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Queens Memory Project and collaborations on indigenous history

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The Queens Memory Project, a collaboration between QPL and CUNY Queens College, focuses on collecting and preserving local histories, including those of indigenous peoples.

  • A notable project is the Old Town of Flushing Burial Ground, documenting a Native and African American burial site from the 18th-19th centuries.
  • The project inspired the 2019 Queens Museum exhibit 'Monuments to an Effigy' by Alexandria Smith.
  • QPL is working with Zion Episcopal Church in Douglaston to examine its relationship with the local Matinecock Nation, including the 1931 relocation of their burial grounds.