Engage your imagination through 3 guided journeys.
Each journey is a holistic educational experience meant to connect you with the land and waters of our homeland.
Each experience (1, 2, or 3) is estimated to take approximately 1 week for part-time participants, but can take shorter or longer as schedules accommodate.
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Experience 1: Relationships and Stories
Learn about the unique mode of relationship-building that has powered the last 30 years of Peskotomuhkati-led restoration. Hear Peskotomuhkati storytellers as they apply valuable ecosystem knowledge to present day challenges in the Bay. Koluskap and Kci-Qapit (Giant Beaver) guide us on our way
Experience 2: Giving & Taking
Two histories converge, millennia of co-existence between the territory and the Nation and the much more recent 500 year history of European presence. We discuss that ‘Civilization’ was already here for thousands of years before fishermen, hunters, trappers and settlers arrive from Europe, as was technology, and established systems of governance, and economy. We hear the story about the current state of commercial fishing (and its regulation) in the Bay. Enjoy the story of the return of Siqonomeq (Alewife), accomplished through the Peskotomuhkati-led removal of the Milltown Dam.
Experience 3: Data & Experience
In marine restoration work, the tools and perspectives of marine science, Indigenous Knowledge, and direct experience are complimentary, each enriching the other. Learn about the magnificent Zooplankton and their role as the nervous system of the Bay. Explore the scientific determination to continually and honestly assess the methodologies and tools chosen to build and maintain our understanding of an ecosystem. As Fred Page, ocean physicist at DFO, says, “it’s about asking the right question.”
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