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SUMMARY:Seminar Series: The Abenaki Cultural Conservancy Collection
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\n2026 TOPICS TBA – Hold these dates: January 10\, February 14\, April 11\, and May 9\n\n<———-> \nDecember’s seminar will be a focused discussion of the Conservancy collection in the Vermont History Center by its founder\, Dr. Fred Wiseman\, who will discuss its history and the cultural  learning that happened along the way in the accumulation of this important material heritage and legacy.  This collection covers a little known culture region — Vermont\, New Hampshire and Western Maine; and time period (mostly 1790-1970) — and so the joys and pitfalls of working in an intellectual vacuum will be explored. \nOver the decades\, Dr. Wiseman found that provenance\, the documented origin (place of original use) became the most important attribute of an object sitting in an antique dealers shop or the auction block. As time went on\, through a process of acquisition\, study and reselling questionable items\, Wiseman began to see patterns and similarities that demonstrated a regional “American Abenaki Style” in items such as beadwork and basketry\, as well as the documented historical presence of more cosmopolitan indigenous items such as basketry fish traps\, and “Niagara-style” beadwork that confirm a culturally complex Indian presence in the region. \nRecently the collection has emerged as a bedrock source of Vermont Abenaki pride in their history and culture in a time when these precious commodities are under assault.  There will be time for discussion during and after the introductory PowerPoint lecture and examinations of the collection in the Historical Society’s Research and Exhibition Gallery.
URL:https://abenakiart.org/event/seminar-series-the-abenaki-cultural-conservancy-collection/
LOCATION:Vermont History Center\, 60 Washington Street\, Suite 1\, Barre\, VT\, 06541\, United States
CATEGORIES:Abenaki,American Abenaki,Speaker Series
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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\, &amp; 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: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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SUMMARY:Speaker Series: An Indigenous Perspective on Nature: Working Together as Allies
DESCRIPTION:New Speaker Series Zoom Presentation: An Indigenous Perspective on Nature: Working Together as Allies \nAuthor 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 teachers. As young and old alike struggle to make sense of the “new abnormal” of floods and violent windstorms in Vermont\, Randy finds inspiration and hope by bridging mainstream and Indigenous thinking about environmental issues. Indigenous communities and other-than-human kin show us opportunities to heal the planet’s ecosystems by learning to “listen” to one another more respectfully.  Such a journey is open to those in the mainstream as well as those with Native American heritage who hunger for a deeper understanding of what is going on in the natural world that surrounds us. Learn how we do this together. \nClick here to register in advance to receive your invitation and link for the event.
URL:https://abenakiart.org/event/speaker-series-an-indigenous-perspective-on-nature-working-together-as-allies/
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Abenaki,Bridging Perspectives,Environment,Speaker Series,Uncategorized,Zoom Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240502T183000
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SUMMARY:Hunting and Fishing: A Case Study in Cultural Continuity - Frederick M. Wiseman\, Ph.D.
DESCRIPTION: Hunting and Fishing: A Case Study in Cultural Continuity – Frederick M. Wiseman\, PhD. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAmerican Abenaki people in Vermont were and are culturally competent in many types of Indigenous hunting and trapping techniques as well as the use of traditional hunting spirituality. They have used sophisticated Native American technologies such as canoes and snowshoes to get to hunting grounds\, stayed in the field in wigwams or tents\, fished with spears and handlines\, hunted and killed game with lances\, bows\, and guns\, and brought it back to camp for processing. Wiseman presents abundant evidence of these activities in the form of objects\, tools\, historic photographs\, family stories and distinctive skills passed down through generations of Abenaki families all with good documented historical Vermont provenance. \n\n\n\nDr. Wiseman trained as a Paleoethnobotanist at the University of Arizona’s Laboratory for Paleoenvironmental Studies and has done botanical\, phytogeographic and ethnobotanical fieldwork in the American Southwest and Northwestern Mexico. After serving as Assistant Professor of Biogeography in the Department of Geography and Anthropology at Louisiana State University and as Principal Research Scientist at the MIT Center for Materials Research in Archaeology and Ethnology\, where he taught courses on the ecology of the rise of Indigenous American Civilization\, Wiseman returned to his Vermont roots\, to teach and do research at the former Johnson State College until his retirement as Professor and Department Chair in 2014.  