Attorney/activist Sherri Mitchell, member of the Penobscot Tribe and author of Sacred Instructions, Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change will be speaking on the "Rights of Nature", L.I.N.K.’s 2025 theme. March 1, 1-3pm, at the Mashpee High School. Sherri encompasses both the deep wisdom of her Indigenous culture and compassion for the impact of settler colonialism on both Native and non-Native people.
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal elders and leaders sharing their personal experience and the history of Aboriginal Rights, the right to hunt, fish and forage, deeply connected to their Tribal identity.
Workshop with Linda Coombs, Wampanoag elder, teacher, historian, museum educator, using primary sources that convey the devastating impact of “settler colonialism” on the Wampanoag people.
9-minute film takes place in the Old Boston State House. Film shows children's poignant reactions as their Penobscot parents/grandparents tell them in real time of the US genocidal policy placing bounties on the scalps of their ancestors.
Film depicting the intergenerational trauma resulting from the removal of Native children from their families for purpose of so-called “assimilation”, as viewed through the lens of the first government endorsed Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Panel of Wampanoag teachers providing context can be accessed on our website.
