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Native Ancestors return to Deer Island

From Katherine Perry | 05:04

At the end of October, Native Americans from around Massachusetts gathered to memorialize the tragic events that passed at Deer Island, one of the Boston Harbor Islands, more than three centuries ago. Ancestors of the survivors made up a crew taking a "sacred paddle"; a fleet of traditional canoes, or mishoons, was making a 20 mile journey down the Charles River and out to Deer Island, following the path the Nipmuc people were forced along in late October of 1675 Don't know what I'm talking about? Well, you're not alone.

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At the end of October, Native Americans from around Massachusetts gathered to memorialize the tragic events that passed at Deer Island, one of the Boston Harbor Islands, more than three centuries ago. Ancestors of the survivors made up a crew taking a "sacred paddle"; a fleet of traditional canoes, or mishoons, was making a 20 mile journey down the Charles River and out to Deer Island, following the path the Nipmuc people were forced along in late October of 1675 Don't know what I'm talking about? Well, you're not alone. 
Even most of its nearby neighbors don't realize that Deer Island was a Colonial internment camp for native peoples. In 1675, during King Phillip's War, Massachusetts colonists, fearing the native people would join with enemy troops, rounded up the Nipmuc people of Natick and surrounding towns and brought them in chairs to Deer Island, where they were left for dead. 
And the intervening centuries have not shone a bright light on this chapter of Boston's history.
 
Katherine Perry reports on the forgotten history of Deer Island.

(Music in this piece from the Quabbin Lake Singers and The Three Sisters)

Native Ancestors return to Deer Island | 05:04

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A Sea Change in the New England Funeral Business

From Katherine Perry | 04:17

They say death, like taxes, is one of the few certain things in life. But the way that culture deals with death is not a static institution. In New England, burial and funeral traditions are expanding to become greener, more personalized--and decidedly damper--with the rise of ocean burials.

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Pouring_ashes_small They say death, like taxes, is one of the few certain things in life. But the way that culture deals with death is not a static institution. In New England, burial and funeral traditions are expanding to become greener, more personalized--and decidedly damper--with the rise of ocean burials.

A Sea Change in the New England Funeral Business | 04:17

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The Pilgrim Chef

From Katherine Perry | 05:32

For most home cooks, pulling off a traditional Thanksgiving feast is a tough job. An even tougher job? Replicating a meal fit for a Pilgrim in a kitchen fit for a Pilgrim. In Plymouth, Massachusetts, birthplace of Thanksgiving, that’s what one chef is up against every day. Katherine Perry visited Plimoth Plantation, where it’s one woman’s job to bring culinary history to life.

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Plimoth_plantation_small For most home cooks, pulling off a traditional Thanksgiving feast is a tough job. An even tougher job? Replicating a meal fit for a Pilgrim in a kitchen fit for a Pilgrim. In Plymouth, Massachusetts, birthplace of Thanksgiving, that’s what one chef is up against every day. Katherine Perry visited Plimoth Plantation, where it’s one woman’s job to bring culinary history to life.

The Pilgrim Chef | 05:32

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