Nebizun: Water is Life Abenaki Teach-In (Teacher Training)
Join Abenaki Arts & Education Center educators for a full-day workshop in Vergennes, VT. Supported in part by Vermont Humanities.
Vermont Abenaki Artists Association
Honoring Abenaki history, culture, and art since 2013.
Join Abenaki Arts & Education Center educators for a full-day workshop in Vergennes, VT. Supported in part by Vermont Humanities.
Curator Vera Longtoe Sheehan will present Nebizun: Water is Life, an exhibit which explores the Abenaki relationship to water. The exhibit is presented in partnership with the Vermont Abenaki Artists Association and the Abenaki Arts & Education Center. Light refreshments will be served in the Grandma Moses Schoolhouse, adjacent to the exhibit. Included with admission.
Curator Vera Longtoe Sheehan will present a Nebizun: Water is Life Gallery Talk about the exhibit which explores the Abenaki relationship to water. The exhibit is presented in partnership with the Vermont Abenaki Artists Association and the Abenaki Arts & Education Center.
Nebizun: Water is Life draws its inspiration from Native American Grandmothers who have been doing water walks to pray for the water, and the 50th anniversary of the Clean Water Act.
Registration Required: https://forms.gle/cWmqQy3eJtHax4wY9 Join Abenaki Arts & Education Center educators for a full-day workshop on August 4, 2023, in Warner, NH. 10 am to 4 pm. Interactive, media-rich content will be used to expose/introduce teachers to 12,000 years of Abenaki history with 21st-century civic engagement. Participants will pursue a deeper understanding of the region’s diversity ... Read more
Nebizun: Water is Life May 1 to October 15, 2024 Nebizun (alternately spelled Nebizon) 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 of fish ... Read more
Nebizun (alternately spelled Nebizon) 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 of fish and other wildlife that is necessary to our way of ... Read more