Atowi is a shared community initiative to affirm relationships with the Land and All of Our Relations, raise Native voices, and foster inclusion with understanding, in place.
Atowi /AH too WEE/ Western Abenaki : together, in space and time
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Elnu Chief Roger Longtoe Sheehan will be leading a discussion around the historic and contemporary use and significance of wampum and wampum belts in our community. Participants will have the opportunity to see examples of contemporary wampum belts and historical replicas. This event is free and open to the public.
“New Lights in the Dawnland” is a two hour audio documentary based on five individually recorded voices recounting 13,000 years of Indigenous history of Northfield leading up to the arrival of English colonists in the 17th Century and the impacts of colonialism that followed. Replete with tribal songs, flute and drum interludes and ambient sounds, this conversational telling of the story creates its own imagery, to the considerable satisfaction of those whose voices are interwoven throughout.
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It is worth noting that the same challenges continue here in the mid-valley of Kwenitekw, with the impoundment and industrial generation facilities operated by FirstLight Hydro (a subsidiary of Montreal-based PSP Investments) and Great River Hydro (a subsidiary of provincially-owned HydroQuebec).