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"We're Still Here"
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"We're Still Here" Online Exhibit
Contemporary Indigenous New England Artists

1694 Durham Map Details

1694 Durham Map

graycostume "Indien en Costume Gris" (Indian in a gray costume), ca. 1704

Tatooed and armed Native (Acadian?) dressed in a wool capote, which is a modified sailor's garment used by French soldiers and Natives alike. Secured by only one button at the next but otherwise belted, the capote usually had a hood and was worn in all seasons.

 

 

 
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