The Monadnock Institute of Nature, Place & Culture at Franklin Pierce College

The Monadnock Institute NEWS An annual record of thoughts, activities, and events for “place-makers” in the region Spring, 2003 Fall Conference 2003: The Wild Side of Place

n Saturday, October 4, 2003, the Monadnock In- stitute will host its eighth annual conference on a Oplace-related theme at Franklin Pierce College. This year our focus is the wildlife of the Monadnock Region. Keynote speakers will include Hancock resident Sy Mont- gomery, author of Search for the Golden Moon Bear, Encantado: Pink Dolphin of the Amazon, and The Wild Out Your Window; Paul Rezendes, internationally acclaimed photographer and author of Tracking and the Art of Seeing and The Wild Within: Adventures in Nature and Animal Teachings; and naturalist David M. Carroll, resident of Warner and author of Swampwalker’s Journal: A Wetlands “Raven” metal sculpture by The Taylor Welding Team, Alstead, NH Year and The Year of the Turtle. The symposium will also Read more about the artists on Page 6 include guided explorations of local wetlands and forests on the FPC campus. Registration materials will be available on the Monadnock Institute Web site beginning in June.  Institute News Updates  Our Regional Stories Anthology Project was featured this spring on NH Public Radio’s The Front Porch, hosted by John Walters. Stories Circles were also the focus of a Bos- ton Chronicle television program that interviewed John Harris and Harold Larro, the son of a Marlborough quarry worker.  What’s Inside  The Monadnock Institute is part of the program for the National Conference of the As- sociation for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE), to be held in Boston June 3-7, 2003. Executive Committee members will conduct a workshop on place Deep Presence: Abenaki History Remarks from the 2002 annual education on Tuesday, June 3, and advisory board members Tom Wessels and Howard 2 conference held in October Mansfield will lead a hike up on Saturday, June 7. Education Update  The May/June 2003 edition of Orion Magazine includes a feature story by Kristin A summary of the Keene High School Grubbs of the Monadnock Conservancy, entitled “Blueprint for Change,”on the 5 projects, the Archaeology Summer Field School, and FPC place-related courses. Monadnock Institute’s collaboration with teachers and students at Keene High School.  Anthology Project Dr. Gerald Burns, Executive Committee Chair, presented on the Art of Place to Keene A progress report on the written High School teachers on February 4, 2003. Dr. Burns was joined by Peterborough 6 anthology planned for publication, Web Historical Society Director Michelle Stahl and area artist Mary Iselin. site upgrades, and Stories Circle events.

 The NH Municipal Association’s annual conference in Manchester on November 20, Rindge 2020 An update on the college/town partner- 2002 included a presentation by Maryann Harper, Rindge 2020 community coordina- 7 ship to help Rindge plan for its future. tor, Joni Doherty, assistant director of the Center for Civic Life, and John Harris on the aims and aspirations for the Rindge 2020 Project. A Record of Participation A list of 2002 conference registrants,  The work of the Monadnock Institute was the cover story, as well as the focus of several 8 Executive Committee and Advisory articles written by Institute faculty John Harris and Catherine Owen, in the most recent Board members. edition of Franklin Pierce Magazine. Conference 2002 Summary Deep Presence: Abenaki History and Influence

OLLOWING A GREETING AND Marge Bruchac also addressed the myth Fwelcome by Franklin Pierce of erasure of Abenaki people by College Provost Dr. Suzanne Buckley, focusing on the history of particular Penobscot and Pennacook elders Donald individuals and families in the and Beverly Newell greeted the 175 Connecticut River valley. One leader participants gathered under a tent on the was the sachem Shattookquis, who in Manor lawn. As founders of the New 1666 deeded over a portion of land Hampshire Inter-Tribal Native American around Brookfield, Massachusetts to Council, the Newells provided a John Pynchon for 300 fathoms of description and tribal homeland map for wampum. Shattookquis later traveled the twelve historic Abenaki groups in with the Pocumtuck people west to what has come to be known as New Schaghticoke, and then north to Hampshire. The Newells also Canada. Throughout the 18th and 19th summarized how the Council supports centuries, former Connecticut River Native people in the state, organizes valley Indians often returned to places social events, and raises scholarship funds like Newbury, Bellows Falls, Marge Bruchac for Native high school students. Northfield, Greenfield, and Deerfield. On one visit to Deerfield, in 1837, a daughter of this girl lived to a very great Keynote