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“History books, museums, and schools in New England often present Native culture as if the Abenaki disappeared in the 18th century,” says Vera Longtoe Sheehan, director of the Vermont Abenaki ...
SWANTON — Brenda Gagne, chief of Abenaki Nation at Missisquoi, a state-recognized tribe, can still remember when her ...
Joseph Bruchac, illus. by Bill Farnsworth. Wisdom Tales (NBN, dist.), $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-937786-43-4 In a retelling of a story shared by several Northeast indigenous peoples, as Bruchac ...
Until recently, the titles were listed on Amazon. “Someone is selling these, and I want to know who it is. I want them to understand the impact it has on us,” says an Abenaki instructor.
Until recently, the titles were listed on Amazon. “Someone is selling these, and I want to know who it is. I want them to understand the impact it has on us,” says an Abenaki instructor.
The actual Abenaki — the Odanak and Wôlinak First Nations in what is now Canada ... When schools assign books by authors with fraudulent claims to Indigeneity — such as Joseph Bruchac ...
Stephen Laurent, 92, an elder of the Abenaki Indian tribe and a champion of his language, died May 27 at the traditional tribal encampment at Intervale in New Hampshire.
Abenaki tribes in Vermont have been hard at work promoting education and trying to improve public perception of American Indians. Roger Longtoe, Chief of the Elnu Abenaki tribe, said he has seen ...
Scholars and citizens of a federally recognized Abenaki First Nation based in Canada say there is no evidence that leaders of two New Hampshire groups have Abenaki ancestry.
Abenaki culture has been handed down to the present day through countless generations living in communities throughout New Hampshire and Vermont, foraging a native harvest from roadsides, ...