TEK Walks with Sequoya & Silvermoon

390A Summit Road,Exeter RI 02822

25 September, 2021

Description

All Our Relations: Plants and Place As Memory - Focusing on Traditional Ecological Knowledge as storytelling, memory, and activism. 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. Sequoya and Silvermoon, members of the Narragansett Tribe, are siblings who grew up in Charlestown, RI near the reservation. Sequoya is an avid hunter, shell-fisher, and mushroom enthusiast who gives back to his community by sharing his knowledge and the gifts of Mother Earth with others. Silvermoon is the assistant director of the Tomaquag Museum, a TEK educator who enjoys all things edible. Together they will present All Our Relations: Plants and Place As Memory. The focus of this walk is to share Traditional Ecological Knowledge as storytelling, memory, and activism. 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.