This walk gathers just before dawn along the Presumpscot River. It meanders through and cuts across spaces-between: between surface and depth, the Penobscot and Presumpscot watersheds, Native and settler (be)longings, the human and the more-than-human; between yesterday, today, and something coming. As we cross from night into day, walkers will share story, dreams, and two-way encounters with the water—an experiment in breeding futurity.

LOCATION: Presumpscot River Preserve trailhead, following the trail to Presumpscot Falls.

REGISTRATION: Requested, but not required for this walk. RSVP here!

The trail on which we'll conduct this walk is not strenuous, but it is also not fully accessible. We are shaping our walk to include accessible options, so when you RSVP, please let us know about any accessibility concerns in your group to help us plan! The ground is uneven, with exposed roots, some brief steep sections, and occasional slick areas due to foot and bike traffic. A person with full mobility walking this trail at a leisurely pace would arrive at the falls from the trailhead in roughly 25 minutes. There are further details about the trail terrain here.

In Kinship Fellowship is Lilah Akins, Devon Kelley-Yurdin, Emilia Dahlin, Cory Tamler, Jennie Hahn, Darren Ranco, Tyler Rai. The Fellowship is a collective formed out of a year-long research and creation process that followed the tradition of Wabanaki Guiding, connecting Native and non-Native people to place through experience, language, and story. Those guides and thought partners include Jennifer Neptune, James Eric Francis, Sr., Chris Sockalexis, Ryan Kelley, Micah Pawling, Gretchen Faulkner, Desiree Butterfield-Nagy, and the Penobscot River watershed in Wabanaki/Maine.