NATIVE AMERICANS

The town of Montague hired historical investigators to fill in details of the "Falls Fight," where 250 Native people were killed more than 350 years ago. The study was funded by the National Park Service.

We talk with Kitty Hendricks-Miller about the 12th annual Pocumtuck Homelands Festival, learn about the multi-cultural dance found in "Urban Love Suite" at Jacob's Pillow and taste wines at Dare Bottleshop in Lenox.

We visit artist Nayana LaFond's exhibit, "Portraits in Red," at the Springfield Museums and talk with afrobeats legend Gyedu-Blay Ambolley.

We learn about the 5th annual Odenong Powwow in Amherst and talk eponyms with the Word Nerd.

We talk to author John Sayles about his new book, "To Save the Man," that dives into the history of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, and get schooled by the Word Nerd.

We find out how we can honor Indigenous history in western Mass. at the Wendell Meetinghouse and check in with the SSO as it prepares for its annual MLK Jr. celebration.

The town of Stockbridge, Massachusetts, has launched a commission with the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians. Tribal leaders helped establish the original township in 1737.

More than a year after the State Seal Commission folded without recommending a new design for the state's emblems, a second attempt at drafting a new state seal is off to a tardy start.

Today on The Rundown, panelists continue a news retrospective for 2024 by discussing efforts to clean up toxic waste, how western Mass. institutions begin repatriation processes of Native remains and artifacts, and the ongoing impacts of a deregulated climate.

We talk with author Angela Marcellino about her book, "The True Natives of Cape Cod and Their Foodways," hear live music from Jim Hewitt of Easthampton-based band Lost Film, and have our latest Wine Thunderdome.