Faries Gray is the Sagamore (War Chief) of the Massachusett Tribe at Ponkapoag.

Faries is also one of the three traditional leaders of the Massachusett Tribe at Ponkapoag. Faries’ family are descendants from Chickatawbut’s bloodline. Chickatawbut was the Sachem (Chief) of the Massachusett when the colonist first arrived in the early 1600s. In addition to being the Sagamore Faries is also one of the tribal historians for the Massachusett Tribe at Ponkapoag. Faries’ responsibilities for his tribe includes educational history and defending his tribe’s traditional territory against developers who wish to destroy what’s left of his tribes natural resources.

For well over 30 years Faries has researched the history of his tribe. This research includes interviewing elders of his tribe as their history is past down through the generations orally. More recently Faries has been part of the Anti Native American mascot steering committee in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Presently Faries sits on the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion commission for Quincy Massachusetts. Faries works with multiple school, universities, conservations, groups and organizations to educate them on his tribe and the importance of establishing relationship with the indigenous community.

“If being civilized means the destruction of our own environment, I’m honored to be the opposite of that”
— Faries Gray, Sagamore of the Massachusett Tribe at Ponkapoag.

Lucia Colombaro is a mother, educator, scholar, social entrepreneur, and white abolitionist and reparations and land back accomplice. Community Support Manager for Kibilio Farm and Community and Founding Director of Ethos Evolution Institute, Lucia looks at economic equity as the locus for innovation in transforming consumption, extraction, harm, and violence into reparative healing, climate recovery, and social and material well-being for all. Her focus is creating financial models that turn budgetary and organizational practices into sources of mutual flourishing by centering Indigenous sovereignty, Black liberation, and care through female and non-binary leadership.