Indigenous People and the New England Town Meeting: Stockbridge, Massachusetts, 1730-1775
In the 1730s, Mahicans along the Housatonic River settled the mission town of Stockbridge, Massachusetts. They participated in town meetings and elected “traditional” leaders to typical New England offices. Even after a growing population of English settlers began dominating town offices, the Indian...
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University of Westminster Press
2019-12-01
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| Series: | Journal of Deliberative Democracy |
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| Online Access: | https://delibdemjournal.org/article/id/605/ |