Medicine Bag & Rattle Class
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
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Missisquoi Tribal Office 100 Grand Avenue, Swanton, VT, United States
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Learn Abenaki Songs: Drumming and Singing
Missisquoi Tribal Office 100 Grand Avenue, Swanton, VT, United StatesCome 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 with Chief Gagne and Circle of Courage Youth Leader. Bring your newly created hand drum and practice 2 or 3 Abenaki songs. One take home ... Read more
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Medicine Bag & Rattle Class
Missisquoi Tribal Office 100 Grand Avenue, Swanton, VT, United StatesLed 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
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An Evening with the Vermont Abenaki
Vermont Statehouse 115 State Street, Montpelier, VT, United StatesPlease join the Vermont Commission on Native American Affairs to learn about the state's Tribal Recognition process and the Vermont Abenaki in their own words. When: April 23, 2025 from 4:30-6:00 PM Where: Vermont Statehouse, Room 11
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SOMETHING OF VALUE; The Vermont Abenakis, 1790-2020
Vermont History Center 60 Washington Street, Suite 1, Barre, VT, United StatesThe Vermont Abenakis, 1790-2020 Given the apparent confusion regarding the ethnicity, history, social organization and cultural competence of the four Vermont State-recognized tribes, Abenaki Recognition and Heritage Week, 2024 may be good time to reflect upon an aboriginal presence in Vermont. Through PowerPoint lecture and demonstration, author Dr. Frederick Wiseman will address the ethnicity of ... Read more
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Deep Roots, Strong Branches – Exhibit
Lake Champlain Maritime Museum 4472 Basin Harbor Road, Vergennes, VT, United StatesDeep 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
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Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi Heritage Celebration
Swanton Recreation 16 Jewett Street, Swanton, VT, United StatesThe 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, this Heritage Celebration will be filled with tribal drumming, dancing, singing, food vendors and craft vendors. Free admission, open to the public. 10am-5pm Saturday 5/24/25 ... Read more
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Nebizun: Water is Life Exhibit
Chimney Point 31 VT-17, Addison, VT, United StatesNebizun (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 ... Read more
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Abenaki Heritage Weekend – June 14th and 15th
Lake Champlain Maritime Museum 4472 Basin Harbor Road, Vergennes, VT, United StatesJoin Vermont’s Native American community for Abenaki Heritage Weekend and Arts Marketplace June 14-15 at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Vergennes, VT. Admission FREE. Rain or shine. Citizens of Vermont’s Elnu, Nulhegan, Koasek, and Missisquoi Tribes share perspectives on life in the Champlain Valley. Storytelling, craft demonstrations, drumming, singing, and children’s play area. Featured arts include ... Read more
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Native American Arts Marketplace
Lake Champlain Maritime Museum 4472 Basin Harbor Road, Vergennes, VT, United StatesNative American Arts Marketplace presented by Vermont Abenaki Artists Association at Abenaki Heritage Weekend, June 14-15 at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Vergennes, VT. Admission FREE. Featured arts include jewelry, wampum, baskets, stonework, woodworking and more. Explore Abenaki perspectives on life in the Champlain Valley with storytelling, drumming, and singing by citizens of the Elnu, Nulhegan, ... Read more
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Something of Value: the Vermont Abenaki community 1790 – 2020
Lake Champlain Maritime Museum 4472 Basin Harbor Road, Vergennes, VT, United StatesJoin 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
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Earthshapers & Placemakers: Abenaki History in Deep Time
Lake Champlain Maritime Museum 4472 Basin Harbor Road, Vergennes, VT, United StatesThe 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
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Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum 24th Annual Powwow
Mount Kearsarge Indian Museum 18 Highlawn Rd, Warner, NH, United StatesSave the date for our biggest event of the year! Join us for an unforgettable celebration of culture, community, and tradition at MKIM’s 24th Annual Intertribal Powwow! Experience the vibrant ... Read more
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12th Annual Pocumtuck Homelands Festival: A Celebration of Native American Art, Music and Cultures 2025
Unity Park Waterfront 56 First Street, Turners Falls, MA, United StatesA celebration of Native American Art, Music, and Cultures: Free Accessible Family Friendly Appeals to all ages and backgrounds Traditional music. Native Drums. Circle dances. Children's activities. 40 Indigenous artists selling beautiful creations. Indigenous history talks. Contemporary music. Food vendors include indigenous fare. MORE!
