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Chapter 1: For Native Americans, an enduring spiritual connection to the land

In the several hundred years since the arrival of Europeans to New England, known as "Dawnland" to its original inhabitants, Native peoples have been forced to live on a small fraction of their ancestral homelands.
Mark Mirko
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Connecticut Public
In the several hundred years since the arrival of Europeans to New England, known as "Dawnland" to its original inhabitants, Native peoples have been forced to live on a small fraction of their ancestral homelands.

For more than 10,000 years before Europeans arrived, the Northeast was home to many tribes with organized leadership and governance; it was among the most prosperous parts of North America. A connection with the land endures – and you care for it like it’s a member of the family. In Chapter 1 of “Still Here,” take a fresh look at the history of our region and listen to Indigenous voices today.

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Diane Orson is a special correspondent with Connecticut Public. She is a reporter and contributor to National Public Radio. Her stories have been heard on Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Weekend Edition, Here and Now; and The World from PRX. She spent seven years as CT Public Radio's local host for Morning Edition.