{"id":2472,"date":"2026-08-11T13:19:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T17:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/youngken-garden\/?page_id=2472"},"modified":"2026-08-18T15:22:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T19:22:48","slug":"intro","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/youngken-garden\/home\/tour\/intro\/","title":{"rendered":"Storyteller Introduction: Silvermoon Mars LaRose"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Homepage: Youngken Medicinal Garden <\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Back to Start: Tour Home<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Next: Four Sacred Medicines<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
end of Tour: History of Tomaquag Museum<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Silvermoon Mars LaRose is the Assistant Director of the Tomaquag Museum, Rhode Island\u2019s only Indigenous museum. She has over two decades of experience working with tribal communities and serving her community in health, education, and the arts. A citizen of the Narragansett Tribal Nation, an artist, and an educator, Silvermoon brings the history and significance of these plants to life through her engaging, informative storytelling. You can learn more about the Tomaquag Museum through their website, https:\/\/www.tomaquagmuseum.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Silvermoon shares both cultural history and personal anecdotes about the medicinal plants included in this tour, taking visitors through an auditory and visual experience through the medicinal garden. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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