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Collage of Native American people wearing traditional Abenaki clothing

July 8, 2019 SmartEgg2 Post in Uncategorized

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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Painting of wildlife that need water to survive

July 8, 2019 SmartEgg2 Post in Uncategorized

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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July 8, 2019 SmartEgg2 Post in Books

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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July 5, 2019 SmartEgg2 Post in Curriculum,Uncategorized

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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July 5, 2019 SmartEgg2 Post in Books,Ethnocide, Eugenics, & Erasure

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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July 5, 2019 SmartEgg2 Post in Uncategorized

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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July 4, 2019 SmartEgg2 Post in Books

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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July 4, 2019 SmartEgg2 Post in Teacher Tool Box

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 […]

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July 4, 2019 SmartEgg2 Post in Uncategorized

Western 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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July 4, 2019 SmartEgg2 Post in Books

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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July 3, 2019 SmartEgg2 Post in Children’s Literature

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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July 3, 2019 SmartEgg2 Post in Abenaki Tribes and Organizations,Uncategorized

Conseil des Abénakis d’Odanak

Publisher: Conseil des Abénakis d’Odanak

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July 3, 2019 SmartEgg2 Post in Uncategorized

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 […]

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July 3, 2019 SmartEgg2 Post in Articles

History in Beads

For hundreds of years the Western Abenaki a Native American nation in what is now Vermont New Hampshire, used designs and […]

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July 3, 2019 SmartEgg2 Post in Articles

Chasing 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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July 2, 2019 SmartEgg2 Post in Uncategorized

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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July 2, 2019 SmartEgg2 Post in Children’s Literature

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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July 2, 2019 SmartEgg2 Post in Books,Teacher Tool Box

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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July 1, 2019 SmartEgg2 Post in Abenaki Tribes and Organizations,Art,Uncategorized

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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June 30, 2019 SmartEgg2 Post in Curriculum,Study Guides

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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June 30, 2019 SmartEgg2 Post in Books

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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June 30, 2019 SmartEgg2 Post in Books

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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June 30, 2019 SmartEgg2 Post in Abenaki Tribes and Organizations,Uncategorized

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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June 30, 2019 SmartEgg2 Post in Uncategorized

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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June 29, 2019 SmartEgg2 Post in Uncategorized

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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June 28, 2019 SmartEgg2 Post in Books

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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June 28, 2019 SmartEgg2 Post in Books

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 book cover

June 27, 2019 SmartEgg2 Post in Children’s Literature

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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June 27, 2019 SmartEgg2 Post in Books

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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June 26, 2019 SmartEgg2 Post in Children’s Literature

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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June 26, 2019 SmartEgg2 Post in Books

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 […]

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June 26, 2019 SmartEgg2 Post in Articles

Malian’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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June 26, 2019 SmartEgg2 Post in Children’s Literature

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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June 24, 2019 SmartEgg2 Post in Abenaki Tribes and Organizations,Uncategorized

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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June 24, 2019 SmartEgg2 Post in Abenaki Tribes and Organizations,Uncategorized

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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June 23, 2019 SmartEgg2 Post in Abenaki Tribes and Organizations,Uncategorized

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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June 19, 2019 SmartEgg2 Post in Abenaki Tribes and Organizations,Uncategorized

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. […]

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June 19, 2019 SmartEgg2 Post in Articles

Abenaki 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: […]

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June 19, 2019 SmartEgg2 Post in Articles

Wôbanaki 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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June 17, 2019 SmartEgg2 Post in Media

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 […]

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June 17, 2019 SmartEgg2 Post in Uncategorized

Joe & 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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June 14, 2019 SmartEgg2 Post in Media

Just for the Fun of It

Artist(s): Black Hawk Singers Year: 2016 Label: CD Baby Run Time: 44 minutes ASIN: B009TT3AG4   View

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June 14, 2019 SmartEgg2 Post in Articles

Reading 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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Chief Don Stevens standing in front of Lake Champlain

June 12, 2019 SmartEgg2 Post in Media

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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June 12, 2019 SmartEgg2 Post in Media

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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June 12, 2019 SmartEgg2 Post in Media

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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June 12, 2019 SmartEgg2 Post in Media

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 […]

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June 12, 2019 SmartEgg2 Post in Articles

Abenakis 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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June 12, 2019 SmartEgg2 Post in Books

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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June 11, 2019 SmartEgg2 Post in Books

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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June 7, 2019 SmartEgg2 Post in Media

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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June 5, 2019 SmartEgg2 Post in Children’s Literature

Malian’s Song

In the words of a young Abenaki girl, Malian’s Song tells the true story of the deliberate English attack by […]

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May 1, 2019 SmartEgg2 Post in Articles

Malian’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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