About Us

TrackersTEAMS exists to sew people into the seasons and the land they live. Through these cycles we build healthier relationships with our village and our planet.

A Story

In dawn's hour, sun breaks on the Old Towers, The Great Bay below the temples like a ancient grandmother. Mist sleeps, where you await the tribe's return, on the her east shores, knapping a blade from a broken bottle.

Then, the flock begins to emerge from the cloud. Soundlessly, they glide toward you with perfect cohesion, that morning's catch strung from the Umiak. Master mariner signs to ready the ropes. Now, sweet cedar smoke is conjured from a fire board. The child raises her tinder bundle to the sky and from her lips draws the flame. Young men are painting up for the hunt.

You too have stalked these banks to the failed city and traded with the townies, you have camouflaged your body in their clothes, worked in their offices, lent your eyes to their screens. There was even a time you forgot who you were, how it feels to release an arrow, the music of the bowstring resonating, the route of your blood, the path of those who came before. You felt you were asleep for a long while. The world engined on. And then, one day, you woke up...

-storyteller, Lisa Wells

An Idea

We are not simply learning skills of craft and eloquence. We are retelling our story. Our programs are meant to both literally and figuratively feed you. To clothe and shelter you. They are an exploration of a new culture that our world needs, and we must bring to life. We are not teachers. We are guides collaborating with participants to tell a new story.