Waponahki people: Understanding the gift of legacy...: Elizabeth Neptune at TEDxDirigo
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Talk Title: Waponahki People: Understanding the Gift of Legacy and Lessons Learned
Elizabeth Neptune has more than 25 years of experience in delivering innovative health and human services to Native Communities. Ms. Neptune operates her own consulting business that primarily provides technical assistance to Native American Tribes programs across the country.
She has become nationally known for her skills in directing programs and facilitating change in health care and child welfare systems. In her capacity as director of health and human services for the Passamaquoddy Tribe, Ms. Neptune created a model of holistic care which won both state and national recognition. She served as the state Child Wellness Coordinator and helped implement Project LAUNCH for the State of Maine. Ms. Neptune's gift for innovation has changed health outcomes for many and has influenced system changes at the Tribal, State and National level.
Ms. Neptune has served on the Passamaquoddy Tribal Council for the past seven years. Ms. Neptune currently serves as part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Minority Health Research Advisory Council and the HHS Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) Tribal Technical Advisory Committee. She also serves as on the boards of the Maine Community Foundation, Down East Community Hospital and the Children's Growth Council.
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Its very sad to see this video now....almost 6 months later...but better late than never. I am Passamquoddy true heart and blood, in and out. I am proud to be Native American I have fought my fight in school and have come along way, I work hard. I want to be part of growth in our community and one day I will be. I have seen some great things come from the Health Center and I am proud and thankful that they work so hard to gain awareness and healing. Thank you for all that you do
Many generations ago a some people of the dawn taught some veteran's of the 18th century wars to survive in what is now called Minot. Together they lived and died. They were my people. The fledgling US Government had no money and had given "land grants" for service. The children of the next generation were compromised by a now strengthened US Government. No man was allowed to own land if they had Indian blood. The census came, asking these people if they were Indian. My people know that the Atosas and Marcenas did, but only by letters and diaries. The men, who worked the farms and businesses, gave their sons the names carried into Minot with little more than the shirts on their backs. Thank you for this insight into the culture that blended into the people my family is now.
I'm proud to be Penobscot ♥️ thank you for this information from our history.
I thank you for knowledge I had never learned about your people until I watched about REACH last night on Independent Lens/PBS. I had not idea children were taken from families and placed in White foster homes. So very sorry. I admire Indians for their strength, traditions, culture.
I own a old Ice house on the Kennebec. Across from agry point. Next to the Cohburn house where Benedict Arnold started his trip to Quebec. Agry point used to be nehumkeag trading post. A wabanaki trading post. No one around here knows or appreciates the history. It disgusts me. Respect to the wabanaki. Shame on my people for forgetting.