Native American History & Culture

in the Town of Coeymans

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The monthly meeting of the Ravena-Coeymans Historical Society was held on Sunday, February 21, 2010 at 2 p.m. at the Village Hall, 15 Mountain Road in Ravena.  The program feature 3 presenters speaking on Native American History & Culture in the Town of Coeymans.

Ralph Biance, Trustee and President of the Ravena-Coeymans Historical Society,  displayed and talk about the collection of arrowheads and stone implements that he donated to the Museum.  These Native American tools were found at Joraleman Park and other locations throughout the Town of Coeymans.  The second presenter was Lucy Margiasso who gave a brief introduction to her book “The Demise of Indian Fields”.   Our third presenter was David Cornelius, a colonial historian/genealogist.  Being almost half Indian himself (Mohawk & Mohican), he began by studying genealogy and has specialized in Native American genealogy both privately and at the Iroquois Indian Museum.  In 2006, David received a BA in Colonial and Native American Studies from Empire State College.  He is currently associated with the Schenectady County Historical Society at the Mabee Farm Historic Site.

This program was open to the community and we had a standing room crowd for this great presentation.  At the end of the program, refreshments were served and copies of Lucy Margiasso’s book “The Demise of Indian Fields” were available and Lucy autographed copies. Lucy sold out her first printing of the book at the meeting.  If you are interested in getting a copy of the please send an email to:“ This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ”