Nolumbeka Project Preserves Native Culture

Nolumbeka Project Preserves Native Culture

David Brule frequently heard fellow Native Americans says they didn’t know how to access their culture. Brule work with the Nolumbeka Project helps connect everyone, not just Native Americans, with native culture. This year, the Greenfield-based Nolumbeka Project will...
Italian Americans: Rico Daniele

Italian Americans: Rico Daniele

Rico Daniele opened Mom & Rico’s Specialty Market on Main Street in the heart of Springfield’s South End in 1976. Growing up as an Italian American, Rico reflects on his family life, his love for the sport of Bocce and the importance of continuing the tradition of...
Republican Heritage Books

Republican Heritage Books

Springfield Republican Executive Editor Wayne Phaneuf and Republican writers Jane Kaufman and Elizabeth Roman discuss the latest in the series of the Republican’s Heritage books: “Our Stories” and “Nuestra Historia,” on the history of the Jewish and...

New Heritage & History Book

Wayne Phaneuf, Executive Editor of the Republican, and historian and co-author Joseph Carvalho discuss the latest publication in the Republican “Heritage & History” series — “The Struggle for Freedom: The History of African Americans in...

Author John Hamilton

John Hamilton is the former Director of the Museum of Our National Heritage in Lexington, MA and former Director of the Connecticut Valley Historical Society in Springfield. He also co-authored a three volume set of books on the Wesson...

French Heritage Center

Marie Meder, Acting Director of the  French Heritage Center Committee; Jeanne Hebert, Assistant Director; and Elise Bernier Feeley, history and genealogy consultant for the Committee — discuss efforts to establish a French Heritage Center in the...