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Harvard Indian College: Promises Broken... and Kept (Ep64)

Harvard Indian College: Promises Broken... and Kept (Ep64)

FromHUB History - Our Favorite Stories from Boston History


Harvard Indian College: Promises Broken... and Kept (Ep64)

FromHUB History - Our Favorite Stories from Boston History

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Length:
37 minutes
Released:
Jan 22, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

There's an oft forgotten clause written into Harvard’s 1650 charter promising to educate the Native American youth of Massachusetts.  This week's episode looks at the early, mostly unsuccessful efforts to create an Indian College on the Harvard campus, the abandonment of that plan after King Philip’s War soured the English settlers on their earlier plans for Christianizing local Native American tribes, and how modern scholarship is helping to rediscover this legacy and rededicate Harvard to embracing Native Americans.

Show notes: http://HUBhistory.com/064
Released:
Jan 22, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

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Where two history buffs go far beyond the Freedom Trail to share our favorite stories from the history of Boston, the hub of the universe.