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Atowi /AH too WEE/ Western Abenaki : together, in space and time
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Linda Sheehan will demonstrate beginning twining techniques for making a small storage bag. Twining uses knotted and woven cordage, traditionally made of locally-harvested plant fiber, to craft useful everyday belongings. The example pictured is dated to 2000 years old, from the Edens Bluff shelter site in Arkansas.
“Recognition must be shaped by the people and communities who live in Vermont, not by foreign authorities or those seeking to rewrite settled state law.”
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The Fall 2024 NEARA Conference was held at the Falls Event Center in Manchester, New Hampshire, on the first weekend of November. The Abenaki know this notable fishing place as Amoskeag (Namaskik - the fishing place). Atowi director Rich Holschuh shared a presentation about the National Park Service’s Underrepresented Communities-funded Kchi Pontegok Petroglyph Project.