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SUMMARY:Indigenous Peoples' Day Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Elnu Abenaki and the Atowi Project invites you to join a community celebration of Indigenous Peoples’ Day on Monday\, October 13 from 12-4pm at the Retreat Farm’s North Barn. \nThe celebration will feature songs\, storytelling\, and demonstrations by Indigenous artists. The gathering is free and the public is very welcome\, by intention! Indigenous-inspired food from Taste of Wantastegok will be available by donation. \n \nThis celebration is supported in part by the Vermont Humanities. \nLocation: Retreat Farm\, 45 Farmhouse Square (Rt. 30)\, Brattleboro\, VT 05301 \nFacebook event listing here.
URL:https://abenakiart.org/event/indigenous-peoples-day-celebration/
LOCATION:Retreat Farm\, 400 Linden Street\, Brattleboro\, VT\, 05301\, United States
CATEGORIES:Abenaki,Abenaki History,Atowi Project,Elnu Abenaki Tribe,Indigeanous,Indigenous Peoples Day
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SUMMARY:Something of Value:  Exploring the 1790- 2010 Indigenous Vermont Experience.
DESCRIPTION:The Culminating Public Event of National Wildlife Refuge Week.\nMissisquoi Wildlife Refuge Headquarters\, 29 Tabor Road\, Swanton\, VT \n9:30 AM-4:00 PM. October 12\, 2025\nIntroduction to the Event \nScholars have neglected the last two centuries of the Vermont Indian story\, leading to the belief that the state’s Native community had emigrated to Canada. But since a seminal gathering of Native tradition bearers in Burlington in May 2023\, dedicated Vermont Abenakis have taken an abandoned history\, anthropology and ecology into their own hands\, — delving into government documents\, collecting historic baskets and beadwork\, and retrieving family memories. Others repatriate this knowledge by growing heritage crops in traditional Vermont Indian ways\, curating Indian artifact collections\, writing this\nmaterial down for posterity\, and creating new\, heritage-based art. This remarkable information was recently introduced to the public in Something of Value\, Dr. Frederick Wiseman’s new book\, available for purchase from the Wildlife Refuge. \nThis gathering updates Dr. Wiseman’s previous Abenaki Tribal training programs at the Wildlife Refuge in the summer of 2023 — augmented by new discoveries in genealogy\, history\, social structure\, community governance and settlement patterns. The program will consist of dynamic PowerPoint lectures\, detailed and evocative imagery\, ancestral music\, and impromptu discussion with attending tradition bearers. Some stories are ethnically definitive\, such as a 1906 newborn’s\, birth certificate unequivocally bestowing a Vermont-state certified “Indian” racial identity. Other stories are poignant\, such as the “Abenaki Lullaby” tearfully recognized during a 2014 performance by an elder who had once heard it as an infant during the Great Depression. Some stories are intellectually radical stories include the discovery of a mid-19 th century American Abenaki art style and unearthing a complex 20th century Indigenous social structure. \nImplications \nUnder the discriminatory criteria regarding Native American identity in North America\, ethnic legitimacy flows from documented Native American genealogy\, historical cultural continuity\, ancestral cultural competency\, Indigenous community structure and ancestral governance. The vast information landscape encompassing Vermont Indian ethnicity\, history\, culture and ecology has been carefully sampled\, curated and organized by Dr. Wiseman to offer a comprehensive introduction to compelling evidence and direct certification of resident Vermont Indigeneity – a certainty that has been needed by the settler and Indigenous communities to restore and maintain intercultural respect\, peace and tranquility. The presentations are underwritten by curated primary document and museum artifact research collections available for viewing and new works of fiction\, and peer-reviewed academic publications available for purchase. There will be also be opportunities for direct\, on-site encounters with these foundational Vermont Indian artifacts\, imagery\, official documents\, and corroborating literature on the American Abenaki experience. The educational program will also provide opportunities for Q & A and discussion. \nThe Missisquoi Wildlife Refuge Program \n9:30 Welcome\, Coffee & Donuts\nWelcome from community leaders\, meet and greet tradition bearers\, and have a light breakfast. \n10:00-11:00 Introduction: What is a Vermont Indian?