SIPAYIK — When Gail Dana reflects on the status of the Passamaquoddy language, she can’t help but speak in oceanic analogies.
“We know we can’t turn the tide. We see that every single day,” she said, gazing over the bay into New Brunswick from a chair outside the meal site where elders gather on the Passamaquoddy Reservation at Sipayik (Pleasant Point). “That doesn’t mean that we can’t go out with the tide and come back in and be stronger every time.”
