Join us at Tidal Falls Preserve for a Storytelling with Minquansis Sapiel, a published author, storyteller, and speaker from Sipayik, one of the two Passamaquoddy communities in Maine that are part of the Wabanaki Confederacy.

Minquansis will read her published storybooks like, Little People of the Dawn, and Gluskabe and the Gift of Maple Trees, Which is currently on display as a storytrail at Tidal Falls.

This event is free and open to the public, all are welcome, there is no registration needed.

* In the case of Rain, the event will be moved inside the Pavilion at Tidal Falls Preserve. 

About the Author
Minquansis Sapiel

Minquansis Sapiel grew up in Passamaquoddy territory what is now called DownEast Maine. She is passamaquoddy, Penobscot, Muscogee Creek and Tarascan Native. She is self employed as a Storyteller, Speaker, Wabanaki Educator and provides guided boat tours. The hope is to connect people to the Ocean to experience more of an understanding and connection to it. In the meantime, she has collaborated with many organizations throughout Maine speaking, sharing stories, on various topics of Wabanaki history culture and their relationship with the Ocean and Waterways. She loves to travel and explore while taking pictures of nature.

Storytrail

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.