Kwenitekw, The Long Story
This first essay appeared online in the Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum blog on March 25, 2020, and it was published in Sokoki […]
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Cultural Values as a Means of Cultural Preservation
“The center of the Abenaki experience is not ourselves, it is each other…” For the Abenaki, the Seven Generations are […]
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Dancing Blue Wolf Sings for Little Ones
Dancing Blue Wolf will drum and share songs with the audience, inviting them to join her in singing. She will […]
Continue ReadingDecolonizing the History that is Taught in Schools Across the Abenaki Homeland
Originally published by Mount Kearsarge Indian Museum on Jan 23, 2020. Vera Longtoe Sheehan, Director, Vermont Abenaki Artists Association, and […]
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Abenaki Home and Structures: Teacher Overview
Teacher Overview: This poster shows different types of homes that Abenaki have used over time. Illustrations include a temporary lean-to […]
Continue ReadingThe Vermont Abenaki Are Genuine – Ron M’Sadoques
872 words, 6 minutes read time. From the Caledonian Record, Nov 24, 2025. 11/24/2025 Caledonian Record Letter to the editor […]
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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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Native American Arts Marketplace
Native American Arts Marketplace presented by Vermont Abenaki Artists Association at Abenaki Heritage Weekend, June 14-15 at Lake Champlain Maritime […]
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Deep Roots, Strong Branches
The Deep Roots, Strong Branches exhibitions xplores Abenaki continuity of culture over deep time.
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Mark your calendar! Abenaki Heritage Weekend 2025 Dates Set
The 2025 Abenaki Heritage Weekend, to be held at the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, dates have been set! Mark your […]
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Registration Open: Presenting Abenaki Culture in the Classroom
The Abenaki people have called the land we now know as Vermont and New Hampshire home for over 13,000 years. […]
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Indigenous Peoples’ Day Rocks!
It’s time to start planning for Indigenous Peoples’ Day Rocks! This is IPD’s 5th year and they’re busy making arrangements […]
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Deep Roots, Strong Branches – Exhibit
Abenaki people have lived in N’Dakinna (our Homeland) for more than 12,000 years. Abenaki culture is a complex network of […]
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Nebizun: Water is Life
Nebizun (alternately spelled Nebizon) is the Abenaki word for medicine and the root word Nebi is the Abenaki word for […]
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Abenaki Heritage Weekend June 29-30 at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum Connects Heritage, Health, and Wellness
On June 29-30 citizens of the American Abenaki community will gather at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum in Vergennes, Vermont to […]
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Abenaki History In Vermont
Title: Abenaki History in Vermont Publisher: YouTube Producer: Stuck in Vermont Year: 2019
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Presenting Abenaki Culture in the Classroom
Immerse yourself in the richness of Abenaki culture and its continuity through music, history, archaeology, weaving, social justice matters, heirloom […]
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State of Vermont explains the state-sanctioned eugenics movement and how local Abenakis were affected
In this video, the VT Legislature explains eugenics history and how Abenaki families were impacted. The State of Vermont voted […]
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17th Century Abenaki Girl
Coloring sheet depicting an Abenaki girl wearing pre-contact style leather clothing. She is using a corn pounder to grind corn into a fine meal.
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Gluscape 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.
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…
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Nebizun: 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…
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The Connections that Bind Us: The 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 […]
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 […]
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WHAT DID YOUR LUNCH COST NATURE? Have you gotten All Tangled in a Web?
Grades: 6th – 8th and higherSubjects: Environmental impacts, habitats, Natural resources, ecosystems, competition for resources, carrying capacity, geography, habitat fragmentation, […]
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The Very Hungary Azban
GRADES:3rd – 5th grade and higher SUBJECTS:Natural resources, ecosystems, competition for resources, carrying capacity, globalization, social studies, and global citizenship. […]
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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My Bring Up
As a kid, Shirly Hook learned how to lasso a rooster, ride a heifer, and turn a steamer trunk into […]
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Celebrating Abenaki Culture
After four Abenaki tribes received recognition from the state of Vermont their citizens were finally able to self identify themselves […]
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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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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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 […]
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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Alnobak: Wearing Our Heritage
Description: This booklet is a study guide built around the Alnôbak: Wearing Our Heritage traveling exhibit. It introduces students to […]
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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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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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