"Traditional Native American mishoon put to the test at Sudbury's Josephine Pond" (September 19, 2022, MetroWest Daily News)

SUDBURY — It is beyond living memory since Nipmuc land has been this openly full of song, stories and the smell of wood burning to create a mishoon.

Through rain or shine, and day and night, Andre Strongbearheart Gaines Jr. and others worked on creating the mishoon, a traditional canoe, on Nipmuc lands near Longfellow's Wayside Inn.

And on Saturday, elders and tribal youth gathered to put the boat to the test (read more...)

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