Vermont Abenaki Artists Association
Honoring Abenaki history, culture, and art since 2013.
Our 2023 Nulhegan Abenaki Gathering will once again be held at Mount Norris Scout Reservation in Eden, VT. With its huge dining hall, this is the perfect venue for the Gathering, since it will take place rain or shine!
Save the date and join us on Monday, September 11 for an afternoon at the Vanderhoop Homestead with Aquinnah Wampanoag artist Julia Marden as she shares with us her story ... Read more
Come to our Forest Festival! Take a horse-drawn wagon ride, try your hand at woodworking, or explore the forest on a guided nature walk. Witness the whole forest product cycle in action, from horse-logging, to board cutting with a portable sawmill to woodcraft demonstrations.
The Abenaki Land Link Project Harvest Festival is celebration of the harvest of Indigenous Seeds. Free Event! Hosted by the Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk Abenaki Nation and Common Roots Family friendly activities: Abenaki Artisans, Green Corn cultural performance, storytelling, Three Sisters Food Tastes, Picnicking - BYO, corn grinding and journeycake baking, bean shucking, ... Read more
4th Annual IPD Rocks at Stowe Events Field in Stowe, VT. Join the Abenaki community to experience drumming, dancing, exhibitors, storytellers, musicians, vendors - and so much more! This is a free event that is open to the public. Leashed service dogs only please. Rain date: 10/8/2023
Beyond The Curve Special Exhibit will be showing from now through JANUARY 23, 2024 at the University of Vermont Medical Center. There is no charge to view the exhibit. Curatorial ... Read more
Join us for the Abenaki Mural Grand Opening of Nd'ôlemôwzibna - We Continue to Live Lead mural designer: Abena Songbird (Missisquoi Abenaki) Secondary designer: Lucy Cannon Neel (Nulhegan Abenaki) Artist/Painters: Marguerite Houle (Ojibwe) Rhonda Besaw (Metis/Abenaki Descent) Rainy and Rosie Melchor (Cochiti/Diné-Ojibwe) Along with: Circle of Courage Singers Youth Drum (Missisquoi Abenaki) Nulhegan Singers Drum ... Read more
Beyond The Curve Exhibit will be showing In-Person from OCTOBER 21, 2023 - JANUARY 6, 2024 at the Mad River Valley Arts in , VT Gallery is open Tuesday - Friday from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Admission is free - donations are welcome. Curatorial statement: “In March 2020, the world stood still as businesses ... Read more
Registration is Open!!!! We hope you'll join us for this year's Inside-Outside offering! We invite you into a co-created, day-long gathering with rest, play, and storytelling at the center as we learn ways to re-indigenize the classroom through taking our students outdoors and being in community. https://forms.gle/pT8fsery2H4yYVHfA Atowi Project Abenaki Arts & Education Center
UVM Health Equity Summit -
Achieving Health Equity through Culturally Responsive Care. Beyond the Curve: Using Traditional Indigenous Methodology to Address Wellness and Equity.
Woven: Gathering at the Intersections -
Alnobak: Wearing Our Heritage - Workshop by Vera Longtoe Sheehan
Woven: Gathering at the Intersections - 2nd Presentation by Vera Longtoe Sheehan
An Abenaki Understanding of the Environment Join Rich Holschuh on a hike at the Horatio Colony Nature Preserve to learn about reciprocal relationships with the land! Different people and cultures practice many ways of knowing that extend far beyond science and western traditions. Indigenous people have inhabited the landscape of southwest NH and southeast VT ... Read more
Engage! Moving from Inspiration to Action. New England Museum Association Annual Conference An Indigenous Perspective on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Museums and Cultural Institutions Using Indigenous methodology based on Storytelling, the workshop will begin with case studies from partner organizations; followed by facilitated roundtable discussions to illuminate questions and concerns such as collection management ... Read more
Join us for a fun day of the ancient game of Snow Snake. We'll have plenty of wooden snow snakes for people to try out on the troughs of snow. ... Read more
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 ... Read more
"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 ... Read more
OUR SONGS REMEMBER is a combination lecture and performance focusing on the ways in which the Abenaki oral traditions of storytelling and music play a part in the preservation of ... Read more
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 ... Read more
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. 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
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 ... Read more
Tuesday, April 16 2:00-4:00 P.M. Don't miss "Highlighting Abenaki: UVM Collaborations that Bridge Communities" in the Silver Maple Ballroom Davis Center" or Streaming at https://go.uvm.edu/ highlightingabenaki. "Western Abenaki people are ... 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 ... Read more
Hunting 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 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 ... Read more
Join us as we celebrate Abenaki Recognition and Heritage Week. Register for "The Case of the 1790s Peace Medal" On Thursday, May 9 at 6:30 pm. Join Prof. Frederick Matthew ... Read more
After 12 years of inactivity, the Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi Community Events Committee and Tribal Council are thrilled to announce the return of our annual Memorial Day weekend Heritage Celebration. ... Read more
