Soap Update: Mohican Soap in Stockbridge

Last June, I was featured in an article in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel regarding our area's reconciliation efforts with the indigenous tribe that was the Berkshires' first inhabitants, the Mohicans.

https://www.reader.rocks/journal-sentinel.pdf

The reporter, Frank Vaisvilas, mentioned in the story a man named Dennis Zack, the owner of Tribal Sun Soap in Wisconsin. His Mohican name is Tau-Tau-yah-com-no-wan. I reached out to him to see if he wanted to sell his soap in the Berkshires. He said yes! I then contacted Teresa O'Brient, owner of the Stockbridge Country Store. She said yes and placed an order.

The soaps arrived, and Teresa has been selling them out of her store. Pick up a bar or two! They make a great gift.

I personally hope that this will be the first of many economic interactions between the heirs of Wa'thatinik* and the people of the Berkshires. It's one of my goals for the new Stockbridge Mohican Commission. Please, support our local businesses and consider purchasing the products created by our Mohican friends.

*In the Mohican language, Wa'thatinik means "the land beyond the mountains." It was the Mohican term for the Berkshires for time immemorial before its settlement.

You can get Tribal Sun Soap at the Williams and Sons Country Store on Main Street in Stockbridge!