#Mishoon Completed in #WestportMassachusetts

"Weeden, of the #MashpeeWampanoag Tribe, and Andre StrongBearHeart Gaines (No Loose Braids), of the #NipmucNation, have served as artists-in-residence at a 'mishoon burning' at the Westport Town Farm on Drift Road, guiding the construction of a traditional Wampanoag mishoon, or canoe, that would have been familiar to his ancestors here hundreds of years ago."

May 31, 2023

"We've done (these things) for thousands of years but over these last few hundreds of years, you can't even light a fire without a permit. You can't do a lot of things — I can't even beat a drum and sing, and that's my form of worship. And that is the #Wampanoag experience. We have to walk it every day."

Read more:
https://mashpeewampanoagtribe-nsn.gov/2023-june-mittark-blog/2023/5/31/mishoon-completed-in-westport

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#Nipmuck #IndigenousTraditions
#Massachusetts #PreservingNativeAmericanTraditions