300th anniversary of 1713 Treaty between Native Americans and Colonial English
Strawbery Banke presents Jere Daniell, "Portsmouth Before & After 1713" in Treaty Speaker Series
Publicity
Portsmouth Herald (April 11, 2013) -- Strawbery Banke hosts 1713 Teaty of Portsmouth Speaker Series
Portsmouth, New Hampshire (January 15, 2016) – Kittery Community Center welcomes Charles B. Doleac, chairman of the 1713 Treaty of Portsmouth Tricentennial Committee for a program on March 9, 2016 at 7pm. The program is free and open to the public and takes place in the STAR Theatre, 120 Rogers Road in Kittery. For information, contact Todd Henley at 207.439.3800. The illustrated talk, explores the 1713 and 1714 Treaties of Portsmouth and 1717 agreement between the English and the Native Americans of the Maine and New Hampshire coast.
Entitled, “Justice for People of the First Light: Colonial Treaties to the UN Declaration,” the talk features historical artifacts from the era and replicas of the original Treaty from the Library of Congress and the British Archives, signed by New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Native American dignitaries. The program provides an opportunity to understand the history of the era, the nuanced diplomacy of the delegates (English and Native American), the nature of life on the frontier on the Piscataqua before and after the Treaty, and the history’s relevance to the contemporary UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples issues.
“The Treaty is important for the First Nations diplomacy employed, for the first steps toward recognition of a New Hampshire governing Council separate from Massachusetts (Maine) and for the impact it had on opening the Seacoast area as the commercial and military hub on the frontier,” said Charles B. Doleac, senior partner of the Portsmouth law firm, Boynton Waldron Doleac Woodman & Scott PA. “The issues discussed at the Treaty conference at The Castle in Portsmouth in 1713 have a direct connection with ideas concerning the Rights of Indigenous People that are in the headlines today.”
Portsmouth commemorates 300th anniversary of 1713 Treaty between Native Americans and Colonial English
Strawbery Banke presents Jere Daniell, "Portsmouth Before & After 1713" in Treaty Speaker Series
Publicity
Portsmouth Herald (April 11, 2013) -- Strawbery Banke hosts 1713 Teaty of Portsmouth Speaker Series