Since 1987\, he has focused on the Indigenous Wabanaki people of the far Northeast\, having published popular and academic books\, curricula and film on modern Indigenous culture\, prehistoric archaeology\, and Contact Period ethnohistory\, politics and technology. \n\n\n\nHe was instrumental in the research and political advocacy that led to four Vermont Indigenous bands being recognized by the State of Vermont\, for which Wiseman was awarded the first Lifetime Achievement Award by the Vermont Abenaki Artists Association. In 2018\, Wiseman was honored for his work in Wabanaki revitalization in a special ceremony at Indian Township\, Maine. Daniel Nolette\, executive Director of the Odanak First Nation’s tribal government\, recently “praised Wiseman’s work” (“A false narrative….\,” Vtdigger.org\, 11/14/2023)\, and on 11/30/2023 Odanak Chief Rick Obomsawin invited him to present his work to the Tribe. \n\n\n\nHis experience in Wabanaki and ethnobotanical studies have been brought to bear on the archaeological and Colonial Period ecology and subsistence of Northeastern Indigenous peoples and their neighbors. With his help\, Northeastern Native Communities from Maryland to New Brunswick are reviving their interrupted deep-time agricultural systems\, working with experimental gardens to re-configure an almost lost Northeastern agricultural heritage. He has partnered with Vermont Organics Reclamation of St. Albans\, VT to create the first Northeastern agroforest based upon his paleoenvironmental work in ancestral Indigenous ecosystem management. His recent work focuses on American Abenaki wellness and trauma response and the specific use of cultural revival as a way of mitigating trauma and working toward individual and community health and wellness.  He has just completed a yearlong series of workshops\, a response to public concerns regarding Vermont Abenaki cultural legitimacy\, consisting of illustrated lectures\, demonstrations\, exhibits of relevant material culture and discussions of the history of the Abenaki revival\, settlement patterns\, wellness\, language\, subsistence\, ceremony\, and material culture. \n\n\n\nAll opinions expressed by the Program Presenters are solely their current opinions and do not reflect the opinions of the program hosts\, program partners\, and sponsors. \nHunting and Fishing: A case study in cultural continuity – Frederick M. Wiseman\, Ph.D.\nMay 2\, 2024 06:30 PM ESTRegister in advance for this webinar:https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zm07rJUuQIC0y7wLq5m_BA\nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.\nThis event is FREE\, but donations are appreciated.  \nQuestions? Send your questions to programassociate@abenakiart.org \nSponsored by
URL:https://abenakiart.org/event/hunting-and-fishing-a-case-study-in-cultural-continuity-frederick-m-wiseman-phd/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Abenaki,Bridging Perspectives,Speaker Series,Webinar,Zoom Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240411T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240411T200000
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SUMMARY:Inoculating Whiteness: Settler Colonialism\, Whiteness\, & Infectious Diseases in Sheet’ka – Adam Kersch\, Ph.D.
DESCRIPTION:When 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 American colonial rule. In other words\, they saw vaccines as inoculating Tlingit people with whiteness. Research on this project involved archival analysis\, interviews\, and participant observation. It began after receiving permission from Sitka Tribe of Alaska’s Tribal Council and included reports to the Tribal Council on vaccine hesitancy during the pandemic. This talk will discuss over 200 years of colonial history and how colonizers used ideas about infectious diseases and vaccinations to justify attempted ethnocide. It will also discuss how Tlingit leaders responded to other manifestations of whiteness during the COVID-19 pandemic. \n\n\n\nAdam Kersch (he/they) is a Jewish-American researcher whose work has focused on race\, public health\, policy\, and immigration. They are committed to community-led and community-oriented research and engaging with both academic and non-academic audiences. He works in memory of his grandparents\, who survived attempted genocide.\n\n\nAfter completing his dissertation – which focused on race\, settler colonialism\, and public health policy during infectious disease outbreaks in Sheet’ká (Sitka\, Alaska) from 1800 to present – he earned his PhD in anthropology at the University of California\, Davis in 2022. His masters research – completed in 2016 with the Department of Anthropology at the University of Central Florida – examined how refugees\, asylum-seekers\, and undocumented immigrants in Sicily navigated gaps in European Union and Italian healthcare policies.  \nIn their spare time\, Adam enjoys spending time with their wife and dog\, writing music\, hiking\, spending time outdoors\, reading\, and crafting. Adam is immensely grateful for the opportunity to work with and learn from the TRC and Vermonters. \n\n\nAll opinions expressed by the Program Presenters are solely their current opinions and do not reflect the opinions of the program hosts\, program partners\, and sponsors. \n\nInoculating Whiteness: Settler Colonialism\, Whiteness\, & Infectious Diseases in Sheet’ka – Adam Kersch\, Ph.D.April 11\, 2024 06:30 PM EST\nRegister in advance for this webinar:https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Y03LtFO1TJyZ_eIvudsReAAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. \n\n  \n  \nSponsored by
URL:https://abenakiart.org/event/inoculating-whiteness-settler-colonialism-whiteness-infectious-diseases-in-sheetka-adam-kersch-ph-d/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Abenaki,Bridging Perspectives,Speaker Series,Zoom Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240404T180000
