Shirley Tracy Dunn

Mohican Seminar 2: The Challege An Algonquian Peoples Seminar

This volume, The Challenge-An Algonquian Peoples Seminar, contains research papers about the Mohicans and other Algonquian Indians of the Hudson Valley and the Northeast. The papers were presented in March, 2001, and March, 2002, at the second and third annual seminars co-sponsored by the Native Ame...

The Mohicans

The Mohicans lived in the upper Hudson and Housatonic Valleys. This book for young readers (9-12) tells the story of the tribe: how they lived, dressed, hunted, and worked the land; how they related to their neighbors; how they were displaced from their ancestral home by the Europeans, who began arr...

Pioneer Days in the Catskill High Peaks: Tannersville & the Region Around

Shortly after the Revolutionary War, the first pioneers followed old Indian trails up the mountains to carve out homesteads in what is now Tannersville, Haines Falls, East Jewett and Onteora Park. Over 80 parks!

Mohican Seminar III: The Journey An Algonquian Peoples Seminar

The River Indians: Mohicans Making History

Shirley Dunn s new book presents a stirring look at historic events in which the Mohicans (called River Indians) participated: Leaders among the native nations on the Hudson, Mohicans welcomed Henry Hudson, who visited them for 13 days. They initiated the upriver fur trade and continued it for a cen...

Dutch Architecture Near Albany: The Polgreen Photographs

Albany native and Dutch descendant Waldron Polgreen made this exquisite collection of photographs in the 1930s and early 1940s. The images are of very good quality, having been photographed on 5 x 7 inch sheet film and carefully preserved by his family. Rich, detailed descriptions and drawings enhan...

The Mohican World, 1680-1750

The Mohican World, 1680-1750 examines the daily lives of the native peoples of the upper Hudson and Housatonic Valleys at the time of contact with Europeans. It is a sequel to "The Mohicans and Their Land, 1609-1730 (also available from Amazon).

The Mohicans and Their Land 1609-1730

This book explores the interaction between the native peoples of the upper Hudson and Housatonic Valleys and the Europeans who sought their lands. A sequel, The Mohican World, 1680-1750 is also available from Amazon.