Sharing the Story of the Pocasset Pokanoket Land Trust
Chief George Spring Buffalo (Sequan Pijaki), Founder and Executive Director of the Pocasset Pokanoket Land Trust and Daryl Black Eagle Jamieson (Suki Wompsikuk), Board Member of the Pocasset Pokanoket Land Trust discuss how the RI Foundation’s first grant was directed to hiring Chris Richards, a grant writer, who brought in $1.5M in funding. Also cited is Rocky Johnson, (Musquant Nompashim Netas), Chief of the Ninigret Nehantick Nahaganset Clan. Rocky leads the PPLT’s Indigenous Food Sovereignty program, serving marginalized communities in Rhode Island and Connecticut.