Inge Dawn Howe Maresh

The determined story of an Ojibwe grandmother (nokomis)

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recognized tribes might legally disappear

The stories and legends of the Lushootseed-speaking people of Puget Sound represent an important part of the oral tradition by which one generation hands down beliefs

Keepunumuk: Weeâchumun's Thanksgiving Story voices Inge Dawn Howe MareshIn this Wampanoag story told in a Native tradition, two kids from the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe learn the story of Weechumun (corn) and the first Thanksgiving. The Thanksgiving story that most Americans know celebrates the Pilgrims. But without members of the Wampanoag tribe who already lived on the land where the Pilgrims settled, the Pilgrims would never have made it through their first winter. And without Weechumun (corn), the Native people wouldn't