Abenaki DEIA Training
Elevate your organization’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) through our professional development opportunity. It is designed to empower […]
Continue ReadingEmbracing Abenaki Culture in the Classroom
Join us for an immersive exploration of Abenaki culture led by scholars, historians, and culture bearers. This experience spans over […]
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State of Vermont explains the state-sanctioned eugenics movement and how local Abenakis were affected
In this video, the VT Legislature explains eugenics history and how Abenaki families were impacted. The State of Vermont voted […]
Continue ReadingAbenaki Alliance Statement in Support of Vermont’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission
—April 13, 2023— Vermont recently announced the three commissioners of its Truth and Reconciliation Commission, a group tasked with examining […]
Continue ReadingVermont native communities support the Vatican’s repudiation of the ‘Doctrine of Discovery’
The following press release from joint Native communities and individuals was coordinated and distributed statewide this past week: Long-awaited opportunity […]
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Water is Life Teach-In
In this all-day workshop, Abenaki Arts & Education Center educators will inspire teachers with interactive, media-rich content that links 12,000 years of Abenaki history with 21st-century civic engagement. Participants will pursue a deeper understanding of the region’s diversity through the voices of the American Abenaki people.
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17th Century Abenaki Girl
Coloring sheet depicting an Abenaki girl wearing pre-contact style leather clothing. She is using a corn pounder to grind corn into a fine meal.
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Virtual Artist Educator Toolkit
This toolkit introduces educators to platforms and apps for presenting virtual programs.
Continue ReadingNative American Heritage Month Writing Prompt
Download this writing prompt to get your students thinking about Native American Heritage Month! In 1990, the United States passed […]
Continue ReadingGluscape Fights the Water Serpent and How Woodpecker Got His Red Head
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.
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Alnôbaiwi
Alnôbaiwi ‘In the Abenaki Way’A 501c-3 non-profit dedicated to preserving Vermont Abenaki cultural heritage.
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Statement Regarding UVM and Eugenics
Statement Regarding UVM and EugenicsE. Thomas Sullivan, PresidentJune 21, 2019 As we close this academic year, I wish to refer […]
Continue ReadingInterview with Trudy Ann Parker
Koasek 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 Curatorial Statement
Nebizun: 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 and Allyship with Abenakis (Video)
Outdoor education is placed-based work that relies on land-based knowledge which often borrows from Native American survival and cultural craft […]
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A Joint Statement from the Four Vermont State Recognized Abenaki Tribes in Response to Certain Recent Events
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 6, 2022 – We, the four Vermont state recognized Abenaki tribes, stand together in affirmation of […]
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The Not so Invisible Border
The article was originally published on March 26, 2022 and is republished here with permission from the author Jeanne Morningstar […]
Continue ReadingDiary of an Accused Pretendian
Since I was small, the Missisquoi River helped to raise me. I heard stories of our sacred places and lived […]
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Atowi Project
Atowi 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 ReadingAbenaki Trails Project
The 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.
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Navigating Partnerships with Indigenous People in a Time of Ethnic Fraud Panic
The 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 ReadingResponse to Colonized ideas of “Race Shifting”
There have been some concerns regarding claims that certain Abenaki individuals, families and communities in Vermont, New Hampshire and neighboring […]
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Virtual Abenaki Heritage Weekend: Abenaki Basket Makers
The 2021 Virtual Abenaki Heritage Weekend presents “Abenaki Basket Makers” featuring Sherry Gould of the Nulhegan Abenaki Heritage Preservation Department. […]
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H.556 Passes House
This 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 ReadingHistoric Society Explains Abenaki Erasure Myth
Published with permission from the Brattleboro Historical Society. In 1828 the Brattleboro publishing company of Holbrook and Fessenden produced “A […]
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A Deep Presence: 13,000 Years of Native American History
Almost 13,000 years ago, small groups of Paleoindians endured frigid winters on the edge of a river in what would […]
Continue ReadingThe Colonial World of the Northeast
In order to understand Alnobak people, currently known as the Western Abenaki, we must understand the people around them and […]
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Surviving New England’s Great Dying
It’s been more than 400 years since the first Thanksgiving, and there is a lot we are still learning about […]
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Resources for Native American Heritage Month
In honor of Native American Heritage we collaborated with our friends at Abenaki Trails Project to create this booklet of […]
Continue ReadingAbenaki Animal Names
Animal Names Match-up Activity Sheet Directions: Draw a line from the animal and Abenaki name to its track and English […]
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Abenaki Woman and Man Coloring Sheet
This image depicts and Abenaki man and women wearing 18th century clothing made from trade cloth. The artwork on this […]
Continue ReadingSugaring in Wabanahkik (Land of the Dawn): An Abenaki History of Maple
By Alexander Cotnoir As spring temperatures begin to climb across Vermont’s forested landscape, the annual arrival of “sugaring season” – […]
Continue ReadingThe Myth of Native American Extinction Harms Everyone
By Mali Obomsawin Cluelessness about Native people is rampant in New England, which romanticizes its Colonial heritage. In college, I […]
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A Visit With Trudy Ann Parker Author Of Aunt Sarah
In 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 ReadingStatement on Abenaki Ethnocide in History, Scholarship, and Social Media
The 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 ReadingRiparian Zone Curriculum
This course was a collaborative effort between the Vermont Abenaki Artists Association and UVM’s Lake Champlain Sea Grant program. What […]
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WHAT DID YOUR LUNCH COST NATURE? Have you gotten All Tangled in a Web?