\nDiscussion of the records of historical indigeneity in Vermont state and federal certificates and other documents. Primary source material such as birth certificates\, Selective Service registration cards\, Eugenics records; prison and medical records\, and death certificates will be shared and explained. Examples of these important records are illustrated in the Vermont Birth\, Eugenics\, & death records: the revolution documents booklet available for sale. \n11:00-12:00 Traces of an Indian Past: 1790-1970\nDiscussion of the written and testimonial record of resident Vermont people believing\, making and doing “Indian things” in the 19th and 20th centuries. This historical material includes an indigenous Vermont language\, apparently independent from Canadian Abenaki\, 19th and 20th century basketmaking\, hunting\, fishing\, architecture\, and other minor activities. We also consider the physical and graphic record of cultural continuity\, much of it referred to in Vermont Indigenous Material Culture\, Abenaki Beadwork\, and the in-press\, Abenaki Basketry which will be available for sale. \n12:00- ca. 1:00 PM Lunch Break “Lunch on your own.” Suggestions for takeout and delivery available. \n1:00-2:00 A Modern Vermont Indigenous Year\, ca. 2010.\nAn introduction to the regionally unique horticultural/ceremonial calendar that has\npersisted in Vermont and nearly New Hampshire until today\, including unique landrace seeds\, field preparation\, planting\, and crops\, as well as calendrical and horticultural ceremonies\, such as the Forgiveness Moon solstice-adjacent ritual\, and the Field Blessing\, Green Corn\, and Harvest Ceremonies. This distinctive Vermont biocultural experience is\nplaced in a larger regional context in The Seven Sisters… book\, also available\nfor sale in the MWR Headquarters gift shop. \n2:00-3:00 The Vermont Indian Community: 1900-2010\nA discussion of new insights into traditional 19th and 20th century American Abenaki community structure\, governance\, organization and settlement geography. Distinctive regional Indigenous sub-communities include forest camps\, tourist-adapted encampments\, complex linear arrays of tiny rural settlements and dispersed and\nconcentrated settlements within Euroamerican villages. To find more interesting detail on these Vermont Indigenous communities\, refer to Chapter V in Something of Value. \n3:00-4:00 Book Signing for Dr. Wiseman’s Something of Value Book.\nThis is the time to meet and greet Vermont Abenaki Tradition bearers\, to examine historical arti-facts up close\, and to purchase informational materials on the American\nAbenakis of Vermont. \nSupported in part by Vermont Humanities \n \nDownload Flyer Here
URL:https://abenakiart.org/event/something-of-value-exploring-the-1790-2010-indigenous-vermont-experience/
LOCATION:Vermont History Center\, 60 Washington Street\, Suite 1\, Barre\, VT\, 06541\, United States
CATEGORIES:Abenaki,Abenaki History,American Abenaki,Historical Talk,Indigenous Peoples Day,Native American History,Speaker Series
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SUMMARY:Traces of the Past\, Vermont Indigenous Material Culture
DESCRIPTION:STONE LANGUAGE – An American Abenaki Bioculture Seminar Series \n10:00 AM-3:30 PM\nCommunity Room\, The Vermont History Center 60 Washington St.\, Barre\, VT \nUpcoming seminar schedule: \n\nOctober 11\, 2025. Something of Value: The Vermont Abenakis\, 1790-1970\nNovember 8\, 2025. Always in Fashion: Wabanaki clothing & Body Adornment\nDecember 13\, 2025\, The Abenaki Cultural Conservancy Collection\n2026 TOPICS TBA – Hold these dates: January 10\, February 14\, April 11\, and May 9\n\n<———-> \nJoin Dr. Frederick Wiseman as he premieres “Traces of the Past\,” a review of 1790-1870 Vermont Indigenous decorative arts and tools. He will detail the new state-of-the-art “Stone Language” Indigenous approach to understanding the past through the guided consideration of an object’s material\, form\, decoration\, and use-wear. \nDr. Wiseman will illustrate the technical tools of the material culture scientist\, such as microscopes\, colorimetry\, and image analysis that are now implements used in Native ways to serve Indigenous purposes such and determini9ng ethnic authenticity\, ancient land settlement patterns\, and cultural revival. \nIt will focus on the newest of the VT Indigenous Heritage Center Technical Report\, specifically deployed to document unbroken culture continuity in the Green Mountain State. \nThere will be an opportunity for a guided tour of the Abenaki Cultural Conservancy collection in the Vermont History Center\, as well as a chance to purchase the “Traces” booklet and other important publications regarding the Vermont Abenaki community. \n  \n 
