10/13/2025
It’s Indigenous Peoples’ Day! Hogfish recognizes that we live and work on the unceded territory of the Wabanaki people who include the Abenaki, Penobscot, Passamaquoddy, Maliseet, and Mi’kmaq nations. We give gratitude today and every day to these original and current stewards of the land we now call Maine, and honor that so much of the idea of regenerative arts which we are exploring is rooted in returning to indigenous ways of knowing how to be in right relationship with the land and each other, which they have held and cultivated for millennia, in the face of fierce opposition, violence, and negligence from our own ancestors.
If you are looking for ways to make honoring this day more impactful, please consider following and supporting the work of .alliance , , , and/or amongst many other important organizations in our community.
ABOUT THE VIDEO
One of the first of its kind, named in honor of a 19th century Menominee, Ojibwe, and French business woman who bridged cultural and ecological divides with her life and actions, the story takes place in present day and follows several of her descendants, indigenous and non, who ask how we might bridge the same divides that separate us all today?
“Queen Marinette” is communally devised by a diverse group of indigenous and non-indigenous story-tellers, dancers, instrumentalists, actors, and singers. What does a story and world look like where all living beings on “Turtle Island” (present day United States) come together to make a whole that is greater than the sum of the parts?
🎥:
(Listed in alphabetical order by last name)
CREATIVE TEAM
, , ,
PRODUCTION
Amanda Nita Luke Sayed
ARTISTS
, .b.luna, .mad, , , , .
Nations represented by these artists include Anishinaabe, Métis, Mi’kmaq, Oneida, and Penobscot nations.
