This gourd tells two traditional Wabanaki stories. Listen to the artist Jeanne Morningstar Kent tell the stories of Gluscape Fights the Water Serpent and How Woodpecker Got His Red Head.
Continue ReadingAlnôbaiwi ‘In the Abenaki Way’A 501c-3 non-profit dedicated to preserving Vermont Abenaki cultural heritage.
Continue ReadingStatement Regarding UVM and EugenicsE. Thomas Sullivan, PresidentJune 21, 2019 As we close this academic year, I wish to refer […]
Continue ReadingKoasek Abenaki Elder Trudy Ann Parker, the author of Aunt Sarah: Woman of the Dawn, discusses Abenaki spirituality, medicine, and how Native life was affected by the great dying and colonization. She goes on to describe the Last Rise of Chief Passaconaway and reads the epilogue of Aunt…
Continue ReadingNebizun: Water Is Life brings together artwork by Abenaki artists of the Champlain Valley and Connecticut River Valley regions to illustrate the Abenaki relationship to water, our awareness of water as a fundamental element necessary for all life, and our concern that pollution of water can change our…
Continue ReadingOutdoor education is placed-based work that relies on land-based knowledge which often borrows from Native American survival and cultural craft […]
Continue ReadingFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 6, 2022 – We, the four Vermont state recognized Abenaki tribes, stand together in affirmation of […]
Continue ReadingThe article was originally published on March 26, 2022 and is republished here with permission from the author Jeanne Morningstar […]
Continue ReadingSince I was small, the Missisquoi River helped to raise me. I heard stories of our sacred places and lived […]
Continue ReadingAtowi Project is an Elnu Abenaki community initiative to affirm Native relationships to the Land and its inhabitants, raise Indigenous voices, and foster inclusion with understanding, in place.
Continue ReadingThe goal of the Abenaki Trails project is to visibly honor and share a more inclusive history of the Abenaki people, to highlight historical Abenaki sites and to accentuate the positive influences we have had with Colonial America and the towns we continue to live in today.
Continue ReadingThe process of getting to know Native people can be especially complicated in New England, which has some of the longest colonial histories on the continent. Since most eastern tribal nations historically dealt with the colonies rather than with what eventually became the U.S. federal government, many remain…
Continue ReadingThere have been some concerns regarding claims that certain Abenaki individuals, families and communities in Vermont, New Hampshire and neighboring […]
Continue ReadingThe 2021 Virtual Abenaki Heritage Weekend presents “Abenaki Basket Makers” featuring Sherry Gould of the Nulhegan Abenaki Heritage Preservation Department. […]
Continue ReadingThis bill exempts all property owned by Native American tribes or owned by nonprofit organization organized for the benefit of those tribes from statewide education property tax and municipal property tax.
Continue ReadingPublished with permission from the Brattleboro Historical Society. In 1828 the Brattleboro publishing company of Holbrook and Fessenden produced “A […]
Continue ReadingAlmost 13,000 years ago, small groups of Paleoindians endured frigid winters on the edge of a river in what would […]
Continue ReadingIn order to understand Alnobak people, currently known as the Western Abenaki, we must understand the people around them and […]
Continue ReadingIt’s been more than 400 years since the first Thanksgiving, and there is a lot we are still learning about […]
Continue ReadingIn honor of Native American Heritage we collaborated with our friends at Abenaki Trails Project to create this booklet of […]
Continue ReadingAnimal Names Match-up Activity Sheet Directions: Draw a line from the animal and Abenaki name to its track and English […]
Continue ReadingClick here to open the image and print it The artwork on this coloring sheet was created by Francine Poitras […]
Continue ReadingBy Alexander Cotnoir As spring temperatures begin to climb across Vermont’s forested landscape, the annual arrival of “sugaring season” – […]
Continue ReadingBy Mali Obomsawin Cluelessness about Native people is rampant in New England, which romanticizes its Colonial heritage. In college, I […]
Continue ReadingIn this video we interview with Trudy Ann Parker, author of Aunt Sarah Woman Of The Dawnland. Although written as a novel, Trudy brings a story to life which she says is about her Abenaki family.
