Anita Mother Bear Peters

This grant award will allow Wampanoag elder Mother Bear to fund two projects that will focus on tribal youth. The first is a video project that will allow the youth to learn about their history by acting out historic tribal events written about in tribal and state archives. The recorded scenes will be produced on dvd’s and also posted to YouTube so that they will be accessible to all tribal members. The second project will focus on teaching youth bead work and contemporary regalia making skills during workshops throughout the year. The intention of these projects is to increase and share knowledge of the community’s history and to promote the development of cultural pride and self-esteem amongst the youth specifically.