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The Green Corn Celebration
The Fort at No. 4 267 Springfield Rd, Charlestown, NH, United StatesJoin us for a shared meal and celebration with Chief Roger Longtoe and members of the Elnu Abenaki as they present the Green Corn Ceremony — a traditional celebration of gratitude, renewal, and the first corn harvest of the season. The Green Corn Ceremony is a sacred and time-honored practice among many Native American ... Read more
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Explore to Learn: Art of Remembering: Songs of the Adirondacks
Pitney Meadows Community Farm 223 West Avenue, Saratoga Springs, NY, United StatesExplore to Learn: Art of Remembering: Songs of the Adirondacks with Jesse Bowman Bruchac on Saturday, August 16th, 12:00–1:00pm! Free with a suggested donation! https://secure.lglforms.com/.../s/qKuPnxkpqeqYVVHd75eouw... Join Jesse for a music-centered workshop featuring songs of the Adirondacks, weaving together Indigenous traditions, language, and the rich logging-era songs preserved in the Bruchac family. Accompanied by Native American ... Read more
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Nulhegan Abenaki Gathering 2025
Mount Norris Scout Reservation 242 Boy Scout Camp Rd, Eden, VT, United StatesThe Nulhegan Abenaki Gathering will take place on August 23-24, 2025 at the Mt. Norris Scout Reservation in Eden Mills, VT. (Note that Abenaki citizens may arrive on Friday, August ... Read more
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Traces of the Past, Vermont Indigenous Material Culture
Vermont History Center 60 Washington Street, Suite 1, Barre, VT, United StatesSTONE LANGUAGE - An American Abenaki Bioculture Seminar Series 10:00 AM-3:30 PM Community Room, The Vermont History Center 60 Washington St., Barre, VT Upcoming seminar schedule: October 11, 2025. Something of ... Read more
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Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum Encore Powwow
Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum 18 Highlawn Road, Warner, NH, United StatesThe Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum appreciated all who attended and participated at this year’s 24th annual Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum powwow.It has been decided to extend the fun as part ... Read more
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Abenaki Land Link Project Harvest Festival
Wheeler Homestead 1100 Dorset Street, South Burlington, VT, United StatesThe 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 ... Read more
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Indigenous Peoples’ Day Rocks
Shelburne Farms 1611 Harbor Road, Shelburne, VT, United StatesIn partnership with Chief Donald Stevens and the Nulhegan Abenaki, major sponsors Alnôbaiwi and the Vermont Arts Council, with our host The Shelburne Farms, musician donor The Alchemist, donors, musicians, ... Read more
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Hidden Heritage: The Vermont Indian Community, 1790-2010
Vermont History Center 60 Washington Street, Suite 1, Barre, VT, United StatesAn Indigenous People’s Day Celebration The Community Room, The Vermont History Center 60 Washington St. Barre, VT 10:00 AM-3:30 PM. October 11, 2025 Introduction & Backstory The reality underwriting Vermont’s ... Read more
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Something of Value: Exploring the 1790- 2010 Indigenous Vermont Experience.
Vermont History Center 60 Washington Street, Suite 1, Barre, VT, United StatesThe Culminating Public Event of National Wildlife Refuge Week. Missisquoi Wildlife Refuge Headquarters, 29 Tabor Road, Swanton, VT 9:30 AM-4:00 PM. October 12, 2025 Introduction to the Event Scholars have ... Read more
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Indigenous Peoples’ Day Celebration
Retreat Farm 400 Linden Street, Brattleboro, VT, United StatesElnu Abenaki and the Atowi Project invites you to join a community celebration of Indigenous Peoples' Day on Monday, October 13 from 12-4pm at the Retreat Farm’s North Barn. The ... Read more
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Seminar Series: The Abenaki Cultural Conservancy Collection
Vermont History Center 60 Washington Street, Suite 1, Barre, VT, United StatesSTONE LANGUAGE - An American Abenaki Bioculture Seminar Series 10:00 AM-3:30 PM Community Room, The Vermont History Center 60 Washington St., Barre, VT Upcoming seminar schedule: 2026 TOPICS TBA - Hold ... Read more
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Abenaki Forgiveness Moon Celebration
Ethan Allen Homestead Museum 1 Ethan Allen Homestead, Burlington, VT, United StatesAlnobaiwi Abenaki Forgiveness Moon Celebration Sunday, January 18th 2026 3pm-5pm at the Widobaiwi Abenaki Cultural Center, Ethan Allen Homestead Museum. Small Native Arts Display & Marketplace, fireside Drumming & Singing, ... Read more
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Snow Snake Games & Campfire with Abenaki Chief Don Stevens
Shelburne Farms 1611 Harbor Road, Shelburne, VT, United StatesBundle up and gather around a winter campfire to learn more about Abenaki Culture with Chief Don Stevens of the Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk-Abenaki Nation. Don will share stories, ... Read more
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Benjamin Gleason: Lost in Translation
Wantastegok Cultural Center 350 Putney Rd, Brattleboro, VT, United StatesA story drawn from histories very close to home (Wantastegok), inspired by the only locally documented instance of spoken Abenaki language. The complexities of cross-cultural encounters in the lives of ... Read more
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Mount Kearsarge Indian Museum Snow Snake Games
Mount Kearsarge Indian Museum 18 Highlawn Rd, Warner, NH, United StatesPson-Skoks or Snow Snake is a winter game which has been played by many Northeastern Tribal Nations for generations. Join Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum in partnership with Abenaki Trails for ... Read more
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Nulhegan Snow Snake Games
Nulhegan Educational and Cultural Center 26 School Road, Derby Line, VT, United StatesPsôn Skoks- Snow Snake Games will be held after the Tribal Council Meeting and the pot luck lunch. All are invited to join for the pot luck (bring something to ... Read more
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Winter Storytelling at the Farm
Retreat Farm 400 Linden Street, Brattleboro, VT, United StatesJoin 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
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Introduction to the New American Abenaki Curriculum
ZOOMSunday, March 15 - 2:00 pm - Zoom Introduction to the American Abenaki Curriculum FREE 60-Minute Virtual PD for K–12 Educators Explore the American Abenaki Curriculum: A Journey of History ... Read more
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Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi Heritage Celebration
Swanton Recreation 16 Jewett Street, Swanton, VT, United StatesThe 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
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Nulhegan Abenaki Heritage Gathering Date Set for 2026!
Mount Norris Scout Reservation 242 Boy Scout Camp Rd, Eden, VT, United StatesThe public is invited to join us on Saturday, August 29th, for the Nulhegan Tribal Gathering. There will be singing, storytelling, drumming, and dancing along with other activities to be ... Read more
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