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  • Collection: Native Americans

Indian Lands of Westfield Map.JPG
Map of Native American lands and landmarks within Westfield, Massachusetts.

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Alquat.jpg
Photograph of Alquat, Sachem [chief] of the Woronoak and Pojassuck tribes of the Pioneer Valley. Photograph is from Westfield's Quarter Millennial Anniversary Official Souvenir 1919.

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Treaty of the Big Tree.jpg
Copy of the Treaty of Big Tree (1797) made in 1812. The Treaty of Big Tree was between the Seneca nation (Western New York) and the United States of America.

1791 Pre-emption p1.jpg
Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives Pre-emption of Native American land in New York and Massachusetts, March 11, 1791.

Indian trails 1636.jpg
Early accounts indicate that Indians were familiar with places often hundreds of miles distant and that they traveled over the same route in coming and going. Indians habitually marched in single file so trails rarely exceed 18 inched in width and…
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