DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Kihtahkomikumon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kihtahkomikumon</span></a> (Our Land) – Is <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandBack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LandBack</span></a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Passamaquoddy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Passamaquoddy</span></a> Territory</p><p>Sunlight Media Collective October 21, 2021 </p><p>"In 2021, by an act of humanism, solidarity, and reparation, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Passamaquoddy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Passamaquoddy</span></a> tribe has been reunited with 140 acres of their unceded Ancestral territory – part of the largest island in Kci Monosakom, (Big Lake) Maine. To the Passamaquoddy people, it’s more than land return; it is the return of a stolen family member. In this short film, we join Passamaquoddy community members who are finally able to reunite with their non-human Relative.</p><p>"Originally known as Kuwesuwi Monihq (Pine Island), and renamed 'White’s Island' by settlers, this place has deep historical and cultural significance to the Passamaquoddy community.</p><p>"The island was included as part of the Tribe’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Modahkomikuk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Modahkomikuk</span></a> (Indian Township) reservation in the 1794 Treaty with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act of 1980. Despite treaty agreements, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KuwesuwiMonihq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KuwesuwiMonihq</span></a>, or Pine Island, was stolen from the people at some point during the mid-1800s and renamed White’s Island. In fact, it seems to have been stolen by renaming it…once it became White’s Island on the map, it no longer matched the language of the 1794 treaty, which identifies Pine Island as protected, reserved land. The island fell out of Tribal stewardship quietly as colonizers bought up parcels. Once the island was considered privately owned, the Passamaquoddy people were denied access.</p><p>"Land dispossession is a barrier to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wabanaki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wabanaki</span></a> people who are practicing their culture and connecting with their homelands. As Tribal Nations, we are endowed with the Sacred responsibility to protect the lands we come from. In return, these lands protect us. This understanding is at the heart of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandBack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LandBack</span></a> movement, which has taken off across Turtle Island. Passamaquoddy people can now visit Kuwesuwi Monihq safely, enjoy their kinship connection to the island, and know that they will not be asked to leave.</p><p>"In efforts to heal the Earth and the damaged relationship between Indigenous &amp; colonizing peoples, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandBack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LandBack</span></a> movement has already seen the return of millions of acres to tribes. For the Passamaquoddy, the return of their relative, Kuwesuwi Monihq, will help them fulfill those Sacred responsibilities and heal along with the land &amp; water. All our Relations. P’site Elakumukik. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IsLandBack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IsLandBack</span></a>."</p><p>A Sunlight Media Collective production.</p><p>Watch: <a href="https://vimeo.com/537535470" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">vimeo.com/537535470</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Source:<br><a href="https://www.sunlightmediacollective.org/kihtahkomikumon-our-land-islandback-in-passamaquoddy-territory/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sunlightmediacollective.org/ki</span><span class="invisible">htahkomikumon-our-land-islandback-in-passamaquoddy-territory/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WabanakiAlliance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WabanakiAlliance</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirstNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstNations</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PassamaquoddyNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PassamaquoddyNation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StolenLand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StolenLand</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousSovereignty</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Landback" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Landback</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Rewilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rewilding</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousKnowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousKnowledge</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RestoreNature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RestoreNature</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wabanaki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wabanaki</span></a></p>