This year, Micheal Spellmon will be giving a presentation on the United States Polaris Expedition of 1871-1873 and the Inuit woman"Tookoolito" known as Hannah. Hannah is called the "Sacajawea of the ice" in Sheila Nickerson's book "Midnight to the North".
Tickets are $20.00, and reservations are required. For more information and to register contact the Indian and Colonial Research Center at 860-536-9771.
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