Connection to the Land
Contemporary Bioculture
Books:
The Voice of the Dawn: An Autohistory of the Abenaki Nation by Frederick M. Wiseman
Videos:
Missisquoi River Basin Association - Waters of Our Homeland. To learn more about the importance of the Missisquoi River to the Abenaki people of Vermont, please check out a couple short videos on the MRBAVT website.
Seeds of Renewal
The Seeds of Renewal aims to restore and revitalize traditional food and culture, and promote food sovereignty through recovery of heirloom crop varieties. Our work has focused on research and oral history concerning traditional Indigenous Abenaki crop varieties, and then returning seeds of those varietals to local tribe producers.
Articles -
Edible Vermont - Seeds of Renewal
https://ediblevermont.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/seeds-renewal
Seven Sisters: Ancient Seeds and Food Systems of the Wabanaki People and the Chesapeake Bay Region, a book published through the Earth Haven Learning Centre in Canada in April 2018 by Dr. Frederick M. Wiseman.
A National Intertribal Survey and Report, Intertribal Food Systems
https://www.aianta.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Intertribal-Food-Systems.pdf
Books -
The Seven Sisters of Abenaki Indigenous Agriculture
https://vtgardens.org/the-seven-sisters-of-abenaki-indigenous-agriculture/