Beyond the Curve: the American Abenaki COVID Experience reopens on June 7–July 19. Gallery Hours Thursday & Friday: 10am–5pm Saturday: 10am–3pm Cost: Donations accepted - no charge for the exhibit Curatorial statement: “In March 2020, the world stood still as businesses and schools around the world closed in response to the global pandemic. Broadcast media, ... Read more
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. NOTE: ... Read more
The Missisquoi Band of Abenaki and Vermont Forests, Parks, and Recreation invites you to join a Black Ash Pounding event at Lake Carmi State Park! Happening Sunday, June 9th & ... Read more
Join us for a demonstration of ash splint basket-making and learn more about Abenaki culture with Sherry Gould. Sherry will also bring some of the baskets she has worked on. ... Read more
Join Vermont’s Native American community for Abenaki Heritage Weekend and Arts Marketplace on June 29-30 at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum to explore Abenaki perspectives on life in the Champlain Valley. ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Abenaki Day - Abenaki: People of the Dawn Land August 3, 2024 10:00 am to 2:00 pm Abenaki Alliance, Tucker Mountain Town Forest & Newbury Historical Society Honor Those Who ... Read more
11th Annual Pocumtuck Homelands Festival: A Celebration of Native American Art, Music, and Cultures, Saturday, August 3, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. & Sunday, August 4, 10 a.m. to 5 ... Read more
Welcome to the 2024 Abenaki Land Link Project Heritage Festival! The event will take place on Saturday, August 10th at The Wheeler Homestead on 1100 Dorset Street, South Burlington, Vermont ... Read more
Coming up this August 12-20th, an Abenaki Harvesting & Medicine Making Workshop with Carol McGranaghan!Free and open to all Abenaki. Day 1: August 12th 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. - ... Read more
Coming up this August 12-20th, an Abenaki Harvesting & Medicine Making Workshop with Carol McGranaghan!Free and open to all Abenaki. Day 1: August 12th 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. - ... Read more
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. <---> Come back ... Read more
Mark your calendars! Our 2024 Nulhegan Gathering will be held at Mount Norris Scout Reservation on August 24th and 25th. It will open on August 23rd for Nulhegan Citizens only. ... Read more
Back by popular demand, Rhonda Besaw will share her skills of creating Wabanaki raised beadwork flowers with participants. Join Rhonda, a highly skilled Wabanaki Raised Bead artist, to create a ... Read more
It's time for the Green Corn Gathering! Mark your calendar now to join the Elnu Abenaki at the Wantastegok Cultural Center for the Green Corn Gathering. This gathering will be ... Read more
Join us Sunday, September 29, for MKIM’s Harvest Moon Festival celebrating the traditional harvest season. This family-friendly event features Native foods, craft demonstrations, activities for kids, and educational exhibits. Visitors ... Read more
It’s time to start planning for Indigenous Peoples' Day Rocks! This is IPD’s 5th year and they're busy making arrangements for an event that will be bigger and better than ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Join Rhonda Besaw for a 3-day workshop to learn how to create a Wabanaki Beaded Purse with a blueberry design. The dates are October 16th, October 26th, and November 2nd, ... Read more
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 ... Read more
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
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Pending the availability of snow, Nulhegan plans to have their snow snake games after the regularly scheduled Tribal Council meeting. The games should commence after the meeting and the pot ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Come and learn the songs and the drum beat of Mother Earth. If you haven’t made a drum yet please see other post and get signed up and come learn ... Read more
Lecture Series at The Frederick Gunn School’s Thomas S. Perakos Arts & Community Center 22 Kirby Road, Washington, CT Join a panel of Indigenous educators for a series of presentations ... Read more
Another Drum Making Class, open to all tribal citizens. Learn to make a drum, offer gratitude to Mother Earth and the animals for the supplies and how to show respect ... Read more
Join Elnu Abenaki Chief Roger in the North Barn from 2-4 pm on March 29 for the traditional Abenaki winter pastime of storytelling and song. Roger Longtoe Sheehan is the ... Read more
Led by Chief Brenda Gagne - Limited Spots Available Must attend both Sundays to complete both medicine bag and rattle. Pre-registration required: https://forms.gle/LVEYvYC5CJPhNWc4A
Come and learn the songs and the drum beat of Mother Earth. If you haven’t made a drum yet please see other post and get signed up and come learn ... Read more
Led by Chief Brenda Gagne – Limited Spots Available Must attend both Sundays to complete both medicine bag and rattle. Pre-registration required: https://forms.gle/LVEYvYC5CJPhNWc4A
The Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi Community Events Committee and Tribal Council are thrilled to announce the return of our annual Memorial Day weekend Heritage Celebration. With collaboration from Swanton Rec, ... Read more
The 2025 Abenaki Heritage Weekend, to be held at the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, dates have been set! Mark your calendar now! More information will be added as we get ... Read more
