Two-Eyed Speaker Series – Kwanitekw (Connecticut River): The Sustainer of Life
ZOOMTwo-Eyed Seeing Speaker Series Zoom Event
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Joe Bruchac: Abenaki story teller, writer, poet-laureate
Stone Valley Arts 145 E Main St, Poultney, VT, United StatesAcclaimed Abenaki storyteller and musician Joseph Bruchac will present three events in the Lakes Region on Saturday, July 29. The events are part of Celebrating Abenaki Art, Heritage, and Culture at Stone Valley Arts in Poultney, where an art show of eight Abenaki artists is on display through Sunday, July 30th until the close of ... Read more
“Who is a “Legal” Indian? – Navigating Federal and State Laws in the US and Canada with Paul-René Tamburro
ZOOM"Who is a “Legal” Indian? - Navigating Federal and State Laws in the US and Canada" with Paul-René Tamburro. This thought-provoking session addresses the ongoing struggle for individuals to assert their right to declare and determine their own cultural identity, seeking equitable representation within larger mainstream communities and governmental entities. Navigating Federal and State Laws ... Read more
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Intergenerational Trauma: Healing and Resilience with Andrea Tamburro, MSW, Ed. D.
ZOOMIntergenerational Trauma: Healing and Resilience with Andrea Tamburro, MSW, Ed. D. This 60-minute Zoom program provides a space to discuss the enduring impact of colonization, which triggers both past and current struggles for Native American individuals and families, with a particular focus on the Abenaki and other Northeastern tribes. Together, we aim to foster a deeper ... Read more
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Joseph Bruchac to Launch New Book Called Dawn Land
ZOOMJoseph Bruchac to Launch New Book Called Dawn Land - Mark you calendar now! You don't want to miss this ZOOM presentation by this nationally acclaimed Abenaki author. Remembering The Dawn Land: A presentation on the historical novel Dawn Land by its author, Joseph Bruchac The area we now refer to as Western New England ... Read more
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Inoculating Whiteness: Settler Colonialism, Whiteness, & Infectious Diseases in Sheet’ka – Adam Kersch, Ph.D.
ZOOMWhen colonizers arrived in Sheet'ka (Sitka, Alaska), the homeland of the Tlingit people, they imported devastating infectious diseases. Russian and Euro-American colonizers' writings describe these diseases as a marker of colonizers' self-assumed superiority. Colonizers saw vaccines as introducing a material part of European technology that would ultimately lead to Tlingit people's acceptance of Russian and ... Read more
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Hunting and Fishing: A Case Study in Cultural Continuity – Frederick M. Wiseman, Ph.D.
ZOOMHunting and Fishing: A Case Study in Cultural Continuity - Frederick M. Wiseman, PhD. American Abenaki people in Vermont were and are culturally competent in many types of Indigenous hunting ... Read more
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Speaker Series: An Indigenous Perspective on Nature: Working Together as Allies
WebinarNew Speaker Series Zoom Presentation: An Indigenous Perspective on Nature: Working Together as Allies Author and storyteller Randy Kritkausky, a federally enrolled tribal member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation who lives in Vermont, writes about awakening to Native American spiritual teachings. He has come to regard owls, coy-wolves, and the forest enveloping his home as ... Read more
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Speaker Series: Encountering Ndakinna: Reconsidering Abenaki History in Vermont and New Hampshire
WebinarNew Speaker Series Zoom Presentation: Encountering Ndakinna: Reconsidering Abenaki History in Vermont and New Hampshire Indigenous 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 ... Read more
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