Book Talk with Nick Bellantoni

East Hartford Public Library will host a Book Talk with Nick Bellantoni on Thursday, Janury 17 at 6:30 p.m.

Bellantoni is an associate adjunct professor in the anthropology department at the University of Connecticut and Emeritus Connecticut State Archaeologist at the Connect State Museum of Natural History. Bellantoni will be discussing his new book, The Long Journeys Home: The Repatriations of Henry ‘Ōpūkaha‘ia and Albert Afraid of Hawk. Bellantoni oversaw the archaeological disinterment and forensic identifications in returning these men to their respective Native families. The Long Journeys Home chronicles these significant stories as examples of the wide-reaching impact of colonialism and the resurgence of Hawaiian and Lakota cultures. Please register online or by calling the reference desk: 860-290-4331.

The East Hartford Public Library is located at 840 Main St., East Hartford.