speaker Marge Bruchac began group of 24 Abenakis were described age, and with her grandson, John Watso, or her remarks by offering a traditional as “comfortably well-off for Indians.” Mountain, lived in the village of St. Francis, Abenaki greeting and thanking the living the old village of the Abenaki tribe.” things around her as well as her ancestors. In the 1880s, Israel Sadoques, a hunter She recognized the Newells for their with the Hudson Bay Company, and his Elizabeth Sadoques described how Eunice, energy and wisdom, and described her wife, Mary Watso, an herbal “Doctress,” the granddaughter of this captured role as an educator and storyteller. “My moved south from the Odanak Reserve Williams child, came to the town where a goal is to mend broken bits of the past, at St. Francis, in Quebec, Canada to great many Williamses lived, and then to pass them on to the future in improve their health and revisit their “Williamsecook,” and met her English a way that restores some measure of homeland. Israel and Mary took up cousins. “She was treated nicely, and was respect and understanding.” residence in Keene and continued to shown the door full of nails, and was told make and sell Abenaki baskets. Their that the deep marks were made by an Marge emphasized that Native people youngest daughter, Elizabeth, married Indian’s hatchet, on that memorable night have known this landscape intimately Claude Mason and had two children, of the battle, when Eunice Williams was for more than eleven thousand years. Claudia and Mali, who passed on the taken captive to Canada.” Everyone in the To illustrate this point she talked about family story. This family became known audience that day in 1922 thought that it ancient traditions of creatures known as as the “last Indians” in Keene, a was very quaint that an Indian woman had “earthshapers.” One such story common but misleading label for Native family “stories” to share, but no one describes how a giant beaver took up people who acclimated into Yankee believed that her words were a truthful residence in the lower Connecticut society. In 1922 Elizabeth Sadoques rendition of history. Elizabeth and her Valley, damming up the river and related part of her family story to an daughter Mali spent years unsuccessfully constructing a lodge. When the creature assembly of scholars in Deerfield, MA: trying to convince White scholars that refused to move, the humans appealed stories such as these contained a true and to Hobbamock, the shaper, who did “These stories were handed down as the accurate record of their family’s history. battle with the stubborn beaver and only means of preserving these great deeds broke its neck. Hobbamock allowed and events. As a child I heard the same Marge described the documents she found the River to flow free once more, and stories of hunting the great bear and establishing a clear link between the turned the body of the beaver to stone. moose, of travels down long streams over Sadoques family, the Abenaki visitors in “Those who visit this site today will thundering rapids, through peaceful valleys 1837, and the events of 1704. She reported notice to the east the shape of the head and blue mountains. Among these stories that recent efforts to validate these stories, of the creature in the form of Mount one stands out more conspicuously. It using documents in the collections of Sugarloaf.” This story contains many told of a number of captives brought to Deerfield museums to corroborate Native “small fragments,” pieces of encoded our village, and of a number of children oral histories and interviews with Mali and history of a time when Native people brought to the campfires of the Abenaki. Claudia’s families, are now being met with witnessed profound changes in the One child came from a long way down the interest and encouragement by the land, such as the retreat of ice sheets Connecticut, from a town where there scholarly community. 2 and the collapse of dams and lakes. lived a number of Williamses. The grand- Bruchac closed her remarks with an ironic individuals who are unearthed should be derstanding the Native presence in the reading of a statement by Jesuit priest reburied as close as possible to the site Monadnock Region, for these stories are Christian LeClair, on the intellectual where they came out of the ground. intimately fitted to specific details of the capacity of the Abenaki: “these people do Each time Donna walks out into the landscape and contain vast and detailed not know how to read or write; they have woods of New England, she is fully aware knowledge of this place. He suggested nevertheless enough understanding and that she “walks over the bones of my an- that the Monadnock Institute consider memory to learn how to do both, if only cestors, and at the same time over the hosting a conference on Abenaki themes they were willing to give the necessary faces of my great grandchildren.” She every few years as a way to begin to col- application. But aside from the fickleness feels and takes seriously the responsibility lect these stories. John also encouraged and instability of their minds, which they to pass on the original instructions and to the Institute to look towards Hinsdale, apply only so far as it pleases them, they think about the continuum of life in every Winchester and Walpole as towns where have all the false and ridiculous beliefs that action she takes. In reburial, for example, Abenaki people may have settled and be- they would not live as long if they were as Native people believe that an individual’s come “invisible.” John discussed the learned as the French. Some of these spirit is still connected to their bones, and ongoing debates over the origins of the Indians, however, for whose instruction that the ancestors remain with them on term “Monadnock”—which scholars some trouble has been taken, have in a their journey. have suggested might mean the moun- short time become decent philosophers tain that stands alone, or silver moun- DONNA’S HUSBAND, JOHN MOODY, IS AN and even pretty good theologians. But tain, or bare, smooth mountain —to ethno-historian who has devoted decades they have ever remained savages.” demonstrate the complexity of unravel- to re-interpreting the “hidden histories” ing and interpreting the multiple clues Marge made it clear that Native peoples of Abenaki people in Vermont and New about objects and histories that remain today need to draw on both the orator- Hampshire. John emphasized that oral in traditional homelands. ical skills and memory of the ancestors, stories and traditions hold the key to un-  and the research skills demanded by Euro-American educational institutions, in order to have Native tradition and Basketmaking Workshop with Judy Dow history taken seriously. udy Dow, an Abenaki basketmaker and educator, outlined the major Repatriation Remarks by Donna Jtechniques and phases of production for Abenaki baskets in New England. Roberts Moody Using more than 75 examples of baskets she had created or purchased, Judy DONNA MOODY, THE REPATRIATION AND described the variety of forms, from simple one-piece birch containers to site protection coordinator for the complicated sweet-grass and pine needle vessels. She described how Abenaki Nation at Missisquoi, be- adaptation was the key to success for gan by thanking her ancestors and basketmakers, as women incorporated elders. Donna summarized the ar- changes in materials and technologies duous process of complying with into their designs. What remained con- the National Parks Service regula- tions under the terms of the Na- stant over centuries were the philoso- tive American Grave Protection phies, techniques and designs them- and Repatriation, made more so selves, even as the materials changed. because the Abenaki people are Judy also emphasized the close connec- not formally recognized as a tribe tion between form and function for by the United States government. Abenaki artisans. “Birch was preferred to The Abenaki people have agreed make berry baskets and to line the food that the process of repatriation is caches because birch bark has anti- Judy Dow their highest priority, for “there can fungal properties that prevent spoilage,” be no future until we have taken care she pointed out. She also detailed how sweetgrass, an important Native plant of the past.” that thrived in the brackish waters around Lake Champlain after the glacier Donna confessed that her work as Repa- departed, has begun to flourish recently in roadside ditches where fresh water triation Coordinator is a calling rather mixes with road salt. Through numerous examples of beautifully made than a choice. She was selected for this baskets, and by means of a hands-on exercise in folding cattail leaves to position by thirteen Native people who form an Abenaki toy, Judy demonstrated the skills and resourcefulness of met to attempt ground rules for reburial Abenaki basketmakers developed over hundreds of years. of Abenaki people. The group agreed that 3 Conference Summary Cont’d. Abenaki Ethnography & Archaeology

