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By Sandra Guy A University of Northern Iowa professor’s historical research is receiving national attention as several New England communities grapple with the legacy of controversial statues.  Professor Barbara Cutter has been interviewed in multiple nationaloutlets about her research on Hannah Duston, a 17th century English colonist who murdered 10 Native Americans, including two women and six children. Duston had been kidnapped in an Abenaki raid in 1697 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, and lost her infant in the hostilities. Her captors placed her with a Native American family about 60 mil...

Originally published on May 1, 2021 2:52 pm A statue of a woman towers over a patch of daffodils in a city park in Haverhill, Mass. Scowling ferociously, she leans forward, gripping a hatchet. The statue honors Hannah Duston, a 17th-century English colonist who is believed to have killed 10 Native Americans in order to escape captivity during King William's War. It has become a flashpoint in the country's ongoing debate about racist monuments, as locals reevaluate the Duston legend. "That hatchet is supposedly the one that she actually used to, quote unquote, 'scalp the warriors,' " says Ron...

Embed SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Statues of Hannah Duston face a reckoning in two New England communities. Duston was a 17th-century English colonist who was said to have been captured by Native Americans who then killed 10 of them in order to escape. WBUR's Amelia Mason has this report, which includes descriptions of violence. AMELIA MASON, BYLINE: The statue of Hannah Duston in Haverhill, Mass., towers over a patch of daffodils in the city's G.A.R. Park. Legend says that in 1697, Duston killed 10 Native American warriors who'd kidnapped her. The statue depicts her holding a hatchet.

Jesse Costa/WBUR toggle caption Jesse Costa/WBUR The Hannah Duston statue in G.A.R. Park in Haverhill, Mass. The monument has become the subject of fierce public debate. Jesse Costa/WBUR A statue of a woman towers over a patch of daffodils in a city park in Haverhill, Mass. Scowling ferociously, she leans forward, gripping a hatchet. The statue honors Hannah Duston, a 17th-century English colonist who is believed to have killed 10 Native Americans in order to escape captivity during King William's War. It has become a flashpoint in the country's ongoing...

Statue Of A Killer: Towns Debate Presentation Of A Colonial Woman By Amelia Mason  May 1, 2021 A statue of a woman towers over a patch of daffodils in a city park in Haverhill, Mass. Scowling ferociously, she leans forward, gripping a hatchet. The statue honors Hannah Duston, a 17th-century English colonist who is believed to have killed 10 Native Americans in order to escape captivity during King William’s War. It has become a flashpoint in the country’s ongoing debate about racist monuments, as locals reevaluate the Duston legend. “That hatchet is supposedly the one that she actually...