TEK Walks with Kristine Jones

390A Summit Road,Exeter RI 02822

06 August, 2021

Description

The focus of the walk will be to identify and name various herbal plants and discuss their usage and health benefits. In the TEK Walks, Indigenous Educators will share Traditional Ecological Knowledge as the group walks in the environment around Tomaquag Museum known today as Arcadia Management Area, but is the homelands to the Narragansett Nation. Kristine Thomas-Jones and her husband Bobby Thunderhawk Jones founded M'askeht Herbs. Kristine, Wampanoag, and her husband, Narragansett, are both from Rhode Island. She has been a holistic chiropractor and health & wellness educator for over 20 years. Kristine also practiced as a chiropractor and owned a wellness practice for many years in Middletown, RI. She is an herbalist and an Assistant Professor of Biology at a community college in the Tampa Bay region of Florida. The Tomaquag Museum is Rhode Island's only Indigenous Museum dedicated to sharing the culture, arts, history, and lifeways of the Indigenous people of Southern New England. Tomaquag was awarded the National Medal for Museum and Library Service in 2016, the nation's highest honor given to celebrate institutions that respond to societal needs in innovative ways, making a difference for individuals, families, and their communities. At the Tomaquag Museum, we strive to provide engaging public education that not only promotes thoughtful dialogue but also creates social change that will lead to the empowerment of Indigenous peoples within our communities.