In spring of 1976 a skeleton that had been on display for many years in a local history museum was reburied. The ceremony was a collaboration between the Wellfleet Historical Society, the Wampanoag People, and the Cape Cod National Seashore. In attendance that day were members of all three organizations. What actually happened there, at that moment in history, depends upon who is asked!

Storyteller Jim Wolf has tracked several versions of the story to present to you.

“”Who Tells the Story”” is dedicated to the memory of the late Wamsutta, also known as Frank James, former Nauset Regional High School music teacher and catalyst of the indigenous people’s National Day of Mourning, now observed annually at Plymouth, MA. According to Jim, “Frank was an important mentor to me, and we had many discussions about the differences between oral and written traditions.”

Jim has practiced the art of storytelling since childhood, as a performer, a teacher and in the corporate world. His “Cape Cod Tales of Past and Present” series was a summer favorite at the Wellfleet Methodist Church for many years, and he was the keynote storyteller at the first Wellfleet Oyster Fest  He has written two books for children, “The Magic of the Clam Flats” and “When Santa Claus Met Sandy Claus” which are both illustrated by Anne Rosen of Truro. He recently retired as the Sustainability Director at Cape Air, where he and brother Dan led the move to solar power and electric propulsion.  He is married to the novelist/poet Irene Paine and they live in Yarmouthport with their three dogs, Lola, Tootsie, and Bodhi.

Learn more at 10 a.m. on Sunday, March 22, 2026. All are welcome.

• At the Chapel in the Pines, 220 Samoset Road in Eastham.  Doors open at 9:30.
• Also on Zoom via this Zoom program link.