Rhonda Anderson wants to increase the visibility of local Indigenous communities and improve their access to forests for hunting and medicinal plants.
Rhonda Anderson, founder and co-director of the Ohketeau Cultural Center, joins the board of the Woodlands Partnership of Northwest Massachusetts.
Historically, the conservation movement in the U.S. has been criticized for its failure to include Indigenous perspectives. The partnership area spans Franklin and northern Berkshire counties, which are historically the home of the Stockbridge Munsee Band of Mohican, Abenaki, Pocumtuck and Nipmuc peoples. As a new board member, one of Anderson’s goals is to raise awareness that some of these communities, the Abenaki and Nipmuc, are contemporary neighbors. And the Stockbridge Munsee Band of Mohican still have ties with their ancestral homeland in the region.
“In particular the Route 2 corridor, once it starts going up through Shelburne Falls, Charlemont Road, Monroe, Florida, it has a lot of stereotypical caricatures, incorrect information, tourist stops that are grossly inaccurate and misleading, and I really want to change that,” she said.
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