"Praying Town: John Eliot and the Praying Indians"
A documentary film
by Zadi Zokou
Learn about our Native American heritage
in 1600s Massachusetts. John Eliot founded fourteen self-governing “praying towns” of Native American
converts to Christianity, including those in Natick and Littleton. He had great success until all hell broke
loose in the 1670s with the outbreak of King Philip’s War. Despite Eliot’s efforts, praying Indians were
interned on Deer Island during the winter of 1675-1676 without adequate food or shelter.
March 14, 2013 7:00 PM
Tickets $5.00 each at the door
South Acton Congregational Church
35 School Street
Sponsored by Iron Work Farm in Acton, Inc.
Stewards of Jones Tavern and the Faulkner Homestead
This program is supported in part by a grant from Acton Boxborough
Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the
Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency