When: June 14 – 15, 2025, 11:00 am to 4:00 pm
Where: Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, 4472 Basin Harbor Rd, Vergennes, VT 05491
Cost: FREE
Directions: Click here for Google Map

Join Vermont’s Native American community for Abenaki Heritage Weekend and Arts Marketplace June 14-15 at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Vergennes, VT. Admission FREE. Rain or shine.
Citizens of Vermont’s Elnu, Nulhegan, Koasek, and Missisquoi Tribes share perspectives on life in the Champlain Valley. Storytelling, craft demonstrations, drumming, singing, and children’s play area. Featured arts include jewelry, wampum, quillwork, stonework, woodworking, and more. Special presentations include new publications on Vermont Abenakis 1790-2020, Abenaki Beadwork, and gallery talk in new exhibition “Deep Roots, Strong Branches.”
Bring a picnic and enjoy the the day with us!
Presented by Vermont Abenaki Artists Association and Abenaki Arts & Education Center.
We have an exciting list of vendors and presenters this year!
Presentations
- Frederick M. Wiseman, Ph. D. Vermont Abenaki from 1790 – 2000
- Margaret Bruchac, Ph. D. Earthmakers and Place: Native History and Deep Time
- Vera Sheehan – Deep Roots, Strong Branches Gallery talk
Ongoing Activities
- Doug Bent and Chief Shirly Hook – Animal tracks activity (Ongoing)
- Children’s Abenaki Play Area (Ongoing)
- Arts Marketplace (see vendors/artists list below)
- Special Exhibit: Deep Roots, Strong Branches
Cultural Tables
- Abenaki Cultural Conservancy
- Margaret Bruchac – Book Table
- Vermont Abenaki Artists Association
- Abenaki Arts & Education Center
Arts Marketplace
- Paul-Rene Tamburro and Andrea Tamburro – jewelry, publications, cultural objects
- Linda Sheehan – jewelry made from wampum
- Roger Sheehan (Saturday only)
- Patrick and Morgan Lamphere – Wood work, stone work
- Chief Shirly Hook, Doug Bent, Koasek Tribe – publications
- Kerry Wood: Ash Splint Baskets (Saturday only)
- Mike Descoteaux/Pat Leno: Drums, rattles, beadwork, jewelry
- Chief Don Stevens, Nulhegan Tribe – cultural information
- Liz Charlesbois – Birchbark bittenwork jewelry
June 14 – 15, 2025, Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Vergennes, VT.
Lake Champlain Maritime Museum celebrates Abenaki Heritage Weekend. WCAX. 2024.
Kchi Wliwni (A Big Thank You) to our Supporters, Patrons, and Sponsors
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