Spencer Phips News Today

The popularized version of the meal shared by Indigenous people and English settlers in 1621 is based on a real event, but also has fed into long-held myths about native people and colonialism, scholars say.

The popularized version of the meal shared by Indigenous people and English settlers in 1621 is based on a real event, but also has fed into long-held myths about native people and colonialism, scholars say.

The popularized version of the meal shared by Indigenous people and English settlers in 1621 is based on a real event, but also has fed into long-held myths about native people and colonialism, scholars say.

Did you know that European governments promoted scalping in North America by offering up rewards for Native American scalps?

The Wabanaki people hope their history and culture find more of a presence in the state's classrooms, as a 2001 law intended.

The Wabanaki people hope their history and culture are shared in Maine classrooms, as a 2001 law required.

First Parish members work to make amends to the Maine Wabanaki tribes for long-ago preacher’s blood money.

Members have produced an educational film addressing how European settlers scalped — killed — Indigenous people during the British colonial era.

This 34-square-mile town located 12 miles west of Worcester was settled in 1717, incorporated in 1753, and named after then Massachusetts Gov. Spencer Phips.

Most Americans know about atrocities endured by Native Americans after the arrival of European settlers: wars, disease, stolen land. But they aren’t always taught the extent of the indiscriminate killings.