My ancestors came from England in the early 18th century and settled by trespass in the territory of the Eastern Wabanaki. I was born on Cushnoc land of the Kennebis, and have lived in Wonnesquamsauke of the Agawam, Machigonne of the Eastern Wabanaki, lands occupied by the Saponi/Tutelo in the Appalachians and the Finger Lakes, in Shikaakwa of the Myaamya and in the land of the Kǎidágélán Zú.
