Today, we identify famous people as people we see in movies or on television. This list digs deep into Abenaki history to uncover iconic figures from the world of from pop culture, history, social activism. Publisher: Elnu Abenaki TribeYear: N/A
Continue ReadingThis month on Brave Little State, VPR’s people-powered journalism podcast, a question about the descendants of this region’s first residents. – Quoted from “What Is The Status Of The Abenaki Native Americans In Vermont Today?” by Angela Evancie. 2016. Broadcast…
Continue ReadingThe Abenaki, part of the Indians of North America series, explores the lives of these native tribes that have lived for thousands of years in northern New England. Although their first contact with Europeans was peaceful, relations eventually soured as…
Continue ReadingWABANAAGIG, Land of the Rising Sun goes beyond words to encapsulate the strong emotions of the Wabanaki, a people who have emerged from centuries of oppression, occupation of their lands, and obliteration of their languages. Through these episodic stories, the…
Continue Reading“[My] story is a sash woven of many strands of language. The first strand is the remembered wisdom of the Abenaki community. The second strand is our history and that of our relatives, written down by European, Native American, and…
Continue ReadingThese traditional and modern tales of the raccoon Azban, trickster of the Western Abenaki people, provided timeless lessons for all people. Azban begins his search for food and fun in the far north, at Lake Memphremagog, where he “earns” his…
Continue ReadingThe Sovereign Republic of the Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi has seven elected Tribal Council Members. The Missisquoi Abenaki Tribal Council acts as an advisory group to the Chairman and enacts resolutions which have the force of LAW when approved by a simple…
Continue ReadingBefore European incursions began in the seventeenth century, the Western Abenaki Indians inhabited present-day Vermont and New Hampshire, particularly the Lake Champlain and Connecticut River valleys. This history of their coexistence and conflicts with whites on the northern New England…
Continue ReadingReviews An extraordinarily fine book about the entire time range of Native American presence in Vermont . . . Those interested in studying Northeastern Indians (past and present) and the Vermont Abenaki themselves should be delighted with this publication.– “American…
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