We live in a country founded on genocide and slavery, built on stolen land, and stolen lives. Black and Indigenous peoples share a deep wound from these foundational violations. Corrina Gould spoke about the land that Diablo Valley College is on, Karkin Ohlone land, and the past, present and future activism of Ohlone peoples, and Indigenous and non-Indigenous visitors to restore right relationship to the land and to one another.

Fuentes noted that when people ask if Dartmouth is “fulfilling its mission,” it is always a loaded question. Does this question place specific emphasis on Native American students from tribes in Dartmouth’s vicinity? Is graduation an accurate measure of success for an education? Often, she said, these questions arise from a Eurocentric worldview.

Last week, the president of Williams College announced to the school community that the college will provide office space to the Stockbridge-Munsee Community's Tribal Historic Preservation Extension Office. The community's director of cultural affairs said this week that the group is relocating its current regional office from Troy, N.Y., east to Williamstown as part of a plan to create a stronger partnership with the liberal arts college.

A partner event worth sharing, demonstrating a collaborative learning approach with Elnu Abenaki and Vermont Land Trust, a leading land conservation organization in the State of Vermont.

In May 2019, Vermont Gov. Phil Scott signed into law a bill officially recognizing the second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples’ Day, in place of Columbus Day. At a celebration of the occasion Monday, Oct. 12 in Brattleboro, members of the Elnu Abenaki community were happy to announce the launch of the Atowi Project, a long-term collaboration with Retreat Farm, which hosted the gathering.

Beginning in 2021, Abenaki people can apply for free and permanent hunting and fishing licenses in Vermont. Moose hunting, however, is still managed through the state's lottery system, so one Abenaki chef headed to Maine to experience a subsistence hunt with a friend there.

An intimate portrait of the growing movement amongst Native Americans to reclaim their spiritual, political and cultural identities through food sovereignty. Film begins streaming on Indigenous People's Day. Co-sponsored by The Brattleboro Food Co-op.

The pandemic has steered a lot of learning online, and language classes have been no exception. But learning an indigenous language with few native speakers left — such as Abenaki, spoken by Vermont’s original inhabitants — presents a unique challenge, and precarity is its own brand of pressure.

More than a dozen farmers, gardeners and homesteaders around the state received Indigenous seeds provided by the Nulhegan Band — for Algonquin squash; cranberry, skunk and Mohawk dry beans; Calais flint corn; and a Koasek/Calais corn mix — to grow and harvest for Abenaki citizens.

Abenaki tribes from our region have been working toward more visibility for years and a new law provides a new opportunity to make their culture more visible.