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 […]
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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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Interview 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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Abenaki Woman and Man Coloring Sheet
This image depicts and Abenaki man and women wearing 18th century clothing made from trade cloth. The artwork on this […]
Continue ReadingThe Myth of Native American Extinction Harms Everyone
By Mali Obomsawin Cluelessness about Native people is rampant in New England, which romanticizes its Colonial heritage. In college, I […]
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A Visit With Trudy Ann Parker Author Of Aunt Sarah
In this video we interview with Trudy Ann Parker, author of Aunt Sarah Woman Of The Dawnland. Although written as a novel, Trudy brings a story to life which she says is about her Abenaki family.
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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 […]
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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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 […]
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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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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Aunt Sarah: Woman of the Dawnland
A novel and a people you will never forget. The story of 108 winters of an Abenaki healing women written […]
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