An earlier version of this work scored for string ensemble, premiered by The William and Mary Gallery Players and entitled Indian Territory was commissioned by the Class of 1939 Maurine Stuart Dulin Artist-in Residence program in commemoration of the 300th anniversary of the Brafferton Indian School at William & Mary College. Indian Territory – Potawamock, Maryland was rewritten at the end of 2024 for Bullis School in Potomac Maryland, directed by Stephanie Mayer-Sattin, to be premiered in 2025. The work serves as a means of honoring and acknowledging the Indigenous peoples whose land upon which the Bullis Preparatory School now resides. Grounded in the ancient history of this land through the vibration of sound, the performers are asked to recite the various nations that have lived in the area. Scored for string ensemble with harp and piano, the work begins with a flowing ostinato by the violas and harp representing the perseverance and sustainability of Indian peoples while the use of col legno, battuto ricochet (bouncing the bow on the wood side of the stick) is used as an Indigenous sonic indicator of native rattles and the footsteps of our ancestors. Harmonics are incorporated as a solo moment reminding us to stop and listen to those ancestors. Soon before writing this piece, I dreamt part of the opening melody. Its proud strength is meant to welcome us all in acknowledging who came before us and the ancestors that remain with us.