P-0000785 conventionDeclaration detailLevel http://ica-atom.org/doc/RS-2#5.4 person Denise Altvater conventionDeclaration

Denise Altvater is the Coordinator for the American Friends Service Committee's Wabanaki Youth Program and lives on the Passamaquoddy Reservation in Maine. She submitted an item to the Bentwood Box during a Truth and Reconciliation Commission event. Submitting an item to the Bentwood Box is a sacred ceremony involving the individual committing themselves to the process of reconciliation.

A basket of brown ash and sweetgrass with a poem by Maliseet poet Mihku Paul-Anderson 2011-10-26 2011-10-29