54. The Long Journeys Home Part 2 – Albert Afraid of Hawk
Grating the Nutmeg
English - August 01, 2018 08:00 - 37 minutes - 43.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 45 ratingsHistory Government stories connecticuthistory history newengland socialstudies travel Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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PART TWO: ALBERT AFRAID OF HAWK
Two young men.
Henry Opukaha'ia, a native of Hawaii, who died in Cornwall, CT in 1818. Albert Afraid of Hawk, a Lakota Sioux native who died in Danbury in 1900.
Nick Bellantoni was the archaeologist tasked with helping return the remains of each of these men to their homes and families, more than a century after they had died.
Hear him tell their strangely connected and deeply moving stories in this special two part Grating the Nutmeg episode based on Bellantoni's new Wesleyan Press book The Long Journeys Home: The Repatriations of Henry 'Opukaha'ia and Albert Afraid of Hawk