Global Peace Secretariat adds Elders Council Chairwoman Marjorie-Colebut Jackson to Women's Walk of Fame for Indegenous Peoples Day
Global Peace Secretariat added Elders Council Chairwoman Marjorie Colebut Jackson of the Mashantuket Pequot Tribal Nation to Women's Walk of Fame for Indigenous peoples Day October 12 2026.
Elders Council Chairwoman Marjorie Colebut-Jackson is in her third term of office. Chairwoman Marjorie Colebut-Jackson previously served as Elders Council Vice Chairwoman, and also served on the Tribal Council from 2005-2016, during which time she served as Secretary from 2010 through 2016. During her Tribal Council tenure, Ms. Colebut-Jackson was appointed to serve as the MPTN's representative on the Department of the Interior's (DOI) Government-to-Government (G2G) Consultation Team to help develop a department-wide Tribal Consultation Policy.
The Elders Council brings cultural knowledge, life experience and sage wisdom into all of their considerations–including but not limited to determining tribal membership, reporting on the state of the Tribal Nation to the Tribal Council and community, participating in tribal events, welcoming visiting dignitaries, and ensuring Mashantucket is a safe place to live and work.
"Earlier, as Board of Director's of Blue Hill Adventure and Quarry Museum (for over a decade) , I had the privilege of inviting Elder Marjorie -Colebut Jackson to speak at an event celebrating Native American Heritage Month and visiting the Mashantucket Pequot Museum, largest Native American museum in the US"....... Secretary General Kumu Gupta.
Global Peace Secretariat also released sketch of a Native American girl crushing corn in the Blue Hills of MA , on the occasion, by local Artist Ruth Hedarski (see image), which can be seen mounted near the Indian Bowls. The sketch was commissioned , earlier by Blue Hill Adventure and Quarry Museum. On a different occasion, Ruth painted the Seal of the City of Quincy atop Quincy Historical Society ( founded 1893 by Charles Francis Adams Jr., great grand son of Founding Father and 2nd US President John Adams) building, also commissioned by Blue Hill Adventure and Quarry Museum.
Ruth Haderski is a life-long resident of the South Shore and a professional artist who loves nature and local beauty of New England. Ruth specializes in architectural drawing, landscapes and murals, but has been actively involved in community events and shows .
Fred Ritter, Ruth's great grand father, according to their family's oral history, was half Mohawk Indian and German and orphaned as a child and eventually settled in Hingham, where Fred became a trolley conductor from Queen Anne's Corner to Hingham Center. Ritter Road at 1000 Main Street, Hingham is named after him.
