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Wolastoqiyik, connecting to the land:
​"Wolastoqiyik guides and canoes,  Camp at Tobique Narrows,"
1862,  glass lantern slide, New Brunswick Museum. 

The Board

Terry Sappier
Terry Sappier is a writer and land defender from the community of Neqotkuk with a long history of advocacy for her people and nation in conflicts with corporations, industry, and non-Indigenous government bodies. As a university student in the 1980s, she helped establish a Friendship Centre in the city of Fredericton. Her passion today is for supporting Wabanaki women and children and helping them reconnect to traditional practices and to the land.

Ramona Nicholas
​Ramona Nicholas is an archaeologist and museum curator from the community of Neqotkuk and a member of the Wolastoqey Grand Council. In partnership with the Fredericton Region Museum, she has created a permanent exhibit, The Wabanaki Way, reflecting her dual desire to assert stewardship over Wolastoqey material culture and to share the story of her people with everyone.

Andrea Polchies
Andrea Polchies is a beadworker and band councillor from the community of Wotstak. Her powerful drive to serve and support her people is extended to her nation and confederacy through her work as a land defender; her family has been continuously occupying the camp at Macehcewik sipohsisol since 2017.

Charles Bryant
Charles Bryant is a lawyer and Treaty partner who lives in Menahkwesk. He provides general counsel to the mothers and grandmothers, especially as it relates to dealings with non-Indigenous regulators and governments. 

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