This Land

The land remembers its keepers and caretakers, the indigenous grandmothers and grandfathers going back before history started.

The original custodians of this local land we now call Boston within The Commonwealth of Massachusetts were the Massachuseuck ("the People of the Great Hill") and Pâwatuhqut ("the People of the Rapids"). These Native Nations were nearly eliminated by disease and war by European colonists.

I honor the living lineage of these tribes and their ancestors, and I take active responsibility to educate myself on an honest history of the land where I now reside.