URL:https://abenakiart.org/event/traces-of-the-past-vermont-indigenous-material-culture/
LOCATION:Vermont History Center\, 60 Washington Street\, Suite 1\, Barre\, VT\, 06541\, United States
CATEGORIES:Abenaki,Abenaki History,Archaeology,Curatorial Talk,Historical Talk,Native American History
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250615T130000
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SUMMARY:Earthshapers & Placemakers: Abenaki History in Deep Time
DESCRIPTION:The physical layout of the Abenaki territory we call “Ndakinna” includes multiple waterways\, valleys\, mountains\, rock formations\, etc. that shape the contours of the land. Many of these are still known by locative terms\, in the Abenaki language\, that describe their physical details. Some places are also known through oral traditions that reference ancient events like glaciation\, species evolution\, and climate change\, encoded in stories of other-than-human “earthshapers.” This talk considers how these stories expand our understandings of the time-depth of Abenaki history in this region\, and continue to shape our relations to this landscape\, past and present. \nDr. Margaret M. Bruchac (Nulhegan Abenaki) is Professor Emerita of Anthropology and founder of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Initiative at the University of Pennsylvania. Her research\nfocuses on oral traditions\, museum collections\, and cultural heritage\, and she directs “The Wampum Trail\,” a project designed to reconnect wampum belts in museums with their related Indigenous communities. Dr. Bruchac is also a member of the Great Lakes Research Alliance for the Study of Aboriginal Arts and Culture. She has long served as a consultant to New England museums\, including Historic Deerfield\, Historic Northampton\, the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association\, and Old Sturbridge Village. Her book Savage Kin: Indigenous Informants and American Anthropologists (University of Arizona Press 2018) was the winner of the inaugural Council for Museum Anthropology Book Award. \nSponsored by: Abenaki Alliance\, New England Foundation for the Arts\, Vermont Humanities\, and The Vermont Arts Council
URL:https://abenakiart.org/event/earthshapers-placemakers-abenaki-history-in-deep-time/
LOCATION:Lake Champlain Maritime Museum\, 4472 Basin Harbor Road\, Vergennes\, VT\, 05491\, United States
CATEGORIES:Abenaki,Abenaki Heritage Weekend,Abenaki History,Historical Talk,Uncategorized
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250614T130000
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SUMMARY:Something of Value: the Vermont Abenaki community 1790 - 2020
DESCRIPTION:Join Dr. Frederick Wiseman as he premieres his new book “Something of Value: The Vermont Abenaki experience: 1790-2020.” Using the twin concepts of cultural continuity and cultural competency\, it is a brief\, peer-reviewed introduction to the little-known genealogy\, history\, arts\, gardening\, architecture\, and social organization of the Vermont Abenaki community.\nBuilding on Wiseman’s 35 years of research in regional Indigenous history\, this book adds unheard voices and new discoveries from Vermont Indigenous tradition-keepers. Combining copies of historic documents\, images and original artifacts with a PowerPoint lecture\, Wiseman will suggest that the 21st century Vermont Abenaki cultural-historical narrative as sometimes presented in the news\, public programming\, and online needs serious revision. This groundbreaking little book points the way. Dr. Wiseman will be signing copies after the program. \nSponsored by: Abenaki Alliance\, New England Foundation for the Arts\, Vermont Humanities\, and The Vermont Arts Council \nCome early and enjoy the Abenaki Heritage weekend!
