Asa Peters walked into a forest near Kingston, Massachusetts this summer and started cutting down a plant called Japanese knotweed. It’s hard. You got to keep pulling and pulling, but it’s cool, he said. It was difficult work in the hot August weather. Peters and other Native American volunteers were working to bring the land back to how it was before European settlers arrived in North America. That means taking away the kinds of trees and plants that were not believed to be there 500 years ago. He said the idea is to create a special place where we can do all kinds of great things. The Wampanoag Common Lands project aims to turn the land back to how it was long ago when members of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe used it for ceremonies. The land is next to a body of water called Muddy Pond. It is less than 10 kilometers from where settlers known as Pilgrims started the English colony of Plymouth about 400 years ago. Ramona Peters started a group called the Native Land Conservancy. She said the 13 hectare piece of land is where the first impact of colonization of this country happened. Beth Rose-Middleton is a professor who studies Native American environmental policy and conservation at the University of California, Davis. She said the Wampanoag Common Lands project is part of a movement to preserve and restore native culture. She said the projects help fight climate change because many areas where Native Americans live have been depleted, or used up. She said taking care of the land in the way the Native American groups plan to might help it become resilient. Native American groups are having trouble living in the places where they have been for many years. Extremely dry weather in the American Southwest is causing problems for tribes there. In the wetlands of Louisiana, native groups are worried about flooding from powerful storms.
Title: In US Northeast, Volunteers Work to Restore Native Lands
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5633/A30.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='In US Northeast, Volunteers Work to Restore Native Lands' data-article-id='6235'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='11917'>Asa Peters walked into a forest near Kingston, Massachusetts this summer and started cutting down a plant called Japanese knotweed.</span> <span data-start-time='11917' data-end-time='13771'>It’s hard. </span> <span data-start-time='13771' data-end-time='18458'>You got to keep pulling and pulling, but it’s cool, he said.</span> <span data-start-time='18458' data-end-time='23500'>It was difficult work in the hot August weather. </span> <span data-start-time='23500' data-end-time='36271'>Peters and other Native American volunteers were working to bring the land back to how it was before European settlers arrived in North America. </span> <span data-start-time='36271' data-end-time='46292'>That means taking away the kinds of trees and plants that were not believed to be there 500 years ago.</span> <span data-start-time='46292' data-end-time='55083'>He said the idea is to create a special place where we can do all kinds of great things.</span> <span data-start-time='55083' data-end-time='70438'>The Wampanoag Common Lands project aims to turn the land back to how it was long ago when members of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe used it for ceremonies.</span> <span data-start-time='70438' data-end-time='75896'>The land is next to a body of water called Muddy Pond. </span> <span data-start-time='75896' data-end-time='86479'>It is less than 10 kilometers from where settlers known as Pilgrims started the English colony of Plymouth about 400 years ago.</span> <span data-start-time='86479' data-end-time='93146'>Ramona Peters started a group called the Native Land Conservancy. </span> <span data-start-time='93146' data-end-time='102313'>She said the 13 hectare piece of land is where the first impact of colonization of this country happened.</span> <span data-start-time='102313' data-end-time='115583'>Beth Rose-Middleton is a professor who studies Native American environmental policy and conservation at the University of California, Davis. </span> <span data-start-time='115583' data-end-time='125729'>She said the Wampanoag Common Lands project is part of a movement to preserve and restore native culture.</span> <span data-start-time='125729' data-end-time='137104'>She said the projects help fight climate change because many areas where Native Americans live have been depleted, or used up. </span> <span data-start-time='137104' data-end-time='147521'>She said taking care of the land in the way the Native American groups plan to might help it become resilient.</span> <span data-start-time='147521' data-end-time='154083'>Native American groups are having trouble living in the places where they have been for many years. </span> <span data-start-time='154083' data-end-time='161625'>Extremely dry weather in the American Southwest is causing problems for tribes there. </span> <span data-start-time='161625' data-end-time='169104'>In the wetlands of Louisiana, native groups are worried about flooding from powerful storms.</span> <span data-start-time='169104' data-end-time='0'></span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button 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