• “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

    Free
  • Intergenerational Trauma: Healing and Resilience with Andrea Tamburro, MSW, Ed. D.

    ZOOM

    Intergenerational 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

    Free
  • Speaker Series: An Indigenous Perspective on Nature: Working Together as Allies

    Webinar

    New 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

    Free
  • Speaker Series: Encountering Ndakinna: Reconsidering Abenaki History in Vermont and New Hampshire

    Webinar

    New 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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  • A Discussion on Wampum

    Elnu Tribal Center at Wantastegok 350 Putney Road, Brattleboro, VT, United States

    Chief Roger Longtoe Sheehan will do a discussion around the historic and contemporary use and significance of wampum and wampum belts in our community. He will also bring examples and replicas to see. ELNU/ATOWI EVENTS ALL ARE FREE, OPEN TO ALL If you are interested in joining, please register with the following link: https://forms.gle/1NVNZAUigywzJ7qG9 As ... Read more

    Free
  • Traditional Legging Workshop

    Elnu Tribal Center at Wantastegok 350 Putney Road, Brattleboro, VT, United States

    This workshop, led by Linda Longtoe Sheehan, will teach participants how to make and decorate a pair of traditional, eastern woodlands leggings. If you are interested in joining, please register with the following link: https://forms.gle/LoaaWyJjdqQV46yGA As always, please feel free to share these events with others, and don't forgot to sign up for the Atowi’s ... Read more

    Free
  • Community Paint Party

    Retreat Farm 400 Linden Street, Brattleboro, VT, United States

    Join us for a Community Paint Party with mural artists of Commonwealth Murals to paint a new 120-foot, nature-inspired mural in our historical grain bunker, now called The Landing, which promises to be a place for quiet reflection, to sit and refuel, and for rest. This spring, thanks to a planning grant from the Vermont ... Read more

    Free
  • Mount Kearsarge Indian Museum 3rd Annual Snow Snake Games

    Mount Kearsarge Indian Museum 18 Highlawn Rd, Warner, NH, United States

    Pending the availability of snow ........... Join us for our third annual Snow Snake Event. The museum will be open and we will have hot cocoa and s'mores. Outside events are free but regular admission applies to tour the museum. There will be plenty of snow snakes to borrow to try out. Snow Snake is ... Read more

    Free
  • Deep Roots, Strong Branches – Exhibit

    Lake Champlain Maritime Museum 4472 Basin Harbor Road, Vergennes, VT, United States

    Deep Roots, Strong Branches - The American Abenaki Abenaki people have lived in N’Dakinna (our Homeland) for more than 12,000 years. Abenaki culture is a complex network of people, places, ... Read more

    Free
  • Something of Value: the Vermont Abenaki community 1790 – 2020

    Lake Champlain Maritime Museum 4472 Basin Harbor Road, Vergennes, VT, United States

    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. Building on Wiseman’s 35 years ... Read more

    Free
  • Earthshapers & Placemakers: Abenaki History in Deep Time

    Lake Champlain Maritime Museum 4472 Basin Harbor Road, Vergennes, VT, United States

    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 ... Read more

    Free
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