Hello Native Indigenous People (the only people to be trusted)
I am 74 years old and have lived here on the north side of the north flank of the north ridge of the north shoulder of North Kinsman, or, simply put, NH route 116, all my life, so it is no wonder I stumble across what is Abenaki Sacred ground every day without knowing, and it slowly seeps in to my feeble brain that the tree we (bros) called the ‘Grandpa Tree’ was a “totem tree”, marking the spot where Abenaki Woman was ‘open fire cooking’ a haunch o meat, one fine spring day, hundreds if not thousands of years ago, looking to cool it down with some tree drippings (sap) and the rest is history, and then, a decade or so ago, discover the ‘fire-pit’ where the clever buggers heated rocks to boil the sap, and somehow made maple sugar. And since, I have been on the look-out for other signs. Meanwhile we (my wife Larisa) have the vultures circling and neighbors from Hell, making holding ground for the Wabanaki Nation/Abenaki Tribe difficult. Yet, we still have 116 acres of precious sacred ground I am very interested in “quit claiming”, like ‘land back’ or, ‘upon whose land we dwell’. I homestead/redoubt on an abutting 5 acres to this solid 116 acre forest. It’s ideal, except for one thing, ‘idiot white man’ put a property line, a knife, right through the heart of this/my ‘sugarbush’. This is not supposed to happen! (Do you know any native pro-bono attorney?)
My ancestor William Kenney, Bethlehem basket making center, fought shoulder to shoulder with the Abenaki Warriors, back in the day…
Thank you for your interest,