URL:https://abenakiart.org/event/something-of-value-the-vermont-abenaki-community-1790-2020/
LOCATION:Lake Champlain Maritime Museum\, 4472 Basin Harbor Road\, Vergennes\, VT\, 05491\, United States
CATEGORIES:Abenaki,Abenaki Heritage Weekend,Abenaki History,Historical Talk,Indigeanous,Uncategorized
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250614T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250615T160000
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SUMMARY:Native American Arts Marketplace
DESCRIPTION:Native American Arts Marketplace presented by Vermont Abenaki Artists Association at Abenaki Heritage Weekend\, June 14-15 at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum\, Vergennes\, VT. Admission FREE. Featured arts include jewelry\, wampum\, baskets\, stonework\, woodworking and more. Explore Abenaki perspectives on life in the Champlain Valley with storytelling\, drumming\, and singing by citizens of the Elnu\, Nulhegan\, Koasek\, and Missisquoi Abenaki Tribes. Bring a picnic and lunch while you listen. \nSponsored by: Abenaki Alliance\, New England Foundation for the Arts\, Vermont Humanities\, and The Vermont Arts Council
URL:https://abenakiart.org/event/native-american-arts-marketplace/
LOCATION:Lake Champlain Maritime Museum\, 4472 Basin Harbor Road\, Vergennes\, VT\, 05491\, United States
CATEGORIES:Abenaki,Abenaki Heritage Weekend,Abenaki History,Art Exhibit,Arts Marketplace,Curatorial Talk,Exhibit,Gallery Talk,Indigeanous,Storytelling
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250518T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251020T160000
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SUMMARY:Deep Roots\, Strong Branches - Exhibit
DESCRIPTION:Deep Roots\, Strong Branches – The American Abenaki \nAbenaki people have lived in N’Dakinna (our Homeland) for more than 12\,000 years. Abenaki culture is a complex network of people\, places\, relationships and ceremonies that links the people with the living land. \nLocated in the Museum’s Schoolhouse Gallery\, this exhibit presents artwork and stories by the American Abenaki people. The museum is open daily from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Admission is free. \n  \n \nVermont Abenaki Artists Association is supported by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ Cultural Sustainability program\, made possible by the Wallace Foundation.\n  \n 
URL:https://abenakiart.org/event/deep-roots-strong-branches-exhibit/
LOCATION:Lake Champlain Maritime Museum\, 4472 Basin Harbor Road\, Vergennes\, VT\, 05491\, United States
CATEGORIES:Abenaki,Abenaki History,Art Exhibit,Deep Roots,Deep Roots Strong Branches,Healing & Resilience,Native American History,Strong Branches,Uncategorized
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250510T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250510T150000
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SUMMARY:SOMETHING OF VALUE; The Vermont Abenakis\, 1790-2020
DESCRIPTION:The Vermont Abenakis\, 1790-2020 \nGiven the apparent confusion regarding the ethnicity\, history\, social organization and cultural competence of the four Vermont State-recognized tribes\, Abenaki Recognition and Heritage Week\, 2024 may be good time to reflect upon an aboriginal presence in Vermont. \nThrough PowerPoint lecture and demonstration\, author Dr. Frederick Wiseman will address the ethnicity of this presence first through an introduction to five classes of 20th century Vermont and Federal documents that acknowledge an identified and accepted resident mixed-race Indian population. The second section of the program introduces the 1790-1970 written\, graphic\, artifactual and testimonial history concerning resident Vermonters making\, doing\, saying\, and believing regionally distinctive things accepted by academic scholars as “Indian.” \nThe penultimate section explores dimensions of resident\, aboriginal 21st century cultural competency\, by discussing a case study of regionally distinctive horticultural practice\, including crops\, planting\, nurture\, harvest and associated ritual. The final section asks the question “Is this presence an aboriginal community?” in the way suggested by Federal Indian Acknowledgement statute 25 CFR Part 83.11. \nWe explore dispersed\, linear\, and nucleated 20th century settlement patterns occupied by a set of regionally distinctive\, aboriginal-style kinship-based social organizations with autonomous egalitarian governance. The presentation concludes with a discussion of Vermont Indigenous community assets\, including museum installations\, peer-reviewed scholarly works\, popular books & graphic novels\, YouTube videos\, and public programs. \nThere will be photo opportunities with artifacts\, government documents and images\, as well as time for questions and answer. \nFor more information\, contact Dr. Wiseman at: wisem@vtlink.net
URL:https://abenakiart.org/event/something-of-value-the-vermont-abenakis-1790-2020/
LOCATION:Vermont History Center\, 60 Washington Street\, Suite 1\, Barre\, VT\, 06541\, United States
CATEGORIES:Abenaki,Abenaki History
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250423T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250423T180000
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SUMMARY:An Evening with the Vermont Abenaki
