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Tribal Members vs. Tribal Council?
No one ever said it would be easy. In fact, leading a tribal government is probably one of the most challenging occupations I’ve ever witnessed. Over the years, I’ve observed people spark both...
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A Few Thoughts on the Eve of Election Day in America
Well folks, we made it through Hurricane Sandy with only very minor damages and a five-day blackout. I rode it out a little better than Tropical Storm Irene last year since I didn’t get grouchy until...
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Born Leaders
Some people seem pre-destined to be leaders. It’s a pattern throughout history: the child in line for a royal throne, an heiress to a family business or even kids born into a political family’s...
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The elephant in the room
As we rapidly approach the end of 2012, I believe now is a good time to focus on something big. What I’m talking about is an issue so deep and dark that it has plagued my community for at least twenty...
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Six reasons to get over that grudge
Holding a grudge is a common way of mentally punishing people for hurting and offending us in our past, but in the long run these grudges cause more problems for ourselves mentally, emotionally and...
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Coming to grips with tragedy
An incomprehensible evil happened today upon a very small town here in Connecticut. As our state and nation comes to grips with the reality of at least 28 lives tragically lost, my heart-felt thoughts...
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Overcoming evil with good
There’s nothing quite as beautiful as watching children laugh and play, especially after the weekend we just experienced. With emotions still raw from the horror of tragedy, many are struggling with...
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What happened in the past…
As we face the clean slate of a new calendar year, lets try and learn what we can from 2012. My prayer for this year is to let go of the old, embrace the new and learn from the bad stuff. May we not...
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Inter-tribal unity…for real this time?
When I worked in public relations at Foxwoods, some of the most common questions I received from news reporters were about the Pequot’s relationship with the Mohegan tribe, as well as any other New...
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You might be a Pequot Indian if…
Kicking it “Jeff Foxworthy style” this week, and it’s all in good fun. After all, if we can’t laugh at ourselves, we’re taking life way too seriously. So without further ado, here goes nothing… If...
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The “Sissy-La-La” Approach to Championing a Cause
The following is an open letter to “tribal nation dot com”: Welcome back! (Whoever you are.) It’s been a little more than a decade since your phantom website first appeared…right around the time a few...
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Fifteen years later, and no mention of Skip
The older I get, the faster time flies. Today my sons are grown but it doesn’t feel like much time has passed since 1996, when my husband and I moved here with a preschooler and toddler to enter an...
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A boat named Sassacus
Reblogged from Lori Potter:[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hB3pus3kHUY&w=600&h=366] The air was already hot and thick with humidity that summer morning in 1997. It was the ship's...
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So you’re “Emotionally Intelligent”?
It’s tribal election season again! This year (like every year), my community will see anywhere between 3 and 20 candidates vying for a shot at 2 or 3 lucrative tribal council seats. And oh, but how...
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An open letter to The Day newspaper
I feel compelled to respond to an editorial featured in The Day newspaper from Saturday October 5 entitled “Tale of the Thomases” with hopes that, as a tribal member, I might shed a unique perspective...
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An Election Day Miracle?
It was the last year I volunteered as a member of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Election Team. I arrived at daybreak to my tribe’s annual meeting to assist with setup, and took my usual position as...
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The Grandest New Years’ Eve
Tis the season to reminisce of holiday celebrations of years gone by, and none such event sticks in my memory quite like New Years’ Eve, 1999. A celebration night to rival all other celebrations of...
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