The Peskotomuhkati, or Passamaquoddy, are a coastal nation who have lived for at least 13,000 years on the shores of what later became known as New Brunswick and Maine. Part of the Wabanaki Confederacy, their name translates to “people who spear pollock.”
![Alán Aspuru-Guzik presents information and stands in front of a large screen that says, "The materials of the future today."](https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/sites/default/files/styles/ne_3btn_widget/public/AlanAspuru-GuzikRome-lead.jpg?itok=F8hrK_3l "Alán Aspuru-Guzik presents information and stands in front of a large screen that says, "The materials of the future today."")