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Occupying Massachusetts - Layers of History on Indigenous Land (Hardcover)
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Occupying Massachusetts - Layers of History on Indigenous Land (Hardcover)
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Occupying Massachusetts: Layers of History on Indigenous Land is an
art book that engages with history. Featuring photographs of
dwellings and vernacular structures found in rural Massachusetts,
the book is a meditation on the human occupation of land, with an
emphasis on the long presence of Indigenous people and the waves of
settlement by people from other countries that began during the
early 1600s and continues today. Utilizing a muted color palette,
Matthews's photographs of both structures and historical markers
are subtle and haunting. They suggest the presence of histories,
embedded in the landscape but often invisible. Although the book is
focused on Massachusetts, it implicitly raises larger issues of
settlement and nationhood. How did the United States of America
come to occupy its land? How is this story told? As a longtime
occupant/occupier of Massachusetts herself, Matthews aims to
understand more deeply the land on which she lives. The main text
of the book comes from photographs of historic markers, which were
installed around the state at different times by different interest
groups. The words on these markers describe early relations between
Indigenous people and largely English settlers, from diverse points
of view. In this way, the book explores how difficult histories are
written and how they change over time. Concluding essays by
Indigenous activist David Brule and poet Suzanne Gardinier provide
important perspectives as well, connecting the past and future.
Occupying Massachusetts is a moving story whose message will be
appreciated for years to come.
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