Kayęʔnathękaryáʔkę Donnie McDowell met with Greene County Commissioner Derek Burress, a long time Tuscarora ally, as Greene County acknowledges the history of the Tuscarora within that county.
October 16, 2025
The Tuscarora Nation has long understood the sacred balance between people, land, and the living beings who share it with us. Our role in preserving the red wolf – a creature once nearly lost from its homelands – has been acknowledged with deep respect. Recently, our Nation’s voice was carried on the air when Will Harlan, champion of the survival of the red wolves broadcast one of our own, speaking the names of these wolves in Tuscarora, which we gave them. This moment reminds us that language, culture and stewardship are bound together: by honoring the red wolf, we honor our own survival and by speaking their names, we affirm that they too belong to this land and to the story of all who call it home.
Rematriated to their rightful homeland: Tuscarora lithics and ceramics, the work of our ancestors’ hands, return to us as living witnesses of our enduring presence. Arrowheads and pottery shards, carried away long ago, now return home to the Tuscarora, grounding us in the memory of our ancestors — not artifacts, but the voices of our people, affirming that we have always been here and shall remain here still.
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