A Joint Statement from the Four Vermont State Recognized Abenaki Tribes in Response to Certain Recent Events
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 6, 2022 – We, the four Vermont state recognized Abenaki tribes, stand together in affirmation of […]
Continue ReadingMy Bring Up
As a kid, Shirly Hook learned how to lasso a rooster, ride a heifer, and turn a steamer trunk into […]
Continue ReadingParley 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 […]
Continue ReadingAlnobak: Wearing Our Heritage
Alnôbak is the Abenaki word for human beings so the exhibit title actually means People: Wearing Our Heritage. This traveling […]
Continue ReadingNebizun: Water is Life
Exhibition curated by Vera Longtoe Sheehan Header artwork: by Francine Poitras Jones Curatorial Statement Nebizun is the Abenaki word for […]
Continue ReadingA 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 ReadingBreeding 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, […]
Continue ReadingWhat 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. […]
Continue ReadingVermont Abenaki Artists Association
The Vermont Abenaki Artists Association embodies the history, culture, and art of the Abenaki people. Our mission is to promote […]
Continue ReadingAlnobak: Wearing Our Heritage
Originally developed as an interpretive guide for the Alnobak: Wearing Our Heritage exhibit, this study guide as been adapted to […]
Continue ReadingThe 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 ReadingElnu Abenaki Tribe
Elnu is an Abenaki Tribe based in Southern Vermont. We work to continue our cultural heritage through historical research, lectures […]
Continue ReadingThe 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 […]
Continue ReadingThe 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 […]
Continue ReadingMalian’s Song – Linguistic Notes and Ethnographic Terms for Abenakis
Abstract Abenaki is a common generic term for the Native American Indian peoples of northern New England, southeastern Canada, and […]
Continue ReadingNulhegan 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, […]
Continue ReadingKoasek 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 […]
Continue ReadingAbenaki 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 […]
Continue ReadingKoasek (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 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 ReadingThe Odzihozo and Champ Story
Chief Don Stevens tells the story of how the spirit being Odzihozo create himself from nothing and then went on to create Bitawbwa (Lake Champlain) and the Champ.
Continue ReadingNebi, Abenaki Ways of Knowing Water
Created to help preserve these stories for Abenaki and other people. While the core content of these stories belong to […]
Continue ReadingWabanaki Calling In Song
Filmed in night vision at the Jamaica State Park during an archeological dig. The El-Nu Abenaki Tribe Singers led the […]
Continue ReadingThe 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 […]
Continue ReadingThe 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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