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SUMMARY:Joseph Bruchac to Launch New Book Called Dawn Land
DESCRIPTION:Joseph 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.\nRemembering The Dawn Land:\nA presentation on the historical novel Dawn Land by its author\, Joseph Bruchac\nThe area we now refer to as Western New England has been the homeland of Native people for at least 10\,000 years. Relying on oral traditions and the related elements of natural history\, archaeology\, cultural survival\, indigenous language\, and the living land itself\, the author takes us back to that ancient time. The heart of the story is the hero’s journey\, with his faithful dogs by his side\, of the book’s main character Young Hunter. The program will include discussion of how the novel — and its main characters — came to be\, the telling of some of the stand alone stories from the book\, and a Q&A session at the end.\n\nAward-winning author\, storyteller\, and musician\, Joseph Bruchac has published work in virtually every genre since his first collection of poetry in 1971. The author of over 180 books\, his novel Code Talker was recently listed by Time magazine as one of the 100 best YA books of all time. His experiences include three years of volunteer teaching in West Africa\, eight years of running a college program inside a maximum security prison\, and half a century of studying and teaching such martial arts as pentjak-silat and Brazilian jiu-jitsu. The current Poet Laureate of Saratoga Springs\, New York\, he’s the Executive Director of the Ndakinna Education Center\, a licensed wildlife rehabilitator\, and an enrolled citizen of the Nulhegan Abenaki tribe.\nAll opinions expressed by the Program Presenters are solely their current opinions and do not reflect the opinions of the program hosts\, program partners\, and sponsors. \n\nRegister in advance for this meeting:\nWhen: April 4 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm Eastern Time (US and Canada)\n \nhttps://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUkfu6orjMjHtHiJqUk9YFqIA5Qbxt0iN2B \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. \nThis event is FREE\, but donations are appreciated.  \nQuestions? Send your questions to programassociate@abenakiart.org \nSponsored by
URL:https://abenakiart.org/event/joseph-bruchac-to-launch-new-book-called-dawn-land/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Abenaki,Artist Talk,Bridging Perspectives,Speaker Series,Zoom Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240321T063000
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SUMMARY:Intergenerational Trauma: Healing and Resilience with Andrea Tamburro\, MSW\, Ed. D.
DESCRIPTION:Intergenerational Trauma: Healing and Resilience with Andrea Tamburro\, MSW\, Ed. D. \nThis 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 understanding and create a supportive dialogue around current challenges stemming from historical injustices that continue to affect communities today. Dr. Tamburro will explore healing practices that play a pivotal role in bringing communities together and promoting resilience. This program offers a journey of mutual understanding\, healing\, and resilience\, fostering stronger and more connected communities for a better future. \nAndrea Tamburro (Shawnee) has extensive teaching and research experience in both Indigenous and non-Native settings. She was education director for a federally recognized tribe\, has served as coordinator of multicultural programs in a mental health center\, and as family services and mental health specialist in early childhood education programs. She continues to teach about Indian Child Welfare and Multi-generational trauma. \nAll opinions expressed by the Program Presenters are solely their current opinions and do not reflect the opinions of the program hosts\, program partners\, and sponsors. \nRegister in advance for this meeting:\n\n\nWhen: Mar 21\, 2024 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) \nhttps://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hcfFGk3XRriXr0NbAUCz5w#/registration \n\nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.\n\nThis event is FREE\, but donations are appreciated.\n\nQuestions? Send your questions to programassociate@abenakiart.org\n\n\n\nSponsored by
URL:https://abenakiart.org/event/intergenerational-trauma-healing-and-resilience-with-andrea-tamburro-msw-ed-d/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Abenaki,Bridging Perspectives,Healing & Resilience,Speaker Series,Uncategorized,Zoom Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Vermont Abenaki Artists Association":MAILTO:programassociate@abenakiarts.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240307T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240307T203000
DTSTAMP:20240313T203627Z
CREATED:20240226T191833Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240313T203627Z
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SUMMARY:"Who is a “Legal” Indian? - Navigating Federal and State Laws in the US and Canada with Paul-René Tamburro
