Alnobak: Wearing Our Heritage
Alnôbak is the Abenaki word for human beings so the exhibit title actually means People: Wearing Our Heritage. This traveling […]
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Nebizun: Water is Life
Exhibition curated by Vera Longtoe Sheehan Header artwork: by Francine Poitras Jones Curatorial Statement Nebizun is the Abenaki word for […]
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A Brief History: From Koasek Meadows to You Today
This booklet was developed to share the diverse cultural history of the Koas Meadows region and the local Koasek Abenaki […]
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Navigating the Champlain Valley 1609: Quadricentennial
In 1609, Samuel de Champlain came to the lake that now bears his name. He encountered a rich culture in […]
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Breeding Better Vermonters: The Eugenics Project in the Green Mountain State (Revisiting New England)
“Eugenics — the study of human racial progress through selective breeding — frequently invokes images of social engineering, virulent racism, […]
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Vera Longtoe Sheehan for Women’s Heritage Month: Molly Ockett
Kwai Nedobak! Nd’elewizi Vera Longtoe Sheehan du Elnu Wôbanaki – that translates into English as: Hello my friends! My name […]
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In Search of New England’s Native Past: Selected Essays
This volume highlights the work of the late Gordon M. Day, renowned for his groundbreaking research on the history and […]
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Native Knowledge 360°: Framework for Essential Understandings about American Indians
The National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) Native Knowledge 360° Essential Understandings about American Indians is a framework that […]
Continue ReadingWestern Abenaki Dictionary, WAR Radio, and Online Lessons
The Western Abenaki language, Aln8ba8dwaw8gan (Language Code: Abe), is listed as “critically endangered” by UNESCO. For those interested in learning […]
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Baseline 1609: Unexpected Elegance of the Indigenous Northeast
A comprehensive review of the unexpectedly elegant culture of the people who greeted Champlain and other explorers along the St. […]
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The Winter People
Saxso is fourteen when the British attack his village. It’s 1759, and war is raging in the northeast between the […]
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Cowasuck Band of the Pennacook-Abenaki People
There is a growing effort to bring history back into focus and to correct many misconceptions about the relationship of […]
Continue ReadingHistory in Beads
For hundreds of years the Western Abenaki a Native American nation in what is now Vermont New Hampshire, used designs and […]
Continue ReadingChasing Seeds: The Story of Vermont’s Forgotten Abenaki Food System
THE HOPE IS THAT EVERY VERMONT school child has heard of the Abenaki Indians, and many have probably heard of […]
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What Is The Status Of The Abenaki Native Americans In Vermont Today?
This month on Brave Little State, VPR’s people-powered journalism podcast, a question about the descendants of this region’s first residents. […]
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The Arrow over the Door
For young Samuel Russell, the summer of 1777 is a time of fear. The British Army is approaching, and the […]
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Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples*
From the vantage point of the colonized, the term “research” is inextricably linked with European colonialism; the ways in which […]
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Vermont Abenaki Artists Associations
The Vermont Abenaki Artists Association embodies the history, culture, and art of the Abenaki people. Our mission is to promote […]
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Alnobak: Wearing Our Heritage
Originally developed as an interpretive guide for the Alnobak: Wearing Our Heritage exhibit, this study guide as been adapted to […]
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At Lake Between: The Great Council Fire and the European Discovery of Lake Champlain
At Lake Between examines the July 1609 expedition of explorer Samuel de Champlain to the lake that now bears his […]
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The Abenaki (Indians of North America)
The Abenaki, part of the Indians of North America series, explores the lives of these native tribes that have lived […]
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Elnu Abenaki Tribe
Elnu is an Abenaki Tribe based in Southern Vermont. We work to continue our cultural heritage through historical research, lectures […]
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The Vermont Abenaki – A Struggle for Recognition
WABANAAGIG, Land of the Rising Sun goes beyond words to encapsulate the strong emotions of the Wabanaki, a people who […]
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Waban-Aki: People From Where The Sun Rises
In this feature-length documentary from Alanis Obomsawin, the filmmaker returns to the village where she was raised to craft a […]
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Reclaiming the Ancestors: Decolonizing a Taken Prehistory of the Far Northeast
Reclaiming the Ancestors sets the record straight about the early history of the Wabanaki – the Abenaki, Penobscot, Passamaquoddy, Malecite, […]
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The Voice of the Dawn: An Autohistory of the Abenaki Nation
“[My] story is a sash woven of many strands of language. The first strand is the remembered wisdom of the […]
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Azban’s Great Journey
