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Enjoy a guided chocolate walk led by Rich Holschuh of the Atowi Project, and Dar Tavernier-Singer and John Singer of Tavernier Chocolates. Each participant will receive five delicious chocolates and a small sweet drink featuring flavors of the forest: white pine, spruce, birch, maple, and more.
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.
