Unity Park N'dakinna

06/17/2025

Tonight’s FREE screening of ‘Retracing Footsteps: Hanna Dustin and the Abenaki’ begins at 6pm, at the Hamptead Public Library- see you there!!
Trailer for Retracing Footsteps Hanna Dustin and the Abenaki:

As Indigenous lives are disturbed by colonization, Hannah Dustin's survival tale symbolizes complex heroism that continues to affect the present day. Learn m...

12/29/2024

We are excited to announce the Cowasuck Band of the Pennacook Abenaki and Indigenous NH Collaborative Collective have partnered to produce a new documentary called ‘Retracing Footsteps Hanna Dustin and the Abenaki’ has been completed! This 60 minute documentary uncovers the documented truth (and lies) behind the legendary story and what effect this fable has had on American history.
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07/16/2024

Three Years Later, Haverhill Task Force Continues Careful Progress Toward Honoring Indigenous History

(Additional photograph below.) Amid calls to remove the 1874 Hannah Duston statue in GAR Park, the Haverhill City Council in 2021 decided on a compromise. In addition to removing the hatchet from her hand and removing the word “savages” from the inscription, the proposal sent to the mayor’s of

09/05/2023

We thank the Boston Globe for highlighting the inclusive process and work we are doing here in NH on the Hanna Dustin committee.

How to expand, rather than obliterate, history

The imposing 25-foot granite statue of Hannah Duston was erected in Boscawen in 1874, on the site where she became a folk hero for a daring escape from Native American captors nearly 200 years before.

09/17/2022

We had a fantastic visit to Haverhill and look forward to our continued collaboration!

Mayor's Native American Commemoration Task Force hosts discussion

Sep. 16—HAVERHILL — A special task force formed by Mayor James Fiorentini met Sept. 14 to discuss Haverhill's rich Colonial history and consider ideas for recognizing and honoring indigenous peoples who inhabited the city and region long before the arrival of European settlers. Fiorentini noted ...

09/01/2022

We are excited to share that the NH park committee will be traveling to Haverhill MA to meet with the MA park committee and tour the Hanna Dustin monument and homestead on September 14th. We are looking forward to collaborating together in the development of both parks!

07/19/2022

What about Hannah? Historical statues carry modern-day baggage

On a warm July afternoon, a dozen people gathered in a riverside park to tackle a question that has vexed many in New Hampshire for decades: What to do about

07/18/2022

What about Hannah? Historical statues carry modern-day baggage

On a warm July afternoon, a dozen people gathered in a riverside park to tackle a question that has vexed many in New Hampshire for decades: What to do about

07/12/2022

Centuries later, Hannah Duston legacy continues to evolve here and in her hometown of Haverhill, Mass.

They sat in a circle on sleeping bags and blankets, some cross-legged, others kneeling, with the Merrimack River flowing gently past in the background.They spoke in calm, measured tones, explaining their common goal to reshape the narrative, a vision...