Brian Altvater is a Peskotomuhkati community organizer from Sipayik. He served as Director of the Pleasant Point Health Center and is currently a community organizer for Maine Wabanaki Reach. He is President of the Passamaquoddy Blueberry Company, Co-Founder, and chair of the Skutik River-keepers, founder of the now annual Siqonomeq Relay Run and serves on the advisory board for the Maine Commissioner of Corrections, and on the Board of the Cobscook Institute.

Margaret “Dolly” Apt is a language and cultural preservationist of the Peskotomuhkati First Nation, known as an Elder Knowledge Keeper, counselor, and teacher. Margaret often discusses the significance of preserving the Peskotomuhkati language and her role as an elder, and the importance of passing down language and cultural knowledge to future generations. Margaret is always willing to share insights into traditional Peskotomuhkati foods and the cultural significance of basket making, learned from her grandmother, including the process of dyeing and weaving baskets with sweetgrass.

Donald Soctomah is a Peskotomuhkati historian, author of 7 books, teacher, filmmaker, lecturer, storyteller, and community leader who lives in Motahkomikuk. He serves as the Tribal Historic Preservation Officer for the Passamaquoddy Tribal communities in Maine and New Brunswick. Donald works with both the U.S. and Canadian governments on the protection of culturally significant sites, artifacts and knowledge. He has written several books about Passamaquoddy history, as well as co-authored two children’s books, Remember Me: Tomah Joseph’s Gift to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and The Canoe Maker. Donald has appeared on National Public Television, Maine Public Television, Canadian Broadcasting, Animal Planet and is a frequent consultant to the Smithsonian Institution, US Library of Congress, and Maine State Museum.