Shelton Historical Society Presents Program On Sioux Indian

A Connecticut state archaeologist Dr. Nicholas Bellantoni, will be at Shelton Historical Society.

Bellantoni will present a program, The Long Journey Home For Albert Afraid of Hawk, which will discuss the story of Albert, a Lakota Sioux Indian who died in Danbury in 1900 while performing with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show, and the process of repatriation, including the archaeology and forensic science behind his work. 

This event will be Feb. 3, 2012 at 2 p.m. at Huntington Congregational Church, 19 Church St., Shelton and is free to the public. The Shelton Historical Society will have a brief business meeting before the start of the program and the public is invited to attend. 

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