The exhibition Entwined: Freedom, Sovereignty, and the Sea was conceived of as the culmination of the Reimagining New England Histories (RNEH) project. The larger RNEH project challenges the notion of New England as a place of freedom and justice. It highlights that freedom and justice for some was built on the backs of Dawnland (New England) Indigenous peoples and African-descended peoples. “New England” was created by means of colonialism, racialized slavery, and dispossession of Indigenous lands. Before work on the exhibition began, I sat in a (Zoom) room with Indigenous (from different Dawnland tribal nations) and Black Exhibitions Committee members and said, “What is our maritime story and how do we want to tell it?” In that first conversation, it was clear that while we all recognize that colonialism, slavery, and dispossession have fragmented our communities and our histories, that colonialism, slavery, and dispossession is not the sum of our history. Our history is so much more than what has happened to us in the last 500 years. It is a maritime story that is at least 12,000 years old. Our maritime story is one of cycles of time, our ancestors, and of creation. It is a maritime history of skills, knowledges, and survival. It is a maritime story that continues through the present. It was collaboration with Black communities and Indigenous tribal nations that created the story told through our exhibition. It is the result of Mystic Seaport Museum ceding authoritative voice in the exhibition and telling the stories the way the community sees fit—and validating those stories. It represents all of us who do the work to make our fragmented histories, communities, and nations whole. And although Entwined was intended to be the culmination of the project, the work continues…in honor of our ancestors.