THNO-HISTORIAN DAVID STEWART- and other pestilent diseases carried by Eu- names and dialect distinctions, to piece to- Smith, who is both Pennacook ropeans at the time of contact with Native gether ethnographic information about E th th Abenaki and Scottish, distributed a series peoples in the late 16 and early 17 cen- various tribes in . Al- of maps as reference points for his presen- turies. One estimate suggests that 90% of though this pioneering work has consider- tation. David summarized the two sig- the Abenaki people in some regions were able merit, David pointed out that many nificant forces that influenced Native wiped out by imported pathogens. Abenaki households likely spoke several settlement patterns in the Monadnock re- dialects, making it difficult to establish gion before 1700. The first was a small As a result of these catastrophic changes, precise links between language and loca- ice age that occurred across New England Native people occupying the Monadnock tion. at the close of the 14th century and con- Region likely migrated to other areas, in- Robert Goodby on Archaeology stricted corn production to southern termarried with other bands, and formed alliances with Indians in surrounding terri- Massachusetts. As a result, Abenaki FRANKLIN PIERCE COLLEGE PROFESSOR tories. Another challenge to ethnographic people were forced to migrate to agricul- Robert Goodby next described the research in the Monadnock Region, ac- tural communities in southern New En- archaeological survey work conducted cording to David, is that the border be- gland or to practice hunting and along the banks of the in tween European contact and “wilderness” gatherering. Although these groups con- Swanzey by students from Franklin Pierce shifted constantly in the 1600-1700s. “In tinued to interact through trade, social College in the summer of 2002. In the documents of the day, ‘Canada’ usually gatherings, and intermarriage, tensions 1970s, avocational archaeologist Arthur means territory where White people have between different tribes increased during Whipple discovered an 11,000 year-old not yet settled.” David alluded to the this period of diminished agricultural pro- Paleoindian site, one of the oldest in New work of Gordon Day, who used ethno- ductivity. The second and more destabi- England. A quarter mile to the south of linguistic evidence, in the form of place lizing force was the spread of smallpox the Paleoindian site is the location of the so-called “Swanzey Fish Dam,” a V-shaped alignment of boulders in the Ashuelot Living History Encampment River that local tradition says was built by the Abenaki to harvest salmon and other with Ken Hamilton anadramous fish, but which had never been evaluated by professional archaeolo- Ken Hamilton, a living history interpreter and professional craftsman of gists. Evaluation of the Fish Dam was of Ottowa descent, whose work has been featured in museum exhibits, set up particular interest, as there is considerable an 18th century Indian trading encampment at the conference. Ken has spent debate over the construction of substantial years studying archaeological records and artifacts in order to reproduce stone features of any kind by Native accurate forged tools, sculpted stone Americans in New England. pipes, silver work, wampum bracelets and The survey resulted in the discovery of a belts, leather, bark baskets, and brass and series of archaeological deposits along copper ornaments. Ken and his wife are both banks of the Ashuelot indicating a also skilled in reproducing traditional Na- Native American presence adjacent to the tive clothing ornamented with beadwork dam (for details, see related article on and porcupine quillwork. His display in- page 5), though definitive evidence of cluded authentic trade goods and repro- fishing was not discovered. Since very ductions, including knives and animal little evidence of Euro-American presence furs, pots and cooking implements, was discovered, and as this was where leather goods, beads, and silver orna- Native American artifacts were most con- centrated, this survey provided the first ments. Ken spent the day describing tangible evidence that this unusual stone these objects, many of which provided feature was probably made and used by direct evidence of the ingenuity and re- indigenous peoples. The historical and sourcefulness of Abenaki people who in- archaeological evidence demonstrate a corporated Euro-American trade goods continuity in the use of the landscape into northeastern Native communities in Ken Hamilton that reflects enduring connections be- distinctly Indian ways. Ken made a special point of welcoming non-Native tween the ancient inhabitants of the participants who were interested in learning more about the history of Monadnock region and the Abenaki northeastern Indian craftsmanship and trade patterns. people who gathered here once again for 4 the conference on Deep Presence.  Education Update

