Harvard, Native Lands, and Colonialism in Phillipsburg, Maine

Authors:

Christian Topinio, Kabl Wilkerson, Jordan Clark, Alan Niles, Philip Deloria

Date Created:

2025-01-01

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The project examines Harvard University’s colonial relationship b) identified the specific tribal nations who played a formative with Indigenous lands in Phillipsburg, Maine, from approximately role in the early history of the lands upon which Phillipsburg the mid-seventeenth century to the beginning of the nineteenth. was established, and c) analyzed Harvard affiliates’ roles in the During this time period, Harvard University and its affiliates establishment of the Phillipsburg settlement. Ultimately, this disrupted and shaped Indigenous communities in present-day project argues that Harvard played a key role in the history of Maine through its involvement in Native lands. In the following Southern Maine. Even as the university’s official possession research, however, we propose that the University had an outsized of the lands in and around Phillipsburg was dubious, Harvard’s role in the settlement of Phillipsburg than previously recorded. various attempts at land speculation disrupted, expropriated, and Emerging from extensive archival research in the Harvard profiteered from Indigenous lands in Phillipsburg. Thus, this University Library Archives, Massachusetts State Archives, and project hopes to contribute to broader efforts in uncovering Massachusetts Historical Society, this project has a) traced the Harvard’s historical interactions with Native lands and reflecting present-day locations of Harvard’s lots in Phillipsburg, visualizing upon Harvard’s ethical obligations to Indigenous peoples as a their expropriative change over time using Google My Maps, result. 20 Build Learning through Inquiry in the Social Sciences Network Analysis of ADHD Symptoms and Common Comorbidities in Pregnancy Sylvia G. Whittaker-Traw, Gabriella Hamlett, Richard McNally Harvard College | Winthrop House | Psychology | 2026 The rate of pregnancy among adult females with attention- explore connections between ADHD symptom clusters, anxiety, deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is unknown. However, depression, pregnancy symptoms, and functional impairment. one recent study found that 16-23 of every 10,000 patients had a We will then conduct a network comparison test to determine diagnosisofADHDatthetimeofdelivery,suggestingthatthereare differences in network invariance, global strength invariance, several thousand adult females with ADHD that become pregnant and, if significant, individual edge invariance to assess whether each year. Nevertheless, there is a dearth of research on this pregnancy status impacts the strength of the network and the intersection, and the potential impacts of pregnancy on symptoms connectivityofADHDsymptomstoothernodes. Theresultsofthis of ADHD and common comorbidities is understudied. This study will inform future research on ADHD in pregnancy and can study investigates the relationship between pregnancy and ADHD also generate hypotheses related to the role of hormonal changes symptoms by collecting data on ADHD and other psychological on ADHD symptoms and executive functioning more broadly. symptoms from a group of pregnant female adults with ADHD Furthermore, the study’s conclusions could inform treatments by and a group of non-pregnant female adults with ADHD. We will illuminating potential risks and addressing stigmas surrounding estimate regularized partial correlation networks of each group perinatal psychological treatments. (N pregnant60; N control60) using survey data. Networks will

Abstract:

The project examines Harvard University’s colonial relationship b) identified the specific tribal nations who played a formative with Indigenous lands in Phillipsburg, Maine, from approximately role in the early history of the lands upon which Phillipsburg the mid-seventeenth century to the beginning of the nineteenth. was established, and c) analyzed Harvard affiliates’ roles in the During this time period, Harvard University and its affiliates establishment of the Phillipsburg settlement. Ultimately, this disrupted and shaped Indigenous communities in present-day project argues that Harvard played a key role in the history of Maine through its involvement in Native lands. In the following Southern Maine. Even as the university’s official possession research, however, we propose that the University had an outsized of the lands in and around Phillipsburg was dubious, Harvard’s role in the settlement of Phillipsburg than previously recorded. various attempts at land speculation disrupted, expropriated, and Emerging from extensive archival research in the Harvard profiteered from Indigenous lands in Phillipsburg. Thus, this University Library Archives, Massachusetts State Archives, and project hopes to contribute to broader efforts in uncovering Massachusetts Historical Society, this project has a) traced the Harvard’s historical interactions with Native lands and reflecting present-day locations of Harvard’s lots in Phillipsburg, visualizing upon Harvard’s ethical obligations to Indigenous peoples as a their expropriative change over time using Google My Maps, result. 20 Build Learning through Inquiry in the Social Sciences Network Analysis of ADHD Symptoms and Common Comorbidities in Pregnancy Sylvia G. Whittaker-Traw, Gabriella Hamlett, Richard McNally Harvard College | Winthrop House | Psychology | 2026 The rate of pregnancy among adult females with attention- explore connections between ADHD symptom clusters, anxiety, deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is unknown. However, depression, pregnancy symptoms, and functional impairment. one recent study found that 16-23 of every 10,000 patients had a We will then conduct a network comparison test to determine diagnosisofADHDatthetimeofdelivery,suggestingthatthereare differences in network invariance, global strength invariance, several thousand adult females with ADHD that become pregnant and, if significant, individual edge invariance to assess whether each year. Nevertheless, there is a dearth of research on this pregnancy status impacts the strength of the network and the intersection, and the potential impacts of pregnancy on symptoms connectivityofADHDsymptomstoothernodes. Theresultsofthis of ADHD and common comorbidities is understudied. This study will inform future research on ADHD in pregnancy and can study investigates the relationship between pregnancy and ADHD also generate hypotheses related to the role of hormonal changes symptoms by collecting data on ADHD and other psychological on ADHD symptoms and executive functioning more broadly. symptoms from a group of pregnant female adults with ADHD Furthermore, the study’s conclusions could inform treatments by and a group of non-pregnant female adults with ADHD. We will illuminating potential risks and addressing stigmas surrounding estimate regularized partial correlation networks of each group perinatal psychological treatments. (N pregnant60; N control60) using survey data. Networks will

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Harvard / Harvard College | Currier House | Psychology | 2026 / 2025

Topics:

adhd, land, phillipsburg, symptom, pregnancy, network, university, role, maine, indigenou, adult, female

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@christiantopinio148 , @kablwilkerson131 , @jordanclark149 , @alanniles133 , @philipdeloria132