Paula Peters: Why Wampanoag truths and traditions are so crucial to the Mayflower story

In this short film - part of a set of four speeches from each of the Mayflower 400 nations - Paula Peters from the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe speaks from her heart about the work that has gone into raising awareness of the shared history of the nations and confronting the difficult truths of the Mayflower story.
For more than 12,000 years, the Wampanoag Nation has inhabited present-day Massachusetts and Eastern Rhode Island - where the Mayflower passengers arrived on the shores some four centuries ago.
Yet the impact of the Pilgrims’ arrival on the indigenous people who already lived in North America has been widely marginalised in the telling of the Mayflower story. Until now.
Paula Peters is a member of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe and founder of Native American creative agency SmokeSygnals.
She is just one of the many influential figures who has ensured Native America's central role the Mayflower 400 anniversary - a true four-nation commemoration between the Wampanoag Nation, the UK, the USA, and the Netherlands.

[@JaylynAreizaga]

beautiful

[@MrRozay1]

Thank you cuz. Wampanakki Troy from Aquinna James family

[@msladymathews]

Thank you Paula!! Story well told. Our journey continues.

[@ViNguyen-qo2gu]

This is so powerful! Please continue to share your truth. I will pass on these stories to my children.

[@jayrioeilers6162]

Thank you for sharing.