or two weeks in July, eleven Fredrick Rogers, a geology professor secondary school students par- at Franklin Pierce College, presented Fticipated in Home Ground 2002, a on the geology of the Monadnock summer enrichment program de- region, including the rock cycle and voted to the study of place and lo- plate tectonics, as well as tracing the cal knowledge. Participants learned evidence of glaciation in the region. how to read landscape clues and re- At Franklin Pierce College, John search local history by exploring Harris taught a section of IC 101, a sites in West Keene, Roxbury, and required freshman seminar, with a other locations. Students created focus on campus history. Sixteen four presentations which examined freshmen explored the natural and the Nims and Nye farms, the cultural history of the FPC campus Bodwell and Cass quarries, and the and nearby sites in Rindge. Stu- Babbage Reservoir in Roxbury, dents shared journal entries, read which were presented to an audi- Home Ground Students at Cass Quarry essays by Barry Lopez, Scott ence of fifty community mem- Russell Sanders, and Wendell bers on July 19. The Monad- Berry, and discussed the ethics nock Institute and Keene of preservation, biodiversity, High School also collaborated and wise use. Course evalua- on a pilot Continuing Educa- tions indicated that most stu- tion course entitled Commu- dents found the campus walks nity Connections, focused on and interdisciplinary history as- the study of place and com- signments both stimulating munity history. Over a ten- and informative. week period, twelve continu- ing education students from IC 101 students enjoy kayaking the Monadnock region received instruction from Tony Dubois, Alan Rumrill and John Harris in reading landscape clues and researching New England history. Field trips in- Archaeology Field School cluded a candlelight tour of the Wyman Tavern in Keene An archaeological field school was completed in June of and a half-day tour of Cheshire Place, an economic utopia 2002 as part of the Monadnock Archaeological Project. situated in Rindge. Participants encouraged the instructors Fifteen FPC students under the direction of Dr. Robert to offer this program annually as part of Keene High Goodby conducted archaeological survey along the east School’s continuing education curriculum. and west banks of the Ashuelot River in Swanzey, NH. The goals of the survey were to discover Native American Eighteen teachers from Keene School District participated archaeological sites and determine their size, age and na- in a series of seminars as part of the Schools for New Mil- ture. Bordering the survey area are the 11,000 year-old lennium Project sponsored by the National Endowment Whipple Paleoindian site, one of the oldest sites in New for the Humanities. In October author Howard Mansfield Hampshire, and the so-called Swanzey Fish Dam, an un- joined Abenaki historian and storyteller Marge Bruchac to usual V-shaped alignment of boulders in the river that lo- discuss what is included and excluded from regional and cal historians have attributed to Native Americans. state historical records, and why. Participants explored sev- eral essays from Mansfield’s book In the Memory House Native American artifacts were recovered along both banks and discussed the themes of invisibility, selective preserva- of the river, including nostic stone tools and ceramics that tion, and nostalgia. In November John Harris, Anthony dated from 500 to 8000 B.P. (before present), a small Dubois, and Elaine Landry led a discussion of the place es- stone hearth, and small fragments of bone. The greatest say and the potential inherent in new technology for fur- quantities of artifacts were recovered adjacent to the fish thering place studies. The third fall seminar featured au- dam, and reflected two distinct occupations dating to the thor John Hanson Mitchell, who introduced the concept Late Archaic (c. 3000-4000 B.P.) and Late Woodland (c. of “ceremonial time,” a Native American term that de- 500 B.P.) periods. Radiocarbon dating of the wood char- scribes the collapse of past, present and future. Mitchell coal from the hearth revealed it was 3,500 years old. The also explored the role of ghosts in our culture, and the results of the survey have been shared with the public in an ways in which an oral culture reinforces memory and high- ongoing series of talks to school groups and local historical societies.  lights the connections between family members. Finally, 5 Regional Stories Anthology Project

he Monadnock Institute’s Regional Stories Anthology Project continues to evolve and gain momentum in 2003. Editor and author Howard Mansfield, who advises the project with Christine Salem and John Harris, has success- Tfully solicited an array of stories that characterize the region and highlight the forces that have defined and shaped it. Ac- cording to Howard, “in a sense the anthology is a labora- tory for finding ways to write about this place. When we succeed we have more than straight history, more than memoir and recollection. We have the mix of attitudes and forces that give us an understanding of this land in sight of Monadnock.” The impressive list of authors to be fea- tured in our anthology includes Ernest Hebert, Edie  Clark, Jane Brox, Tom Wessels, Richard Meryman, Roger Swain, Ron Jager, Marge Bruchac, Peter Sauer, Kevin Gardner, and Linda Dyer. The intent is