These traditional and modern tales of the raccoon Azban, trickster of the Western Abenaki people, provided timeless lessons for all […]
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Dawnland Voices: An Anthology Of Indigenous Writing From New England
Dawnland Voices calls attention to the little-known but extraordinarily rich literary traditions of New England’s Native Americans. This pathbreaking anthology […]
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The Hunter’s Promise: An Abenaki Tale
“Promise to remember me!” was all the beautiful woman had ever said to the hunter. She had appeared from nowhere […]
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Wabanakis of Maine and the Maritimes: A resource book about Penobscot, Passamaquoddy, Maliseet, Micmac and Abenaki Indians
This guide provides information and instructional materials on the history and culture of the Wabanakis of Maine and the Maritime […]
Continue ReadingMalian’s Song – Linguistic Notes and Ethnographic Terms for Abenakis
Abstract Abenaki is a common generic term for the Native American Indian peoples of northern New England, southeastern Canada, and […]
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Swift Deer’s Spirit Game
This book brings back to life one of the stories of how the game of lacrosse originated in Northern New […]
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Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk Tribe Abenaki Nation
The mission of the Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk Abenaki Nation is to strengthen our government; to build our community, […]
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Koasek Traditional Band of the Koas Abenaki Nation
The Koasek Abenaki is an autonomous band of Abenaki families of what is now called the Western Abenaki Tribes, which […]
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Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi St. Francis/Sokoki Band
The Sovereign Republic of the Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi has seven elected Tribal Council Members. The Missisquoi Abenaki Tribal Council acts as […]
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Koasek (Cowasuck) Traditional Band of the Sovereign Abenaki Nation
We, the Koasek Traditional Band of the Sovereign Abenaki Nation, trace the origin of our tribe back over 180 years. […]
Continue ReadingAbenaki Connections to 1704: The Sadoques Family and Deerfield
Abstract about this article is not available. This essay was published as a chapter in the book In Captive Histories: […]
Continue ReadingWôbanaki Lifeways – Circa 1600
Abstract The term Wôbanakiak includes many culturally related groups of Native peoples who were the original inhabitants of present-day Maine, […]
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Weaving a Thread through the 7 Generations – Melody Walker Brook – TEDx
Melody Walker Brook gives an incredibly powerful and touching insight into rebirth of the Abenaki Elnu tribe. Finding pride in […]
Continue ReadingJoe & Jesse Bruchac – Gluskabe and the Wind Eagle
A traditional Abenaki tale, told in English and Western Abenaki by father and son Joe and Jesse Bruchac. www.JosephBruchac.com From […]
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Just for the Fun of It
Artist(s): Black Hawk Singers Year: 2016 Label: CD Baby Run Time: 44 minutes ASIN: B009TT3AG4 View
Continue ReadingReading Abenaki Traditions and European Records of Rogers’ Raid
Abstract The October 4, 1759 attack on St. Francis is recognized as an important event in American history, but most […]
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The Odzihozo and Champ Story
Chief Don Stevens tells the story of how the spirit being Odzihozo create himself from nothing and then went on to create Bitawbwa (Lake Champlain) and the Champ.
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Nebi, Abenaki Ways of Knowing Water
Created to help preserve these stories for Abenaki and other people. While the core content of these stories belong to […]
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Wabanaki Calling In Song
Filmed in night vision at the Jamaica State Park during an archeological dig. The El-Nu Abenaki Tribe Singers led the […]
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Elnu Abenaki Sagmo Roger Longtoe Sheehan on Sacred Sites in Vermont
From the YouTube channel of the “Year of Indigenous Peoples of the Americas” Cultural Initiative, a program of SUNY Empire […]
Continue ReadingAbenakis at Ashuelot: The Sadoques Family and Keene
Abstract The area around Keene, New Hampshire was originally known to the Abenaki Indian people as Ashuelot. Although the name […]
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The Western Abenakis of Vermont, 1600–1800: War, Migration, and the Survival of an Indian People
Before European incursions began in the seventeenth century, the Western Abenaki Indians inhabited present-day Vermont and New Hampshire, particularly the […]
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The Original Vermonters: Native Inhabitants, Past and Present
Reviews An extraordinarily fine book about the entire time range of Native American presence in Vermont . . . Those […]
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Wskintow8gonal wji Aln8mbac
In the Abenaki laguage Wskintow8gonal wji Aln8mbac means “New Songs for the Abenaki.”– CD description, Wskintow8gonal wji Aln8mbac by Bryan […]
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Malian’s Song
In the words of a young Abenaki girl, Malian’s Song tells the true story of the deliberate English attack by […]
Continue ReadingMalian’s Song – Abenaki Language Glossary
Abstract The tribal name Abenaki is adapted from the original Wôbanakiak, a noun that combines the morphemes for dawn or […]
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