Two Threads, One Tapestry: A Settler-Indigenous Conversation Restitching the Landlines, Bloodlines, and Songlines of History

– an informal conversation between Elaine and gkisedtanamoogk (Mashpee Wampanoag)

gkisedtanamoogk (it/thing) is Wampanoag and served on the Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission – one of the many creative ways it strives to bridge the socio-political polarization of the Indigenous Nations of Turtle Island and the newcomer nation-states of North America.
Elaine Enns co-wrote Healing Haunted Histories, which recounts how her family endured the Russian Civil War, fled the Soviet aftermath, and settled on indigenous land in the 1920s and urges readers to understand their own family involvement in settler colonialism, Indigenous displacement, and white supremacy.
This webinar is an informal conversation between gkisedtanamoogk and Elaine about family and community stories of struggle and resilience and how they live in the land, our blood, and our spiritual and cultural traditions. The conversation will challenge the pervasive narratives of a settler nation that suppress our shared humanity and wellbeing. It will encourage us to find new narratives and belonging within the larger family of things, guided by a fierce hope and determination that humanity return to its true path.

Note: this video is hosted by the Zehr institute for Restorative Justice