to collect two- thirds of the essays and primary materials for the volume Farming in East Sullivan, late 1800s by early fall. Courtesy of the Historical Society of Cheshire County In addition to our print anthology, the Monadnock Institute is collecting, editing, and transcribing oral histories that de- scribe and elucidate important occupations and industries in our region’s past. Edited audiotapes of these anecdotes and reminiscences are available on the Institute’s revised anthology Web site at www.monadnockstories.org. Stories include farm- ing in Walpole, granite quarrying and millwork in Marlborough and Troy, the formation of , and the estab- lishment of a Conservation Corps Camp in Rindge. Audiotapes of individuals who have direct experience with these topics have been collected, augmented with historic photographs, and mounted on the Web site by Jon Schach and Elizabeth Getchell.  Stories Circles Stories Circles provide informal opportunities for local inhabitants to recall and share reminiscences about life and work in the Monadnock Region. Organized in collaboration with local histori- cal societies, these Circles probe occupations and events that have helped to shape and characterize our region. In 2002-2003, the Monadnock Institute, with support from the NH Humanities Council, conducted Stories Circles in Chesterfield, Keene, Temple, Walpole, Rindge, Winchester and Marlborough/Troy. According Sawmill Workers at Murdock Mill, 1900 to Kevin Gardner, who reported on the Marlborough/Troy event Courtesy of the Winchendon Historical Society for New Hampshire Public Radio, “The Marlborough Stories Circle recalled not just buildings and streets, personalities and oc- cupations, but the storytellers remembered relationships—and that’s what gives a community its texture. Professional histori- ans have certainly documented their history, but few of those histories carry the immediacy of living memory.” If your town has an interest in convening a Stories Circle to learn about the deeper nature of a place and help create a stron- ger sense of community, please contact the Monadnock Institute at 899-4010. To listen to a selection of stories from previ- ous Circles, or to read or hear Kevin Gardner’s report, visit www.monadnockstories.org or the Anthology Project page at www.fpc.edu/monadnockinstitute.  Portrait of the Artists

The Taylor Welding Team, Sculptors These self-styled “blue-collar artists,” Bob, Raymond and Jim Taylor, Mike Stoodley and Andy Wyman, work out of their busy welding shop in Alstead, NH. Their striking metalwork creations include life-size (and larger) moose, herons, turkeys, ravens, giraffes, hippos, dragons, and even a river monster. Select pieces have been featured at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington, D.C. and in the festival’s “homecoming” phase, Celebrate New 6 Hampshire. Recognition at the national and state levels has been accompanied by increasing patronage locally. Rindge 2020 Update

uilding on its work in 2001, the Rindge 2020: After the forums ended, the project moved into the ac- Mapping Our Future project has proceeded as tion phase. Three “action areas” were chosen: Bplanned, and is now in the action phase. The project was lead by Rindge residents MaryAnn Harper and Tina Communication: Work with Franklin Pierce College to Hansen, who, working with college faculty and staff develop and distribute a community newsletter; investi- members John Harris, Amy McIntyre, Joni Doherty, gate the possibility of a future cable TV show or a radio Doug Challenger, Gerald Burns and Catherine Owen, show featuring community issues and events through the brought together a group of citizens who researched and Marlin Fitzwater Communication Center at FPC. wrote the discussion guide for the project. The discus- Economic Development: Determine the feasibility of es- sion guide was based on the issue framing sessions and tablishing an Economic Advisory council to help attract workshop held in fall of 2001. The discussion guide out- desirable businesses or local start-ups to the town. Possi- lined four possible approaches for the future of the town: bly undertake a joint venture with FPC which will result Nurture Economic Development; Sustain our Natural in some kind of community-college business, activity cen- Resources; Provide Quality Education and Public Ser- ter, conference facility or coffee house. vices; and Develop Village Centers. Natural Resources: Improve communication about the importance of natural resources and the laws that protect them, starting with the upcom- ing vote to raise money to protect Converse Meadows. Investigate the possibility of establish- ing a local land trust or other organization that raises money privately (not through the town taxes) to protect land for future water supplies, views, wildlife and other natural resources.

