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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One of a statewide series of public listening sessions to raise awareness of and seek comment upon the development of the new VT Conservation Plan in fulfillment of 2023’s Act 59. The State of Vermont needs to hear from us about what priorities and actions we think should move to the top of the implementation list.
In 2011 and 2012, the Vermont legislature recognized the Missisquoi, Koos, Nulhegan and Elnu tribes/bands as Native communities after extensive vetting through research and public testimony. Now, a decade later, some members of Odanak are challenging the Native heritage of every member of the state-recognized Abenaki tribes. Abenaki leaders and non-Abenaki Vermonters have not sat idly by.
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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.