Archeological evidence shows that indigenous people lived in New Hampshire for more than 13,000 years.
Today, about 4,000 Granite Staters, or .3% of the state's population, identify as Native American, though actual numbers could be double that.
The State We’re In host Melanie Plenda recently sat down to discuss the history of indigenous people in the state, and current efforts to recognize and celebrate that history and culture with historian Anne Jennison, chair of the state's Commission on Native American Affairs and Denise Pouliot, a member of the commission and the Sag8moskwa or Head Female Speaker of the Cowasuck Band of the Pennacook-Abenaki People.