Grades: 6th – 8th and higherSubjects: Environmental impacts, habitats, Natural resources, ecosystems, competition for resources, carrying capacity, geography, habitat fragmentation, […]
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The Very Hungary Azban
GRADES:3rd – 5th grade and higher SUBJECTS:Natural resources, ecosystems, competition for resources, carrying capacity, globalization, social studies, and global citizenship. […]
Continue ReadingAbenaki Perspective – Hannah Duston
The following article re-contextualizes the 17th century narrative of Hannah Dustin’s kidnapping and how she escaped by killing and scalping […]
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DIY Seed Paper: Restoration Ecology for Kids!
This video was created for a lesson plan that Lina Longtoe Schulmeisters created for the Lake Champlain Sea Grant program, […]
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Abenaki Uses of the Riparian Zone
This video was created for a lesson plan Lina Longtoe Schulmeisters created for the Lake Champlain Sea Grant program, as […]
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H.880 “An act relating to Abenaki place names on State park signs”
BREAKING News – H.880 “An act relating to Abenaki place names on State park signs” was unanimously passed in the […]
Continue ReadingAbenaki Animals Coloring Book
Written by Brian Chenevert and illustrated by Francine Poitras Jones The Abenaki language is one of many indigenous languages in […]
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N’Dakinna: An Illustrated Abenaki Dictionary for Schools
This dictionary was created through a partnership between the Circle of Courage and the Endangered Alphabets Project. It is intended […]
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United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) was adopted by the General Assembly on Thursday, 13 September […]
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NIKWÔBI: Abenaki Performance Guide
This guide is meant to deepen the experiential learning for students participating during the Vermont Abenaki Artists Association's performances at Flynn Performing Arts Center on December 17th and 18th, 2019.
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Wabanaki Squashes and Pumpkins: 2014 Harvest
Published with permission of the author Frederick M. Wiseman, Ph.D. Series: Seeds of RenewalTitle: Wabanaki Squashes and PumpkinsPublisher: Haven ProjectYear:
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Wabanaki Beans: 2014 Harvest
Courtesy of Frederick M. Wiseman Series: Seeds of RenewalTitle: Wabanaki BeansPublisher: Haven ProjectYear: 2014
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Wabanaki Corn Varieties: 2014 Harvest
Published with permission of the author Frederick M. Wiseman, Ph.D. Series: Seeds of RenewalTitle: Wabanaki Corn VarietiesPublisher: Haven ProjectYear: 2014
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Seeds of Renewal: Indigenous Crops of the Northeast
Published with permission of the author Frederick M. Wiseman, Ph.D. Series: Seeds of RenewalTitle: Indigenous Crops of the NortheastPublisher: Haven […]
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College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards: Guidance for Enhancing the Rigor of K-12 Civics, Economics, Geography, and History
The result of a three year state-led collaborative effort, the College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies […]
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National Curriculum Standards for Social Studies: A Framework for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment
National Council for the Social Studies first published national curriculum standards in 1994. Since then, the social studies standards have […]
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