DESCRIPTION:Please join the Vermont Commission on Native American Affairs to learn about the state’s Tribal Recognition process and the Vermont Abenaki in their own words. \nWhen: April 23\, 2025 from 4:30-6:00 PM\nWhere: Vermont Statehouse\, Room 11
URL:https://abenakiart.org/event/an-evening-with-the-vermont-abenaki/
LOCATION:Vermont Statehouse\, 115 State Street\, Montpelier\, VT\, 05633\, United States
CATEGORIES:Abenaki,Abenaki History
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241123T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241124T160000
DTSTAMP:20260614T020315
CREATED:20241030T160539Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241030T223824Z
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SUMMARY:Traditional Legging Workshop
DESCRIPTION:This workshop\, led by Linda Longtoe Sheehan\, will teach participants how to make and decorate a pair of traditional\, eastern woodlands leggings.  \nIf you are interested in joining\, please register with the following link: https://forms.gle/LoaaWyJjdqQV46yGA  \nAs always\, please feel free to share these events with others\, and don’t forgot to sign up for the Atowi’s new email list to stay up to date on upcoming Elnu & Atowi events!  \nClick here to fill out the form: https://forms.gle/yeSqdhgTggSz4TQ38 Let me know if you have any questions or issues accessing anything\, and I hope we will see you at some of these events!
URL:https://abenakiart.org/event/traditional-legging-workshop/
LOCATION:Elnu Tribal Center at Wantastegok\, 350 Putney Road\, Brattleboro\, VT\, 05301\, United States
CATEGORIES:Abenaki,Abenaki History,Atowi Project,Uncategorized,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241024T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241024T193000
DTSTAMP:20260614T020315
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LAST-MODIFIED:20241024T173340Z
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SUMMARY:Speaker Series: Encountering Ndakinna: Reconsidering Abenaki History in Vermont and New Hampshire
DESCRIPTION:New Speaker Series Zoom Presentation: Encountering Ndakinna: Reconsidering Abenaki History in Vermont and New Hampshire \nIndigenous histories are deeply rooted in northern New England\, particularly in present-day Vermont and New Hampshire\, a region collectively known to Abenaki people as Ndakinna (“our homeland”). Early colonial explorers recognized the abundant natural resources that made this territory so hospitable\, but failed to recognize the complexities of Abenaki foodways and lifeways. The inherently fluid and flexible structure of family bands\, the seasonal nature of homesites\, and the ready access to travel routes enabled people to strategically relocate as needed to gather resources\, adapt to climatic change\, and evade conflict. In the late 1600s\, in the aftermath of King Philip’s War\, many Native refugees from the middle Connecticut River valley relocated northward in diaspora\, seeking refuge in Abenaki territory. During the French and Indian Wars\, some Abenaki and other Native refugees joined new inter-tribal settlements organized around French Catholic missions\, further confusing the picture of the past. During the late 1700s\, provincial governors\, soldiers\, land speculators\, and settlers alike colluded in re-writing regional history by promoting the notion that colonial settlers were the first permanent inhabitants and Abenaki people were wanderers who had abandoned the territory. This talk features new research into archaeological records\, historical archives\, and other sources that document Abenaki persistence and survivance\, despite past and present attempts at erasure. \nDr. Margaret M. Bruchac (Nulhegan Abenaki) – in her multi-modal career as a performer\, ethnographer\, historian\, and museum consultant – has long been committed to critical analyses of colonial histories and recoveries of Indigenous histories. She holds a BA in Theater and History from Smith College\, and a PhD from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. At the University of Pennsylvania\, Dr. Bruchac is Professor Emerita of Anthropology\, founder of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Initiative\, and Associate Faculty in the Penn Cultural Heritage Center (https://anthropology.sas.upenn.edu/people/margaret-bruchac). Her research has been supported by grants from the American Philosophical Society (2011)\, School for Advanced Research (2012)\, and Mellon Foundation (2021)\, among others. Since 2014\, she has directed “The Wampum Trail\,” a restorative research project designed to reconnect wampum belts in museum collections with their related Indigenous communities (https://wampumtrail.wordpress.com/). Bruchac is also a member of the Great Lakes Research Alliance for the Study of Aboriginal Arts and Culture. She has long served as a consultant to New England museums\, including Historic Northampton\, Historic Deerfield\, the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association\, and Old Sturbridge Village. Her book Savage Kin: Indigenous Informants and American Anthropologists (University of Arizona Press 2018) was the winner of the inaugural Council for Museum Anthropology Book Award (https://uapress.arizona.edu/book/savage-kin). \nClick here to register and receive your link to the webinar.
