The Wampanoag Side of the First Thanksgiving Story The story of the first Thanksgiving is often told only from the Pilgrims perspective, but what about the Wampanoag view of the feast?

A classic from ICT on the real origin story:

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#wampanoag #Thanksgiving

The Carns Site - Cape Cod National Seashore (U.S. National Park Service)

This week we offer a reminder that Indigenous people occupied the shorelines of Massachusetts long before the Pilgrims. Samples from cairns built by Native Americans over 2000 years ago on Outer Cape beaches hold even more secrets yet to be uncovered.

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#indigenouspeople

A quote from @gabriellequerrard.bsky.social's advice on respecting and supporting places with culture and beauty you enjoy. (Facebook 9/29/25)

Your legacy here shouldn't be that you got to live in paradise. It should be that you helped ensure paradise remained for the people who make it what it is.

Looking forward to your thoughts!

For Global Media and Information Literacy Week, we spotlight the release of Reporters Sans Frontières' #WorldPressFreedomIndex 2025. In the US, "The country’s 28-place drop in the social indicator reveals that the press operates in an increasingly hostile environment."

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Thank you! We are truly honored to be partnered with everyone associated with this project.

As we work to expand our "Here, Grand Canyon" pilot to a full tour thanks to the Grand Canyon Conservancy, listen to James Uqualla of the Havasupai tribe:
"This is a destination that will change you... You are called to the rim."

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#GrandCanyon #havasupai #outervoices

When we harm wolves, we harm ourselves - High Country News Anger over these wild creatures shows a lack of perspective.

"We #Hopi have survived... because we know when we harm the land and animals, we harm ourselves.” #ClarkTenakhongva, former vice chair of the Hopi tribe wrote this piece and is a musician working with us for our audio tour, "Here, #GrandCanyon."

@highcountrynews.org

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Desert View is a meeting place for the Grand Canyon NPS Intertribal Working Group and a venue for all 11 tribes to share their culture. The murals painted by Ed Kabotie in the watchtower in the 1930’s, are described by Ed Kabotie in our pilot for Here, Grand Canyon.

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My book, Nothing More of This Land, is out today! It’s an exploration of Indigenous identity from my Wampanoag homelands on Martha’s Vineyard to Indigenous land around the world. Get yours at your favorite bookstore or via the link in my bio!! 🌊🐋

Grand Canyon Lodge was a masterwork, finished in 1928, and the preserved plateau forest kept a unique habitat.

To help those affected, please donate to the Grand Canyon Unified School District or Grand Canyon Conservancy's Disaster Relief Fund. Thank you.

Photo: #GrandCanyon #NationalParkService

Ed Kabotie: An "Alter-Native" History YouTube video by Ed Kabotie

On July 4 at Grand Canyon National Park, Ed Kabotie presented the AlterNative history of the United States. Gratitude for the history lessons. A link to a version is below:

@grandcanyontrust.bsky.social #GrandCanyonNationalPark #GrandCanyonConservancy #EdKabotie

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The Heart of the Matter Telling difficult stories well takes care, courage, and empathy. Filmmaker and Island part-time resident Dawn Porter uses all of the above to make magic on the big and small screen.

On #Juneteenth, we want to spotlight this interview about the third installment of Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Movement, now on #HBO. Martha's Vineyard's Dawn Porter is executive producer, stepping into the shoes left by original producer Henry Hampton:
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American Coalition for Public Radio American Coalition for Public Radio - Tell your lawmaker, save your public radio station

Public radio is the only local source of news for many rural Americans, a primary emergency alert system for millions, and helps us keep in touch with disparate corners of the US.
Follow the link to learn more and ways to act to save OUR radio:

#NPR #PRX

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To celebrate National Ocean Month, I recall a conversation with Kaleo Wong, navigator for the Hokule'a. The Hawaiian sailing canoe travels the Pacific to teach young Hawaiians how to sail and navigate using traditional methods, and inspires broad respect and restoration of ancestral ocean knowledge.

For AAPI Heritage Month, we talk with SV Kwai boat owner Brad Ives and Captain Evy about what it's like to be constantly sailing between the Line Islands and Hawai'i. And about how it feels to be part of the lives of the island people and environment.
#AAPI #radionational #earshotpodcast #Hawai'i

For #AAPI Heritage Month, we're sailing the #LineIslands in #Kiribati. The #SVKwai is both a cargo ship and a rare taxi for the islanders.

Visit outervoices.org/blue-water-c... for more.

@cathyfitzg.bsky.social #ABCNationalRadio #ClaudiaTaranto #Hokule'a #JohnBiewen #BradIves #TerryCausey #earshot

For #PoetryMonth, we share LiveHopeLove and poet Kwame Dawes' reflections on difficult truths and moments of dazzling humanity in his journey with the dying and those nursing them in #Jamaica.

For the full story, visit outervoices.org/livehopelove/

#HIV #AIDS @pulitzercenter.bsky.social @prx.org

🏕️ Hello campers! Happy National Park Week and welcome back to Camp NPCA 🎉 This week, we're coming together to celebrate what makes our parks worth protecting.

✅ On the itinerary: our first-ever virtual obstacle course! Head to npca.org/campnpca to get the details.

For #PoetryMonth, we revisit our award-winning LiveHopeLove, poet Kwame Dawes' exploration of #Jamaica's onslaught of #HIV/AIDS, its universal truths and impact on women in particular. A collaboration with @pulitzercenter.bsky.social and @prx.org

For more, visit outervoices.org/livehopelove/

Preserving Aboriginal Lands And Advocating For National Monument Protections - The Independent | Southern Utah's #1 Source for Arts, Events & Entertainment Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Inter-Tribal Coalition Forms to Protect and Preserve Aboriginal Lands and Advocate for Monument.

“We are the living descendants of the ancestors that left their footprints and writings across Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument."
-Autumn Gillard, Cultural Resources Manager, Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah suindependent.com/preserving-a...

Need a fun story? From our audio tour "Here, St. John," Faye Fredricks shares what happened when spider Anansi cajoled Tiger into a picnic at Trunk Bay. Visit the Trunk Bay Overlook stop at outervoices.org/here-st-john/ for more.

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From our audio tour, "Here, St. John," created in partnership with Friends of VI National Park, Paul Thomas explains how creating moorings was a huge win for St. John's coral reefs, but came at a great cost to ordinary St. Johnians. For more, visit outervoices.org/here-st-john/

@usvi.bsky.social

Eulita Jacobs shares memories of healing herself with plants and teas, recalling the days of self-reliance on the island. More on how local flora is interwoven with culture is in our audiotour, "Here, St. John," created in partnership with Friends of VI National Park: outervoices.org/here-st-john/

Outer Voices is proud of our work to promote the heritage, of the people of St. John, US Virgin Islands. Insight on the value of manners on the island comes from our audio tour, "Here, St. John," created in partnership with Friends of the VI National Park, full tour at outervoices.org/here-st-john/

Reporters Sans Frontieres calling out the Trump aid cuts as a danger to international journalism:

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Outer Voices is creating an audio tour of #GrandCanyon National Park! "Here, Grand Canyon" will amplify stories of people who call the Park home. Thanks to Grand Canyon Conservancy, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and National Park Foundation for support. More at the outervoices.org blog.