By Mali Obomsawin Cluelessness about Native people is rampant in New England, which romanticizes its Colonial heritage. In college, I attended a rally my friend organized to discuss the constitutionality of flag burning. Predictably, his newspaper op-ed provoked a group…
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…
Continue ReadingWhat is the Abenaki relationship to plants growing alongside Lake Champlain? How do Abenaki tribes today continue to practice this relationship, and how do they cope with invasive species that are taking over the Lake Champlain Basin? This curriculum will…
Continue ReadingThe following article re-contextualizes the 17th century narrative of Hannah Dustin’s kidnapping and how she escaped by killing and scalping an Abenaki family that was sleeping. This historic retelling from the Abenaki perspective was written by Brian Chenevert, Historic Preservation…
Continue ReadingThis video was created for a lesson plan that Lina Longtoe Schulmeisters created for the Lake Champlain Sea Grant program, as a collaboration between Sea Grant and the Vermont Abenaki Artists Association. In the original lesson plan, instructors would take…
Continue ReadingThis video was created for a lesson plan Lina Longtoe Schulmeisters created for the Lake Champlain Sea Grant program, as a collaboration between Sea Grant and the Vermont Abenaki Artists Association. For more information about the Vermont Abenaki Artists Association:…
Continue ReadingBREAKING News – H.880 “An act relating to Abenaki place names on State park signs” was unanimously passed in the Vermont House of Representatives. The bill as written would require the Commissioner of Forests and Parks and Recreation to cooperate…
Continue ReadingWritten by Brian Chenevert and illustrated by Francine Poitras Jones The Abenaki language is one of many indigenous languages in American which is currently in jeopardy of being lost forever. This coloring book is just one small effort to get…
Continue ReadingThis dictionary was created through a partnership between the Circle of Courage and the Endangered Alphabets Project. It is intended for people of all ages that are interested in learning to speak Abenaki. It includes a pronounciation guide. This project…
Continue ReadingThe United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) was adopted by the General Assembly on Thursday, 13 September 2007, by a majority of 144 states in favour, 4 votes against (Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States)…
Continue ReadingThis guide is meant to deepen the experiential learning for students participating during the Vermont Abenaki Artists Association’s performances at Flynn Perofrming Arts Center on December 17th and 18th, 2019. Links to Indigenous peoples, Vermont history and land, traditions and…
Continue ReadingPublished with permission of the author Frederick M. Wiseman, Ph.D. Series: Seeds of RenewalTitle: Indigenous Crops of the NortheastPublisher: Haven ProjectYear: N/A
Continue ReadingIn 1609, Samuel de Champlain came to the lake that now bears his name. He encountered a rich culture in the Native Americans he met, a diverse wildlife and botany in the New World, and set into motion a legacy…
Continue ReadingThe Vermont Abenaki Artists Association embodies the history, culture, and art of the Abenaki people. Our mission is to promote regional Indigenous arts, artists, culture, and to provide an organized central place to share creative ideas. We accomplish this…
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