We would like to be able to offer a space
where the Indigenous American aspects of forestry, farming and foraging can be taught to all who are interested. We are focused on land preservation, maintaining the healthiest of ecosystems, and utilizing sustainability models that can help slow global warming. Conservation of our forest, wetlands and farmland makes for a great space to start. We’d like our secondary forest to turn into an old growth forest for hundreds of years to come!”
Nij-Pajikwat-Mo'z
(Chief Two Running Elk)
Wainer Woods Will Be A Host Space For Gatherings,Workshops & Classes
• a powwow space meeting traditional standards for dimensions with access for various user groups
• parking for 60-100 cars and at least three RVs
• safe and sturdy access road into the site, turnaround for large vehicles (emergency, construction, forestry)
• art enhanced self-guided visitor trails enhanced by Augmented Reality. On foot walking tours: safe paths free of sharp brambles and poison ivy, effective signs
• waste management systems: septic, composting toilets
Our Focus:
-Unearthing ancestral stories in the landscape, particularly the histories of Paul Cuffe and Michael Wainer
-Wainer Woods Farming : Using knowledge from the past to create a better future
-Explore historical and contemporary Native /African American life and practices
-Protect existing onsite features and natural resources that tell historical stories (old structure foundations, walls and boundary stones, farm equipment)
-Create guided narratives enhanced by Augmented Reality that will allow vistors to digitally investigate Native culture, arts and farming
-Commission artworks enhanced by Augmented Reality to make information easily accessible and entertaining via cell phone or tablet, with a focus on engaging youth and providing an immersive Wainer Woods Art Experience.
• We will have a covered outdoor classroom
• Areas cleared of forest and tilled for agricultural use, including a seed savers garden and an orchard
• A mishoon, and a place to submerge it in winter
• We will support a diversity of plants and wildlife for foraging, observing, hunting, and making medicine
Farming, Forestry And Use Of Native American Plants
Partner With Local Sustainability, Agriculture, Art And Cultural Organizations
Like our good friends from Round the Bend Farm, The Westport Land Conservation Trust, Ivory Silo Farm, The Freed Seed Federation, Westport River Watershed Association , the Westport Historical Society and our other Westport partners, believing we can get so much more done together than we can alone. We are grateful for everyones gracious support and efforts to help get us up and running.
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