The Adventure of the Bentwood Box
309 words, 2 minutes read time. Dark Academy Adventures, Episode 1: The Adventure of the Bentwood Boxes Join the Heritage […]
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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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Deep Roots, Strong Branches
The Deep Roots, Strong Branches exhibitions xplores Abenaki continuity of culture over deep time.
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An Evening With the Vermont Abenaki (Video Included)
“An Evening with the Vermont Abenaki” was held to educate and engage with new lawmakers about the state’s Tribal Recognition process and hear from scholars, community members, and allies.
Continue ReadingExperiences of Native Americans and French Indians of Vermont
The Vermont Truth & Reconciliation Commission presents: a panel of experts come together to discuss the experiences and harm that […]
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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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Green Corn Celebration
The Green Corn Celebration is this weekend at the Fort at No 4.
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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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The Case of the Silverplate Medal
Join Prof. Frederick Matthew Wiseman on the Heritage Hunt as he uses vintage Dark Academy science, deduction, and technology 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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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 […]
Continue ReadingEmbracing Abenaki Culture in the Classroom
Available to be booked for your teachers. Join us for an immersive exploration of Abenaki culture led by scholars, historians, […]
Continue ReadingState 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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Water is Life Teach-In
In this all-day workshop, Abenaki Arts & Education Center educators will inspire teachers with interactive, media-rich content that links 12,000 years of Abenaki history with 21st-century civic engagement. Participants will pursue a deeper understanding of the region’s diversity through the voices of the American Abenaki people.
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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 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 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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Virtual Abenaki Heritage Weekend: Abenaki Basket Makers
The 2021 Virtual Abenaki Heritage Weekend presents “Abenaki Basket Makers” featuring Sherry Gould of the Nulhegan Abenaki Heritage Preservation Department. […]
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 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 […]
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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 […]
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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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. […]
Continue ReadingHistory 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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Vermont Abenaki Artists Association
The Vermont Abenaki Artists Association embodies the history, culture, and art of the Abenaki people. Our mission is to promote […]
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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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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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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 […]
Continue ReadingWaban-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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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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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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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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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 […]
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 […]
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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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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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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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