Healing Through Corn Rematriation w/ Lauren Sun Turtle Peters

Lauren “Sun Turtle” Peters is a Mashpee Wampanoag seed keeper carrying on in the traditions she learned from her clan mother Anita “Mother Bear“ Peters. In 2021 Lauren helped to return the King Phillips variety of corn, also known as Metacom corn, to be grown on her people’s land for the first time in 300 years. Soon after, she founded Corn Sister Circle, a project powered by her love for her community and desire to connect Wampanoag peoples across generations to heal from colonialism and racism with each other through tending land and traditional food ways. For photos and links about things mentioned in this interview as well as many past episodes go to . You can also read Lauren's article Corn Sister Circle: Honoring Our Ancestors, Grounded on Our Ancestral Homelands where she writes beautifully about the complexity of this work and journey including the apology from the American Psychological Association to First Peoples in the US . To donate to support Corn Sister Circle and other work that Lauren is leading click here . You can also follow their work and see videos via their Instagram @wampumconsulting . Much gratitude and love to Lauren Peters for sharing her story and for doing this vital work. Many thanks to the talented Meg Dalton for editing this episode. Our theme music is from the Passion Hifi. All episodes are produced and hosted by Tagan Engel. The Table Underground is available on any podcasting site, through our website and now airs on the first Tuesday of the month on WPKN community radio 89.5fm in Bridgeport, CT.

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Healing Through Corn Rematriation w/ Lauren Sun Turtle Peters is an episode from The Table Underground w/Tagan Engel by Tagan Engel.

This episode is 53:03 long.

This episode was published on Oct 27, 2025.

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