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Meet the Editors - “Native Americans of the Cuyahoga Valley”
Wednesday, June 24
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Cuyahoga Falls Library
Sutliff Room - Meeting RoomJoin us as University of Akron Press editors Peg Bobel and Linda G. Whitman discuss their book, “Native Americans of the Cuyahoga Valley.”
Native Americans of the Cuyahoga Valley presents an accessible distillation of the complex history of Native peoples of the region, from precontact times to today. Essential to anyone seeking a fuller understanding of the history of the Cuyahoga Valley and Northeast Ohio, the book includes essays on archaeology, history, and contemporary issues in today’s Native American communities.
About the editors:
Linda Whitman, MS, is a visiting research scholar and an emerita instructor of archaeology and former director of the community archaeology program in the department of anthropology at The University of Akron. She is also a retired cultural resource specialist for Summit Metro Parks. Previously, she conducted cultural resource management projects for the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Archaeological Research Lab and for ASC Group in Columbus. Her research areas are precontact and historic archaeology in the Midwest. She is the author of numerous archaeological reports and journal articles.
Peg Bobel is a freelance writer and former cultural resource specialist for Summit Metro Parks. Peg holds a Master of Science in Social Administration from Case Western Reserve University and for nearly twenty years was a social worker in public agencies. Later, while serving as executive director of the Cuyahoga Valley Association, she and her husband Rob edited the book Trail Guide: Cuyahoga Valley National Park, and the popular Towpath Companion. In 2009, Peg and her colleague Lynn Metzger edited and contributed to Canal Fever: The Ohio & Erie Canal from Waterway to Canalway.
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