DESCRIPTION:“Who is a “Legal” Indian? – Navigating Federal and State Laws in the US and Canada” with Paul-René Tamburro. \nThis 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 in the US and Canada\, Paul-Rene Tamburro will explain who is Indian biologically\, politically\, and culturally. This program will unravel the complexities of Indigenous identity within the legal framework\, examining federal and state laws that shape recognition and rights for tribes\, with a focus on the Abenaki community. Join us in navigating the intricate terrain of Indigenous identity\, acknowledging unique challenges\, and shedding light on the legal landscape that significantly impacts these communities. \nPaul-René Tamburro\, PhD Anthropologist with an MA in Linguistics and MSW in Indian Child Welfare\, is Director of Sunrise Drum\, Inc. an internationally-focused Indigenous cultural studies organization. He has taught at numerous universities and colleges in the US and Canada\, including Indiana University\, Indiana State University and Purdue University in Indiana\, taught at Heritage University in Washington State and served as Director of the Reservation Based/Community Determined Program at The Evergreen State College (TESC); and taught at University College of the Cariboo\, and Thompson Rivers University (TRU) in Kamloops BC\, Canada\, in Washington State.\n\nRegister in advance for this meeting: \nhttps://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEtdOysrDMiE9cnUw_durwSE6VbChrmOZLh \nThis event is FREE\, but donations are appreciated. \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. \nQuestions? Send your questions to programassociate@abenakiart.org \nSponsored by
URL:https://abenakiart.org/event/who-is-a-legal-indian-navigating-federal-and-state-laws-in-the-us-and-canada-with-paul-rene-tamburro/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Abenaki,Bridging Perspectives,Speaker Series,Uncategorized,Zoom Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Vermont Abenaki Artists Association":MAILTO:programassociate@abenakiarts.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230729T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230729T190000
DTSTAMP:20230726T212004Z
CREATED:20230726T210835Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230726T212004Z
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SUMMARY:Joe Bruchac: Abenaki story teller\, writer\, poet-laureate
DESCRIPTION:Acclaimed 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 gallery hours at 2pm. The multi-year project is in collaboration with the Vermont Abenaki Artists Association.\nJoe Bruchac’s appearances are as follows:\n\n1pm\, at the Middletown Springs Public Library;\n3:30pm at the Mettawee Community School;\nand the grand finale at 7pm at Stone Valley Arts.\n\nThe events are free\, but donations are welcome at each venue to support the work of each organization.\nBruchac is the author of more than 120 books for adults and children. In his work\, Bruchac explores his Abenaki ancestry and Native American storytelling traditions. His honors and awards include fellowships from the Rockefeller Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts\, as well as a Cherokee Nation Prose Award\, a Knickerbocker Award\, a Hope S. Dean Award for Notable Achievement in Children’s Literature\, and both Writer of the Year and Storyteller of the Year awards from the Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers. He also received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Native Writers’ Circle of the Americas. Joe Bruchac is currently the first poet-laureate of Saratoga Springs\, NY\, and is the executive director of the Ndakinna Education Center in Greenfield Center\, NY.\nThis event is supported in part by grants from Vermont Humanities\, New England Foundation for the Arts\, the Western Arts Alliance Advancing Indigenous Performance Touring Fund and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.\n\n\n\nMiddletown Springs Public Library is located at 39 West Street\, Middletown Springs\, VT 05757.\nThe Mettawee Community School is located at 5788 VT-153\, West Pawlet\, VT 05775.\nStone Valley Arts is located at 145 E. Main St.\, Poultney\, VT 05764\, and on the web at www.stonevalleyarts.org
URL:https://abenakiart.org/event/joe-bruchac-abenaki-story-teller-writer-poet-laureate/
LOCATION:Stone Valley Arts\, 145 E Main St\, Poultney\, VT\, 05764\, United States
CATEGORIES:Abenaki,Speaker Series,Stone Valley Arts,Storytelling
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ORGANIZER;CN="Andrew W. Mellon Foundation":MAILTO:inquiries@mellon.org
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Karachi:20230322T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Karachi:20230322T201500
DTSTAMP:20230814T210400Z
CREATED:20230314T232844Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230814T210400Z
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SUMMARY:Two-Eyed Speaker Series - Kwanitekw (Connecticut River): The Sustainer of Life
DESCRIPTION:In honor of World Water Day\, a panel of Indigenous citizens and environmental scientists share multiple perspectives on living in relationship with the Connecticut River watershed. \nThe term “Two-Eyed seeing\,” coined by Mi’kmaw Nation Elder Albert Marshall\, describes the experience of seeing the strength of Indigenous knowledge with one eye and the strength of Western knowledge with the other. Series speakers will share perspectives on community relationships to regional waterways\, including archaeology\, ecology\, advocacy\, Western and Indigenous science\, and more. Admission is free\, and donations are welcome.
URL:https://abenakiart.org/event/two-eyed-speaker-series-kwanitekw-connecticut-river-the-sustainer-of-life/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series,Two-Eyed Seeing,Zoom Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Vermont Abenaki Artists Association":MAILTO:programassociate@abenakiarts.org
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