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Covered with Night: A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice

Author talk with Nicole Eustace

2022-11-09 19:00:00 2022-11-09 20:00:00 America/New_York Covered with Night: A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice Nicole Eustace, OAH Distinguished Lecturer, will discuss her book, "Covered with Night: A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America" in this Zoom webinar. MHL Virtual Programs -

Wednesday, November 09
7:00pm - 8:00pm

Add to Calendar 2022-11-09 19:00:00 2022-11-09 20:00:00 America/New_York Covered with Night: A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice Nicole Eustace, OAH Distinguished Lecturer, will discuss her book, "Covered with Night: A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America" in this Zoom webinar. MHL Virtual Programs -

Nicole Eustace, OAH Distinguished Lecturer, will discuss her book, "Covered with Night: A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America" in this Zoom webinar.

Join us for a discussion of the Pulitzer Prize-winning history that transforms a single event in 1722 into an unparalleled portrait of early America.

In the winter of 1722, on the eve of a major conference between the Five Nations of the Haudenosaunee (also known as the Iroquois) and Anglo-American colonists, a pair of colonial fur traders brutally assaulted a Seneca hunter near Conestoga, Pennsylvania. Though virtually forgotten today, the crime ignited a contest between Native American forms of justice—rooted in community, forgiveness, and reparations—and the colonial ideology of harsh reprisal that called for the accused killers to be executed if found guilty.

In Covered with Night, historian Nicole Eustace reconstructs the attack and its aftermath, introducing a group of unforgettable individuals—from the slain man’s resilient widow to an Indigenous diplomat known as “Captain Civility” to the scheming governor of Pennsylvania—as she narrates a remarkable series of criminal investigations and cross-cultural negotiations. Taking its title from a Haudenosaunee metaphor for mourning, Covered with Night ultimately urges us to consider Indigenous approaches to grief and condolence, rupture and repair, as we seek new avenues of justice in our own era.

Nicole Eustace is a professor at NYA and an Organization of American Historians Distinguished Lecturer. 

This program is a collaboration with Billerica Public Library and other local libraries, and is sponsored in part by the Friends of Memorial Hall Library.

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Library Program--Adults |

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