URL:https://abenakiart.org/event/speaker-series-encountering-ndakinna-reconsidering-abenaki-history-in-vermont-and-new-hampshire/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Abenaki,Abenaki History,Archaeology,Bridging Perspectives,Speaker Series,Uncategorized,Webinar,Zoom Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240824T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240825T150000
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SUMMARY:Green Corn Celebration at The Fort at No.4
DESCRIPTION:The Green Corn Celebration is this weekend at the Fort at No 4. Come visit with Chief Roger Longtoe and many others as they tell the story of how and why the settlers at the Fort at No 4 and the native Abenaki forged relationships. Open at 10 am\, Saturday and Sunday.\n\n<—>\n\nCome back Saturday evening from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm for the Green Corn Celebration! This special event invites you to hear the blessing of the harvest\, welcome in the renewal of the year\, and celebrate with a communal meal. Meal will be in the courtyard\, weather permitting! Special ticket required. Available at https://www.fortat4.org/event…/green-corn-celebration\n\n<—>\n\nThe Green Corn Celebration is a traditional Native American event that marks the beginning of the corn harvest. This is a time of renewal\, purification\, and thanks giving.  It reinforces and solidifies the community’s connection to the land\, their ancestors and traditions.  Chief Roger Longtoe will bless the harvest and the shared meal we will have.
URL:https://abenakiart.org/event/abenaki-and-friends-at-the-trading-post/
LOCATION:The Fort at No. 4\, 267 Springfield Rd\, Charlestown\, NH\, 03603\, United States
CATEGORIES:Abenaki,Abenaki History
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SUMMARY:2024 Abenaki Land Link Project Heritage Festival
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to the 2024 Abenaki Land Link Project Heritage Festival! \nThe event will take place on Saturday\, August 10th at The Wheeler Homestead on 1100 Dorset Street\, South Burlington\, Vermont from 11 am-3 pm. \n All parking will be at 400 Swift Street (The Islamic Society)…across the street. \nCome join us at Common Roots’ Wheeler Homestead for a day filled with cultural celebrations\, traditional performances\, and delicious food. This event aims to honor and preserve the rich history and heritage of the Abenaki people. Immerse yourself in our interactive exhibits\, workshops\, and storytelling sessions. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to learn about the customs and traditions of the Abenaki tribe. Bring your family and friends for a fun and educational experience at our festival!
