History of Abenaki Site in Vermont to be Retold by Native Community

Research into the history of a petroglyph site along the Connecticut River in Bellows Falls will be getting underway thanks to a grant from the National Park Service. The hope is to share a story of Indigenous people that has not yet been told.

The island in Bellows Falls is sacred Abenaki land. It was a fishing spot for native Americans thousands of years ago and soon that history will be told from a new perspective. “There has not been a native voice informing this and that is the source, it’s why it’s here,” [Elnu] Abenaki Cultural Relations Officer Rich Holschuh said.

Link to full story with video at WCAX.

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