Visit Tidal Falls this summer to read Minquansis Sapiel’s latest storybook Gluskabe and the Gift of Maple Trees, a creation story from the Wabanaki Tribes of the Northeast. 

The story will be on display at the preserve starting June 1st, 2026, through August 31st, 2026.

A cultural hero Gluskabe is a story from the Wabanaki Tribes of the NorthEast of how the Maple tree came to gift everyone with Maple Syrup teaching lessons of Responsibility and Balance.

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About the Author

 

Minquansis Sapiel

Minquansis Sapiel is a published author, storyteller, speaker, and a member of the Passamaquoddy tribe from Sipayik, one of the two Passamaquoddy communities in Maine that are part of the Wabanaki Confederacy.

Minquansis has published children’s storybooks like Gluskabe and the Gift of Maple Trees and Little People of the Dawn.