LIVING STORIES
by Keshia De Freece Lawrence
Keshia De Freece Lawrence
Keshia Talking Waters De Freece Lawrence (she/they) is a Ramapough Lenape Munsee, Deer Clan; mother, activist, educator, and Indigenous researcher. Lawrence is contingent on ecological kinship being a huge factor in Indigenous reconciliation. Various aspects of sovereignty play a huge role in De Freece’s ongoing environmental research, as climate change has woven topics of Indigenous realities into mainstream conversations. Talking Waters holds a B.A in International Relations and Global Politics, from the American University of Rome, and a M.A in International Law and the Settlement of Disputes from the United Nations mandated University for Peace and is the Founder of Indigenous ThinkTank, Sovereign Science LLC and a Program Coordinator at Earthwatch Institute.
Collaborating Artist:
Janey Hecht, is a recent Bard College graduate with a B.A in Sociology. Hecht is an artist, environmental scientist and a Jewish American who utilizes their art abilities as reconciliation across Turtle Island. Collaborating on this project, it was imperative that stories of identity and remembrance came together aside from social apartheids.
Contact info
Email: keshiadefreece@gmail.com
Instagram: @sovereign.science
Instagram: @snailwitchcraft
Living Stories, is a collection of Indigenous oral stories from Turtle Island, illustrated and painted onto various animal remains such as bones, hides, and feathers.
The kinship of the environment, our animal relations, us and our identities is intrinsically connected. Living Stories brings Indigenous poetry into nature by revitalizing Indigenous children's stories and oral traditions from coast to coast, exactly like our animal relatives.
