In honor of National American Indian Month, Syracuse University’s Sara French will discuss “Native Americans in Upstate New York: Howlett Hill & Beyond,” at 7 p.m. Thursday Nov. 18 at Liverpool Public Library, 310 Tulip St. in Liverpool. The program focuses on the pre-contact Onondaga site at Howlett Hill, excavated in the late 1960s. French will also discuss other archaeological evidence and current native artistic product to explain the relationship between art and life in Haudenosaunee culture. Admission is free. For more information, call 457-0310.