Discovery Path Project

Staff and student artists from Discovery Academy and GHAAHD (Greater Academy of the Arts Half Day) created the Discovery Path Project. The trail signs along the nature path were funded by a generous donation from the Discovery Academy PTO. We hope you enjoy learning about nature and taking some quiet time to explore yoga. Graphics, nature facts, and videos will be added to this page and can be accessed by the QR codes on each sign.

Land Acknowledgement

We would like to begin by acknowledging that the land on which we gather exists upon the ancestral territory and Indigenous villages of the Tunxis, Sicoag, Pocumtuc, Wangunk, Poquonook, Podunk, Quinnipiac, Massacoe, and Hammonasset Peoples who have stewarded this land throughout the generations. Through dispossession and disease, colonial powers encroached upon their homelands and reservations.

We also acknowledge the federally recognized tribal nations that exist in Connecticut today: the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, and Mohegan Tribe, and the state recognized tribal nations: Golden Hill Paugussett Tribal Nation, Eastern Pequot Tribal Nation, Schaghticoke Tribal Nation, and Schaghticoke Indian Tribe. We support their sovereignty as tribal nations now and into the future, while also understanding their communities can exist beyond the strict bounds of Tribal Nationhood.

*Updated January 2026 in partnership with Akomawt Educational Initiative and The Institute for American Indian Studies (IAIS).