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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A story drawn from histories very close to home (Wantastegok), inspired by the only locally documented instance of spoken Abenaki language. The complexities of cross-cultural encounters in the lives of the people here before us are carried forward today. It's good to know from whence we have come.
“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.