Ok . Do today i am going to is like, wampanoag is a culture of people. One out of over 1000 indigenous cultures going across north america. What makes wampanoag different, from the other 1000, it could be language. It could be diet. It could be the housing we lived in. One common bond we all have is how we think about life in general. We respect all forms of life. Be it human life, plant life, animal life. We do not put ourselves above or below that. That is one thing we have all in common. I do a lot of teaching, right . I ask people, what race do we come from . The human race. Right . So we should all respect each other. And that his rule of thumb for my people. Like i said, we have been here for 12,000 years. That is me up there, my lovely wife, who teaches language. Also right next to me. What i am going to do is im going to bring you to a year, 1613, before any major interruption in our culture. Ok . I am going to bring you to our new years. You think about our new years, a lot of
I have nantucket ties to here. My people have been around this area, massachusetts, for over 12,000 years. As you heard from the last speaker, right . And were still here today. Okay. Now what im going to do today is like wampanoag, right, is a culture of people. 1 out of over 1,000 indigenous cultures going across north america. What makes wampanoag different from the other thousand, it could be language, it could be diet, tkit could be the housinge lived in. But one common bond we have, how we think about life in general. We respect all forms of life, human life, plant life. We dont put ourselves above or below that. Thats one thing we have all in common. I do a lot of teaching. And i ask the people, what race do we come from . The human race, right . So we should all respect each other. And thats rule of thumb for my people, you know. Like i said, weve been here 12,000 years. Thats me up there, my lovely wife who teaches language. Right next to me holding a turkey feather mantle. Wh