[Mario Harley] I am Mario Harley of the Wild Turkey Clan of the Piscataway Indian People, the Indigenous people of this area where Baltimore Museum currently resides. When I walked up to that stained glass window, the size and scale of its grandeur captured my attention. The colors, and the theme, was something that, it hit close to home in so many different ways. Not only what's in the glass itself–the baptism–but what it means or what it meant to many Indigenous peoples. The key story from my perspective, was that Maryland was founded in 1634 as a Catholic colony. So the Catholic experience in what they call the “New World” was quite unique. And how my ancestors adapted is part of a very much unknown story. By 1640, I think it is, Father Andrew White, a Jesuit, baptized our Tayac, our Chief of Chiefs. It's not well-documented what were the driving factors. There are stories that talked about him becoming sickened by malaria, and that was not a disease that was familiar to our healers, our medicine people. And they could not bring him back to wellness. But the Catholic priest was quite aware of the symptoms and was able to give him the right medication. And because of that, our Tayac thought the Catholic religion was something of great power. And that was a motivating factor for him to encourage everyone else to accept the Catholic religion. And, since that time frame 99 percent of Piscataway People have been Catholic. When you look at the initial years of the mid to late 1600s, it was a way that we could have our Indigenous communities relate to their European colonial neighbors. We could relate as parishioners. That helped build relationships. And that was a relatively good thing up until the 1680 time frame in which the Protestant presence in Maryland became more dominant. And it had significant impact from both of those of our ancestors who remained within the boundaries of the Maryland colony, as well as those who migrated away from the colony to avoid the colonial invasion. That stained glass window, you can't argue that the colors, the brightness, the light shining through has a significant impact. The idea of baptism, starting anew; renewal. Those concepts are resonant within our Indigenous culture. May not be in the same manner as in the Catholic religion, but those concepts are something we could relate to.