Action Forum Participants

The discussion guide was then used as the basis for four Community Forums, held in October and November of 2002, designed to bring residents together to consider the future of their town. Each of the forums resulted in spirited and re- spectful exchanges of ideas and viewpoints and in- cluded residents of all age groups—from high Converse Meadows school students to retired individuals—as well as people from many different occupations, areas of town, and years of residence in Rindge. A large number of people spoke Converse Meadows Protection in favor of the economic and natural resources ap- proaches, and many ideas were discussed about the best Gets Overwhelming Support ways to turn these approaches into reality. In particular, The Natural Resources group has already met with some the need to attract certain kinds of businesses and jobs to success. Prior to Town Meeting, they helped educate the town was discussed repeatedly. The public services residents on the benefits of protecting Converse Mead- approach garnered strong support as well, although dis- ows, and a proposed bond to raise half of the money for cussion was tempered by concern about the impacts of its acquisition passed by an 85% margin. They are cur- improved public services on taxes. A large number of rently working on a strategy to raise the rest of the young people attended the forums and supported ideas money. The group, lead by Art Fiorelli, Helene Rogers such as a community center or coffee house that would and Kim McCummings, has also submitted a grant appli- give them a place to go and things to do. Many people cation to the Southwest Region Planning Agency for liked the idea of working with the college on these and open space planning assistance. other activities. All told, approximately 190 residents par-  ticipated in one or more forums. 7 Conference 2002 Deep Presence Participants

Conference Keynotes Susan Hott, Keene, NH Lori-Ann Tessier, Jaffrey, NH Marge Bruchac, Northampton, MA Bonnie Hudspeth, Burlington, VT Amy Thut, Philadelphia, PA Judy Dow, Essex Junction, VT Shannon Hurley, Greenfield, NH Fritze Till, Drewsville, NH Robert Goodby, Stoddard, NH Renee Hurley, Fitchburg, MA Dan Toomey, Putney, VT Ken Hamilton,Corinth, ME Susie Husted, Kittery, ME Sarah Webb, Alstead, NH Donna Roberts Moody, White River Jct., VT Megan Hutchinson, Keene, NH Patricia Westgate, Keene, NH John Moody, White River Jct., VT Alex Hutchinson, Keene, NH Kathleen Wheeler, Portsmouth, NH Donald Newell, Laconia, NH Atsuko Imanishi, Winchester, NH Eugene Winter, Lowell, MA Beverly Newell, Laconia, NH Barbara Jones, Charlestown, NH Shannon Wood, Sullivan, NH David Stewart-Smith, Webster, NH Bruce Kantner, Temple, NH Margaret Wyman, Richmond, NH Kerry Kantner, Temple, NH Joan Young, Keene, NH Bonnie Kaweczki, Randolph, VT Raymond Young, Keene, NH Community Members Patrick Keegan, Sullivan, NH Patricia Andrus, Concord, NH Barbara Klie, Hancock, NH John Balco, Bolton, MA Andrew Kordalewski, Peterborough, NH Rana Balco, Bolton, MA Jennifer Lee, Plainfield, MA Institute Toby Ball, Concord, NH Miriam Lockhart, Rindge, NH Michael Barrett, Keene, NH Richard Lunt, Dover, NH Information Russell Bastedo, Concord, NH Anne Marie MacMaster, Keene, NH Jeremy Beech, Rindge, NH Peter Majoy, Richmond, NH Roberta Beeson, Hancock, NH Theresa Majoy, Richmond, NH Executive Committee Matt Bickford, Keene, NH