Environmental Changes in N’dakinna
461 words, 3 minutes read time. The following article provides additional interpretation for the special exhibition “Deep Roots, Strong Branches.” […]
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Summary of 12,000 years of Abenaki History: Part1
756 words, 5 minutes read time. By Vera Longtoe Sheehan Downloadable timeline poster available at the bottom of the page […]
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Geographic Features Across N’Dakinna
360 words, 2 minutes read time. Photo detail above from New England Land Forms poster, Abenaki Arts & Education Center.Download […]
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Reclaiming the Word “Squaw” in the Name of the Ancestors
Reposted from Marge Bruchac, Reclaiming the Word “Squaw” in the Name of the Ancestors, H-Net Online, December 1, 1999. Kwai […]
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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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Continue ReadingFamous Abenakis
Today, we identify famous people as people we see in movies or on television. This list digs deep into Abenaki […]
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Molly Ockett & Her World
Image Credit: Molly Ockett painting by Danna Brown Nickerson Courtesy of Bethel Historical Society. The following material is excerpted from […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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