Track the adaptation of Native American li fe to \;European settlement and trade goods\, including the importance and use of wampum through this critical period along the mid-Atlantic reg ion. Understand the magnitude of the earliest American culture clashes thr ough customs of war\, adoption\, captivity\, alliance\, friendships and ma rriages between Natives\, Europeans\, and Africans.
\n* This project has been financed in part with State funds from the Maryland 250 Commissi on\, an instrumentality of the State of Maryland. Project contents or opin ions do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the State or Mary land 250 Commission.
\nDrew Shuptar-Rayvis (Pekatawas MakataweU &ldq uo\;Black Corn&rdquo\;) holds a cum laude Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and Sociology from Western Connecticut State University and a Certificate Degree in Archaeology from Norwalk Community College. A true American of the mid-Atlantic region\, his family includes indigenous Pocomoke heritage \, Pennsylvania Dutch\, Welsh\, Swiss\, English\, Scots Irish\, Boyko Ukra inian and Ashkanazi/ Sephardic Jewish\, he honors all of his ancestors as a practicing living historian and regularly participates in colonial era r eenactments\, interpretations and public educational events. He works dili gently in the research and preservation of the Eastern Woodland languages\ , particularly Renape\, southern Unami and Nanticoke and is educated in th e many European languages at use in the Colonial Period. He was the first garden manager of Western Connecticut State University&rsquo\;s Permacultu re Garden\, and practices Native horticulture. In July 2021\, Drew was ele cted by his Paramount Chief Norris Howard Senior and Council member Norris Howard Junior as Cultural Ambassador of the Pocomoke Indian Nation of Mar yland. In June of 2023\, Drew was hired as a contractual research and pres ervation specialist with Maryland State Archives where he worked to record oral histories\, life ways and traditions of Maryland&rsquo\;s eastern sh ore tribal communities\, this contractual work concluded in June of 2024. Drew also serves as the Algonkian historical consultant for the New Amster dam History Center of NYC where he writes numerous articles on 17th centur y Algonkian culture.
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