Howard Mansfield, Hancock, NH John Harris, Director Patricia Blevens, Concord, NH Ellen Marlatt, Portsmouth, NH Gerald Burns, Chair Paul Bock, Dover, NH Linda Marsella, Peterborough, NH Catherine Owen, Vice Chair Richard Boisvert, Concord, NH Nancy McGartland, Troy, NH Meredith Martin, Secretary Adam Bonapart, Rindge, NH Jeannie McGartland, Troy, NH Robert Goodby Tracy Botting, Stoddard, NH Joyce McKay, Suncook, NH Paul Kotila Angela Bottomley, Rindge, NH Murray McLellan, Keene, NH Amy McIntyre Regina Bringolf, Hancock, NH Janice Medor, Dracut, MA Rhine Singleton Robert Brown, Fitzwilliam, NH Tripp Mikich, Dublin, NH Lynn Brown, Fitzwilliam, NH Tricia Miller, Alstead, NH Hallery Brunet, Randolph, VT June Miller, Hudson, NH Advisory Board Suzanne Buckley, Keene, NH Faye Miller, Hudson, NH Linda Bundy, Antrim, NH Ann Moller, Hancock, NH Jane Brox Leslie Carlson, Westmoreland, NH Elke Nadeau, Greenfield, NH Meade Cadot Susan Casey, Rindge, NH Marie Paradis, Jaffrey, NH John Colony III Frances Chelland, Deering, NE Leon Paradis, Jaffrey, NH Eleanor Drury David Cheney, Peterborough, NH Meera Patankar, Munsonville, NH Robert Finch Fracelia Clark, Hancock, NH Shaun Patterson, Rindge, NH Ibit Getchell Allison Corning, Rollinsford, NH Jeannette Perron, Hancock, NH Andrew Kordalewski Charles Daloz, Hancock, NH Gregory Peterson, Rindge, NH David Liddel Ronald Dalton, Middleboro, MA Brian Phillips, Keene, NH Howard Mansfield Catherine Dart, Ashburnham, MA Ann Pilkovsky, Center Sandwich, NH Philip McCormack Deb DePaul, Jaffrey, NH Jean Polovchik, Hancock, NH John Hanson Mitchell Pamela Derby, Winchester, NH Eric Poor, Peterborough, NH Tim Murphy Daniel Derby, Winchester, NH David Potter, Chesterfield, NH Peter Sauer Aaron Derman, Greenville, NH Paul Pouliot, Franklin, MA Christine Salem Pat Despres, Marlborough, NH Laurel Powell, Chesterfield, NH David Stewart Smith Deborah DeTore, Charlestown, NH Joanne Prescott, Greenfield, MA Elizabeth Marshall Thomas Lynn Duckworth, Jaffrey, NH Tina Ramsey, Chesterfield, NH Tom Wessels Ruth Duckworth, Jaffrey, NH Jen Risley, Jaffrey, NH Darlene Dunn, Chesterfield, NH Susan Rolke, Rindge, NH Monadnock Institute of Lisa Durr, Keene, NH Gordon Roy, Stoddard, NH Bob Earnest, Dublin, NH Stephanie Roy, Stoddard, NH Nature, Place & Culture Nancy Earnest, Dublin, NH Peter Sauer, Salem, NY Franklin Pierce College Becky Ebel, Vergennes, VT Heidi Savery, Bridgewater, MA 20 College Road Edna Feighner, Concord, NH Jon Schach, Marlborough, NH P.O. Box 60 Jenny Fialkoff, Burlington, VT Paul Schlotman, Peterborough, NH Rindge, NH 03461 Donald Foster, Exeter NH Siobhan Senier, Durham, NH Marny Gannett, Dublin, NH Judy Seppala, Rindge, NH Phone: 603-899-4010 Barbara Gannon, Goffstown, NH Janet Shea, Peterborough, NH 603-899-1155 Ryan Gasper, Fitchburg, MA James Shea, Peterborough, NH Fax: 603-899-1055 Ibit Getchell, Burlington, VT Steve Sherman, Hancock, NH Email: [email protected] Rebecca Golden, Brattleboro, VT Brooke Shunning, Rindge, NH [email protected] Jonathan Gottscho, Cambridge, MA Jane Smallidge, Dover, NH www.fpc.edu/monadnockinstitute Clare Green, Warwick, MA Jane Spragg, Concord, NH Beverly Greenhalgh, Lowell, MA Teresa Starkey, Chesterfield, NH Newsletter Text: John Harris, Catherine Owen Kristen Grubbs, Harrisville, NH William Stroup, Keene, NH Layout: Amy McIntyre, Cindy Sands Tom Haynes, Keene, NH Talks With Animals, Keene, NH 8