Continue ReadingThe Indigenous Abenaki people of the Northeast have, for generations, been subjected to both genocidal attacks (killing of people) and ethnocidal attacks (killing of culture) by colonial settlers and their descendants. In the colonial era, these threats took the form of murderous attacks on families and villages in…
Continue ReadingThis course was a collaborative effort between the Vermont Abenaki Artists Association and UVM’s Lake Champlain Sea Grant program. What […]
Continue ReadingGrades: 6th – 8th and higherSubjects: Environmental impacts, habitats, Natural resources, ecosystems, competition for resources, carrying capacity, geography, habitat fragmentation, […]
Continue ReadingGRADES:3rd – 5th grade and higher SUBJECTS:Natural resources, ecosystems, competition for resources, carrying capacity, globalization, social studies, and global citizenship. […]
Continue ReadingThe following article re-contextualizes the 17th century narrative of Hannah Dustin’s kidnapping and how she escaped by killing and scalping […]
Continue ReadingThis video was created for a lesson plan that Lina Longtoe Schulmeisters created for the Lake Champlain Sea Grant program, […]
Continue ReadingThis video was created for a lesson plan Lina Longtoe Schulmeisters created for the Lake Champlain Sea Grant program, as […]
Continue ReadingBREAKING News – H.880 “An act relating to Abenaki place names on State park signs” was unanimously passed in the […]
Continue ReadingWritten by Brian Chenevert and illustrated by Francine Poitras Jones The Abenaki language is one of many indigenous languages in […]
Continue ReadingThis dictionary was created through a partnership between the Circle of Courage and the Endangered Alphabets Project. It is intended […]
Continue ReadingThe United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) was adopted by the General Assembly on Thursday, 13 September […]
Continue ReadingThis guide is meant to deepen the experiential learning for students participating during the Vermont Abenaki Artists Association’s performances at […]
Continue ReadingPublished with permission of the author Frederick M. Wiseman, Ph.D. Series: Seeds of RenewalTitle: Wabanaki Squashes and PumpkinsPublisher: Haven ProjectYear:
Continue ReadingCourtesy of Frederick M. Wiseman Series: Seeds of RenewalTitle: Wabanaki BeansPublisher: Haven ProjectYear: 2014
Continue ReadingPublished with permission of the author Frederick M. Wiseman, Ph.D. Series: Seeds of RenewalTitle: Wabanaki Corn VarietiesPublisher: Haven ProjectYear: 2014
Continue ReadingPublished with permission of the author Frederick M. Wiseman, Ph.D. Series: Seeds of RenewalTitle: Indigenous Crops of the NortheastPublisher: Haven […]
Continue ReadingThe result of a three year state-led collaborative effort, the College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies […]
Continue ReadingNational Council for the Social Studies first published national curriculum standards in 1994. Since then, the social studies standards have […]
Continue ReadingThe Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (“the standards”) […]
Continue ReadingAs a kid, Shirly Hook learned how to lasso a rooster, ride a heifer, and turn a steamer trunk into […]
Continue ReadingAfter four Abenaki tribes received recognition from the state of Vermont their citizens were finally able to self identify themselves […]
Continue ReadingFrom the 2019 Lake Between Conference| Le Lac Qui Nous Unit Conference. This series features interviews discussing Lake Champlain — […]
Continue ReadingToday, we identify famous people as people we see in movies or on television. This list digs deep into Abenaki […]
Continue ReadingThe following material is excerpted from an exhibition that was on view at the Bethel Historical Society from July 2004 through […]
Continue ReadingLacrosse, Little Brother of War, or The Spirit Game…No matter what you call it, the game require the players to […]
Continue ReadingFort Necessity National Battlefield, U. S. National Park Service site approached the Elnu Abenaki Tribe with the idea of developing […]
Continue ReadingAlnôbak is the Abenaki word for human beings so the exhibit title actually means People: Wearing Our Heritage. This traveling […]
Continue ReadingExhibition curated by Vera Longtoe Sheehan Header artwork: by Francine Poitras Jones Curatorial Statement Nebizun is the Abenaki word for […]
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