Indigenous Invaders Day

Doncha know me? I'm your native son.

I was born here.

Well, not here, because I’m sitting in my 1904 barn, in Fort Collins, Colorado.

By here I mean: this continent. Specifically, in glamorous Bridgeport, Connecticut, home of P.T. Barnum and a sucker born every minute. And my people have been in place in New England for many generations. Three of my relatives arrived on the Mayflower in 162…