Native 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.
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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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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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 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 […]
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 Performances
This guide is meant to deepen the experiential learning for students participating during the Vermont Abenaki Artists Association’s performances at […]
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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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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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Parley and Protocol: Abenaki Diplomacy Past and Present
Fort Necessity National Battlefield, U. S. National Park Service site approached the Elnu Abenaki Tribe with the idea of developing […]
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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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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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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 […]
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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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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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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Vermont Abenaki Artists Associations
The Vermont Abenaki Artists Association embodies the history, culture, and art of the Abenaki people. Our mission is to […]
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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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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 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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