FOOD SOVEREIGNTY | CULTURAL PRESERVATION | COMMUNITY WELLNESS
"IN 2021, WE REMATRIATED THE KING PHILIP CORN SEED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ALMOST 400 YEARS"
In 1675, the Wampanoag son of Ousamequin (Massasoit), Chief Metacom, (named King Philip by settlers), believed that the peace treaty by his father and the English colonists was no longer being honored while the English pushed for more land and authority. The war that followed is known as the bloodiest war in American history and thousands of native lives were lost across many Northeast tribes. In 2021, we rematriated the King Philip corn seed for the first time in almost 400 years. The planting was done traditionally, as a community. With our Clan Mothers, women and children. Today, we have grown our project to reach other tribes across the Northeast. To honor our ancestors, these ancient seeds and the traditional knowledge we hold. We are the Corn Sister Circle.
CORN SISTER
CIRCLE 2023
Mounding Moon Gathering at Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Farm with Narragansett, Pequot and Shinnecock tribal women.
CORN SISTER
CIRLCE 2024
Turtle Clan members in the garden during a gathering before yoga.
NATIVE STRENGTH REVOLUTION
We partnered with Native Strength Revolution to provide free yoga to our community! Get grounded: Mind, Body & Spirit.
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CORN SISTER
CIRCLE 2025
This season, we are planting on lands that had long been tended to by our grandparents and those before them. We are giving our plot at Maushop Farm time to rest, while we awaken land that has been asleep for decades. We come together on this land behind the Parsonage to revive these gardens for our future generations.
SUPPORTING WOMEN ACROSS THE NORTH EAST: WUTTAHMINNEOH BIRTH WORK: SHINNECOK NATION: ANNA CUFFEE
Anna Cuffee of the Shinnecock Nation was presented with
the Running Strong DreamStarter Award for 2025! We are proud to support Anna while she launches the first Traditional Birthing Center in Long Island, NY.
CORN SISTER CIRCLE WINTER WORKSHOPS 2026
During the winter months while the land is asleep, we kept busy with traditional craft workshops led by our Clan Mothers and Corn Sisters. This season we held a regalia making class, womens weaving circle and a wool weaving apprenticeship.
CORN SISTER CIRCLE 2026
This season we will return to Mashpee Wampanoag Maushop Tribal Farm. We are rematriating several ancestral seeds for the first time in hundreds of years, together in community.