Papscanee Island and Land Back

On August 8, the Water Justice Lab team had a virtual conversation with Wanonah Spencer who told us about how her Mohican ancestry and culture connect her to her homelands on the Mahicannituck/Hudson River, followed by a trip to Papscanee Island south of the current-day town of Renssealer. This land was recently returned to the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians.

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