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Short film looks at Boston's role in state-sanctioned scalp bounties on local Indigenous tribes

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The Old State House in Boston. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)
The Old State House in Boston. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

A film called "Bounty" is showing on the second floor of the Old State House. In it, members of Maine's Penobscot tribe talk about scalp bounties signed at the Old State House that sanctioned the killing of members of the Penobscot people and other area tribes. We talk about the film with its creators and a member of the Penobscot tribe.

This segment aired on July 31, 2024.

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