This Creation story was shared by the late Nanepashemet, a Wampanoag historian and former director of the Indigenous program at Plimoth Plantation (1998).
Our ancestors inhabited this land after being put here by the Great Spirit Power Kiehtan, in the beginning. We were given the use of this land for our support and the continuation of ourselves, according to the Original Instructions of Kiehtan.
We were given the land to share with other beings—who are our relations because we were made by the same Creator and are born and sustained by the same Mother Earth. We have lived with this land for thousands of generations, fishing in the waters, planting and harvesting crops, hunting the four-legged and the winged beings and giving respect and thanks for everything taken for our use.
We were originally taught to use many resources, remembering to use them with care, respect, and with a mind toward preserving some for seven generations of unborn and not to waste anything.
Our people are independent; we own nothing in truth because all comes from the Earth and ultimately from Kiehtan. In turn, we are owned by none as only Kiehtan can truly determine our destinies.
We are ruled by the examples set forth for all relations of thee creation. Our leaders take responsibility for the care and well-being of all people. They are there to see that no one is hungry when others are well-fed and no one is cold when others are warm; the strong ones are to protect the weak ones; and all are to respect the wisdom and experience of the elders. The wisdom of our elders came to them from their elders all the way back to the beginning when Kiehtan taught the Original Man and Woman.
Our sacred ceremonies, taught to us long ago, are to show our thanks to the Spirit World and to remind our People of their place in the Creation. We honor the keepers of the sacred traditions and give them thanks, for they help keep us alive and well.
Our women have provided our stability by caring for our homes, our children, our men. The men have provided the strength and endurance. The children are our greatest treasure because they are our future…as long as the People live in balance according to the ancient scared cycles as arranged by Kiehtan they will prosper. When the People forget the Original Instructions of love, caring, and respect for all their relations, then they will have a hard time.
It is prophesied that when the People leave the Creator’s path, they will run afoul in many thorn bushes and they will lose their way. Only when they stop and search back for their path they again find the healthy life they should prepare for their children.
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