This event is part of the Erie Canal Museum’s Deeper Dive series. Click here to register.

Join the Erie Canal Museum and Skä•noñh Great Law of Peace Center in welcoming renowned Haudenosaunee scholar Alyssa Mt. Pleasant, PhD of ATW Research to the Weighlock Gallery. Dr. Mt. Pleasant will discuss Buffalo Creek reservation focusing on the community’s history between the Revolutionary War and the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825. Buffalo Creek was a site of recovery and resistance where Haudenosaunee people debated rapidly changing circumstances and developed strategies that enabled persistence in the face of settler colonialism. This talk will be available both in person and virtually.