Take a virtual nature walk with us in this presentation on the traditional uses of both indigenous plants and the invasive species that became staples in Native communities. This virtual walk will be facilitated by Lorén M. Spears.

Lorén M. Spears, Narragansett, Executive Director of Tomaquag Museum, has been an educator for 25 years and has served as an adjunct faculty at Brown University and at the University of Rhode Island. She shares her cultural knowledge and traditional arts learned through her family with the public through museum programs. She has written curriculum, poetry, and narratives.