Muhheakannuck Nations at Nu Scodack
.... Oct 31 2022
We Honor Those Who have Gone On Before Us
A Work in Progress To be added: Etaoquam, Lucy Davis, Joseph Fire Crow Jr., Massie & Joanne Shenandoah, Darlene Van Dunk Stefancik
Barry Hunter Boyce
Munsee Sakima
Chingarora Village
Michael J D'Amico
Wicawau Sagamore
Tunxis M'hiacanuk
Barney Lewis
Owaya Sagamore
Tunxis M'hiacanuk
Linda Morales-Morceau
Sachem
Obit below
John Boles
Powwow MC,
1st Responder
Jim Davis & Betsy Stang
Esopus Leader with Protocol Advisor
George M Dech
Pipe Carrier, Chingarora Village
Rainbow Weaver
Valerie M. Brant
Mohawk Story Teller
David Fescier
Wappinger Elder,
Jeweler
Charles V Kelsey
Metis
Jim Redfox Sarles
Author, Hunter, Lakota Story Teller
Gil Tarbox
Nimham Mountain Singers Nimham Mem. Powwow
Linda Morales-Morceau
Morales-Morceau, Linda (Morales) of Pocasset, died February 10, 2022. Linda was born to Ramona Morales of Weymouth and Joseph Davies of Plymouth, Mass and New York. She attended East Weymouth Public Schools and is a graduate of Weymouth High School.Linda was married to Paul Morceau of Charlestown, Mass in 1971. For the last 25 years she divided her time between their home in Charlestown and Pocasset on Cape Cod. Always active in the community, she was a Girl Scout Troop leader in Charlestown, starting the first “Daisy Troop”. As a resident of the Bourne she served on the town’s Human Services Committee.Linda attended Bunker Hill Community College, UMass Boston where she received her certificate in Substance Abuse Counseling and had recently entered the BA program at Simmons University. She is a member of the Alpha Kappa Delta, Eta Chapter of Massachusetts a National Honor Society as a result of her scholarly work at UMass Boston. Music was a big part of Linda’s life. As a young child she sang in the choir at East Weymouth’s Methodist Church, the choral at school and in Charlestown, participating in the choirs’ at the Catholic parishes. Linda sang Jazz professionally for ten years in and around Boston and performed country and popular music with friends. As a member of Bunker Hill Post American Legion Women’s Auxiliary her voice contributed to many patriotic events. She is a representative for NICWA National Indian Child Welfare Association, where she counseled and represented Native American families. Her Native American heritage was important to Linda. She promoted the use of the Algonquin language of her Massachuset people. She participated in Native American events throughout New England as a dancer and singer. She enthusiastically promoted native history and culture as guest speaker at public and private forums. Linda represented her Chappiquidic tribal family for 30 years as Sachem/Chief. As a cofounder of the Affiliated Tribes of New England she worked to benefit all native people of Massachusetts. On her own initiative in 2019, working with the State Senate, she authored and submitted bill 1832 (Currently in review by a Joint Legislative Committee) which would allow the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to formally recognize the native Indian people of the State for the first time since the British Colonial era. Through Leonardo Morales her 2x great grandfather Linda’s Native American links include the Taino people of Cuba.Through her research of family genealogy she documented the service of her Native American ancestor Asher Freeman as a soldier of the Revolutionary War. She is a member of the Captain Joshua Gray – Jonathan Hatch Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution of Cape Cod. She is a member of the DAR National Committee on Native American Issues and wrote a monthly blog from a native perspective for the local Chapter monthly newsletter.Linda is survived by her husband Paul and son Sean of Charlestown, daughter Katherine and friend Paul Wessick of the West End of Boston, son Andrew and his wife Karen of Danvers, Mass, along with their children Margaret, Matthew, Adam, Joseph, Julianna and Jacob Morceau.In lieu flowers, donations in memory of Linda may be made to The Weymouth Lions Club, 1271-A Washington Street PMB Box #204, East Weymouth, MA 02189.