URL:https://abenakiart.org/event/2024-abenaki-land-link-project-heritage-festival/
LOCATION:Wheeler Homestead\, 1100 Dorset Street\, South Burlington\, VT\, 05403\, United States
CATEGORIES:Abenaki,Abenaki History,Heritage Celebration
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240803T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240803T140000
DTSTAMP:20260614T020315
CREATED:20240516T190103Z
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SUMMARY:Abenaki Day - Honor Those Who Came Before
DESCRIPTION:Abenaki Day – Abenaki: People of the Dawn Land\nAugust 3\, 2024 10:00 am to 2:00 pm \nAbenaki Alliance\, Tucker Mountain Town Forest & Newbury Historical Society Honor Those Who Came Before \nAt the East Entrance Lawn (By the Parking Lot) \nBring Friends\, Family and a Picnic Lunch! \n11:00 AM Performance by Abenaki Singer-Songwriter Bryan Blanchette \n\nSample Abenaki Foods & Watch Pit Cooking\nLearn About Abenaki Culture & History\nAppreciate Native Americans’ Sacred Connections to the Land and Forests\nMeet Vermont Abenaki Chiefs\nLearn to Start Fires with Flint
URL:https://abenakiart.org/event/abenaki-day-honor-those-who-came-before/
LOCATION:Tucker Mountain Town Forest\, 1576 Tucker Mountain Road\, West Newbury\, VT\, 05040\, United States
CATEGORIES:Abenaki,Abenaki History
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240709T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240709T210000
DTSTAMP:20260614T020315
CREATED:20240626T194702Z
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SUMMARY:Stone Tool Discussion with Gail Golec
DESCRIPTION:Gail Golec has been a professional archaeologist for over 20 years\, working primarily in the Middle Connecticut River Valley of New Hampshire and Vermont. Some of her recent work includes the Recovering Black History of the Monadnock Region project and the Bellows Falls Petroglyph project for which she works closely with Elnu and other Abenaki citizens.\n\nAligned with much of her field experience\, Gail will be providing a presentation on local ground stone tools. Beginning at 6:30pm\, the event will consist of a brief slide-presentation and lecture. Participants will also have the opportunity to see local stone tool artifacts and handle replicas.\n\n\nRegistration link: https://forms.gle/J2mV4t6WwNRgywgr8
URL:https://abenakiart.org/event/stone-tool-discussion-with-gail-golec/
LOCATION:Elnu Tribal Center at Wantastegok\, 350 Putney Road\, Brattleboro\, VT\, 05301\, United States
CATEGORIES:Abenaki History,Archaeology
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ORGANIZER;CN="Atowi Project":MAILTO:rich@atowi.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240608T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240608T160000
DTSTAMP:20260614T020315
CREATED:20240521T154443Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240521T154443Z
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SUMMARY:History Alive at KEMP PARK!
DESCRIPTION:History Alive at KEMP PARK in Hillsboro\, New Hampshire! Begin your summer by the Contoocook River on a very exciting Saturday\, June 8\, 2024 from 9 am to 4. \nNOTE: June 7th  from 8:30 to 4:00 \nThe morning is dedicated to Hillsborough-Deering school students. The afternoon will be open to homeschoolers and the public. \nClick here to view the schedule and to purchase tickets.
URL:https://abenakiart.org/event/history-alive-at-kemp-park/
LOCATION:Kemp Park\, 21 River Street\, Hillsboro\, NH\, 03244\, United States
CATEGORIES:Abenaki,Abenaki History
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240224T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240224T150000
DTSTAMP:20260614T020315
CREATED:20240213T162252Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240221T165425Z
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SUMMARY:Presentation: History of the Abenaki in Vermont and New Hampshire
DESCRIPTION:February 24th at 1pm at the Nulhegan Education and Cultural Center located at 26 School Rd\, Derby Line\, VT 05830\,  (The Old Holland School) Dr. Bob Goodby will present “History of the Abenaki in Vermont and New Hampshire.”  Dr. Goodby is a professor at Franklin Pierce University\,   He holds a Ph.D in anthropology from Brown University and has spent more than 30 years studying Native American archeological sites in New England. \nIf you are not able to attend in person\, please use the following ZOOM link. Note that recording will not be allowed during this presentation. \nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/84291147018?pwd=PazVDva3NyXaimeTiluMaE8ZVRryPC.1 \nMeeting ID: 842 9114 7018\nPasscode: 858792 \n 
URL:https://abenakiart.org/event/history-of-the-abenaki-in-vermont-and-new-hampshire/
LOCATION:Nulhegan Educational and Cultural Center\, 26 School Road\, Derby Line\, VT\, 05830\, United States
CATEGORIES:Abenaki,Abenaki History
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