My Bring Up
As a kid, Shirly Hook learned how to lasso a rooster, ride a heifer, and turn a steamer trunk into a toboggan. She made friends with a bat. She earned 25 cents an hour hanging wallpaper, saved up for a…
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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 an exhibit relating to when Abenaki warriors traveled to Pennsylvania to support their French allies during the French and Indian…
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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 exhibit examined how Abenaki regalia (special clothing) has been made and is still made and worn for self-affirmation, to affirm…
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Nebizun: Water is Life
Nebizun is the Abenaki word for medicine and the root word Nebi is the Abenaki word for water. The rivers and tributaries of N’Dakinna (our homeland) were our highways for traveling and the water itself is important to the species…
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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 people. It is designed in such a way that both educators and parents alike can use it to stimulate discussion…
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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, immigrant persecution, and Nazi genocide, but Vermont’s little known adventure in eugenics shows the inherent adaptability of eugenics theory and…
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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. – Quoted from “What Is The Status Of The Abenaki Native Americans In Vermont Today?” by Angela Evancie. 2016. Broadcast…
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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 promote regional Indigenous arts, artists, culture, and to provide an organized central place to share creative ideas. We accomplish this…
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Alnobak: Wearing Our Heritage (study guide)
Originally developed as an interpretive guide for the Alnobak: Wearing Our Heritage exhibit, this study guide as been adapted to be an introduction to Abenaki history and culture after four Abenaki tribes received recognition in the state of Vermont. Author(s):…
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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 for thousands of years in northern New England. Although their first contact with Europeans was peaceful, relations eventually soured as…
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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 and school programs, oral storytelling, singing, dancing and traditional craft making. Our primary focus is ensuring that our traditions carry…
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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 have emerged from centuries of oppression, occupation of their lands, and obliteration of their languages. Through these episodic stories, the…
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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 Abenaki community. The second strand is our history and that of our relatives, written down by European, Native American, and…
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 the Maritimes. These peoples are also known as Wabanaki (Eastern Abenaki – Maine and the Canadian Maritimes) or Wôbanakiak (Western…
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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, and ensure sustainability; to protect our customs and traditions, and to revive our culture and celebrate our heritage while sharing…
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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 have been recognized by the State of Vermont. The Koasek Abenaki people are the native inhabitants of central and northwest…
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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 an advisory group to the Chairman and enacts resolutions which have the force of LAW when approved by a simple…
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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. The Abenaki Nation has inhabited our land for over 10,000 years. Our homeland is N’dakinna, which incorporates Eastern Canada, and…
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, New Hampshire, Vermont, parts of Massachusetts, parts of southern Canada, and the Maritimes. Wôbanakiak means “people of the east” or…
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Bryan Blanchette performing “White Dog”
Bryan Blanchette of the Vermont Abenaki Artist Association performs a contemporary song of resilience and unity during the 2017 Abenaki Heritage Celebration. – Video description by Lina Longtoe. YouTube. 2018. Producer: Lina Longtoe, Askawobi Productions Publisher: YouTube Year: July 19,…
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The 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. – Video description by Vince Franke, Peregrine Productions, LLC. Vimeo. 2019. Producer:…
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Nebi, 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 the Abenaki People, each story teller provides their own unique interpretation. With stories by Chief Don Stevens, Chief Roger Longtoe…
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Wabanaki Calling In Song
Filmed in night vision at the Jamaica State Park during an archeological dig. The El-Nu Abenaki Tribe Singers led the public through a night of traditional story-telling and songs. – Video description by Lina Longtoe. YouTube. Producer(s): Lina Longtoe, Askawobi…
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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 Lake Champlain and Connecticut River valleys. This history of their coexistence and conflicts with whites on the northern New England…
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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 interested in studying Northeastern Indians (past and present) and the Vermont Abenaki themselves should be delighted with this publication.– “American…
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