Coffee with the Casco Baykeeper: Indigenous Relationships with Water

If you missed our live conversation, we invite you to watch the recording of Coffee with the Casco Baykeeper: Indigenous Relationships with Water.

In this thoughtful morning discussion, Casco Baykeeper Ivy Frignoca is joined by Keyana Pardilla (Penobscot and Passamaquoddy), Indigenous environmental scientist and artist, to explore a worldview that understands water and fish as relatives. Together, they reflect on responsibility, reciprocity, and what it could mean to care for Casco Bay through a lens of relationship rather than resource.

We hope this conversation encourages you to pause, reflect, and consider how Indigenous ways of knowing can inform how we engage with the Bay.

Settle in with a cup of coffee and watch the full recording.

Guest Speaker

Keyana Pardilla (Penobscot and Passamaquoddy) is an Indigenous environmental scientist and artist. She currently works at Wabanaki Public Health and Wellness as director of the Our Sacred Relations Division, where she leads initiatives focused on the reciprocal well-being between earth and body. She holds a bachelor’s degree in marine science and is a candidate for a master’s degree in ecology and environmental science, with graduation expected this spring. She believes environmental justice starts with building a mutual understanding between Western frameworks and Indigenous ways of knowing.