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We the People Called Quinnipiac
Hobbomock

© Iron Thunderhorse
Hobbomock’s Return, © Iron Thunderhorse

A very important piece of artwork is this which Iron did, entitled Hobbomock’s Return, to commemorate the very first gathering of our people in about 200 years. It was held at Bay View Park in Stony Creek, CT, in July 2000.

Hobbomock is a stone giant from the days when giants roamed the earth. He is the cultural hero of our people and the tales of his adventures are intimately connected with the land we loved and with our history as a people in that land. When he sailed away in his stone canoe, everything changed --- the winged people and the four-legged people and the humans had, before he left, spoken the same language, so harmony and peace were everywhere. After he was no longer in sight, people no longer understood each other’s languages, so fear, distrust, and disharmony came to our land. Ancient prophecies foretold that one day Hobbomock would return and once again people would speak Wampano, the language of our Quinnipiac people. In July 2000, for the first time in many years, Wampano was once again spoken in public, in prayer and in stories, on the Long Water Land, beside the shores of Long Island Sound, overlooking the Thimble Islands --- the Stepping Stones of Hobbomock.

Photo of Stepping Stones
Stepping Stones, photo © Ruth Thunderhorse

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