Vermont Indigenous Heritage Center
Protecting American Abenaki culture by researching, storing, and sharing authentic local Abenaki culture.
Books
Below are books produced by Abenaki Health and Heritage and are available for purchase.
Something of Value: The Vermont Abenaki, 1790-2020
For over two centuries, the Abenaki people of Vermont have endured, adapted, and preserved their unique culture along the banks of the Missisquoi River. Something of Value is a compelling chronicle of their journey, highlighting the resilience, ingenuity, and determination of the Missisquoi community. Through engaging narratives, rare photographs, and deep research, author Frederick Matthew Wiseman, Ph.D., brings to life the struggles and triumphs of a people fighting to protect their heritage, their land and their identity.
To purchase a copy of this book, please send a check in the amount of $20 to Abenaki Health and Heritage, P.O.Box 386, Hinesburg, VT 05461. This will cover the cost of the book and shipping. Be sure to include a note letting us know that you would like to purchase a copy of Something of Value and include your name and mailing address.
The publishing of this book was supported in part by Vermont Humanities.
Seventy-Four Government Records of Vermont Indigeneity
This brief report provides the reader with official government documents certifying or otherwise acknowledging individual people born in Vermont as “full’ or biracial/”mixed-blood” Indian.
To purchase a copy of this report, please send a check in the amount of $10 to Abenaki Health and Heritage, P.O.Box 386, Hinesburg, VT 05461. This will cover the cost of the book and shipping. Be sure to include your name and mailing address along with the name of the report you would like to purchase.
The Highgate, Vermont Indian Encampment: Mapping an Early 20th Century Intertribal Settlement
Highgate Springs, VT, Indians, their campground and workshops figure in old tourist souvenir postcards, as well as in local oral memory. In the early 20th century Missisquoi and Odanak families made and sold Indian baskets at the old “Indian Encampment” on the shore of Shipyard Bay, in Highgate Springs.
To purchase a copy of this report, please send a check in the amount of $10 to Abenaki Health and Heritage, P.O.Box 386, Hinesburg, VT 05461. This will cover the cost of the book and shipping. Be sure to include your name and mailing address along with the name of the report you would like to purchase.
The Ketunk: The Historic Heartbeat of Vermont Indigenous Society
Many people wonder what traditional Vermont Abenaki society looked like before the arrival of modern “colonized-style” tribal government. This is rather difficult question to answer, since nobody has really taken the interest to find out until now. Yet the community knows and remembers.
To purchase a copy of this report, please send a check in the amount of $10 to Abenaki Health and Heritage, P.O.Box 386, Hinesburg, VT 05461. This will cover the cost of the book and shipping. Be sure to include your name and mailing address along with the name of the report you would like to purchase.
Traces of the Past: The Physical Evidence of Vermont Indigenous Biocultural History
Many people wonder what traditional Vermont Abenaki culture looked like between the late 18th century, when the “Original Vermonters” supposedly emigrated or assimilated into Euroamerican settler society, and the Abenaki revival of the 1970’s. While we can never know exactly what Indigenous Vermonters were thinking and doing during this mysterious time, they did leave many cultural traces that we can appreciate today.
To purchase a copy of this report, please send a check in the amount of $10 to Abenaki Health and Heritage, P.O.Box 386, Hinesburg, VT 05461. This will cover the cost of the book and shipping. Be sure to include your name and mailing address along with the name of the report you would like to purchase.
Vermont Indian Fishing: In artifact, image, and story
We probably have more written information and photography of historical fishing and fisherfolk than any other class of Vermont Indigenous practice. This booklet will introduce a sample of this abundant lore.
To purchase a copy of this report, please send a check in the amount of $10 to Abenaki Health and Heritage, P.O.Box 386, Hinesburg, VT 05461. This will cover the cost of the book and shipping. Be sure to include your name and mailing address along with the name of the report you would like to purchase.
Vermont Indian Hunting: In artifact, image, and story
Many people wonder what traditional Vermont Abenaki hunting looks like. There is information and speculation out there regarding traditional hunting in several books but there is, however, nothing in print regarding 20th and 21st century Indigenous hunting.
To purchase a copy of this report, please send a check in the amount of $10 to Abenaki Health and Heritage, P.O.Box 386, Hinesburg, VT 05461. This will cover the cost of the book and shipping. Be sure to include your name and mailing address along with the name of the report you would like to purchase.
Always Coming Home: An American Abenaki Forgiveness Day
This is a moving story of an American Abenaki family in the 1880’s. The story takes place in a Central VT farmhouse, woods, and on river ice as the family prepares for their Forgiveness Day ceremony.
To purchase a copy of this book, please send a check in the amount of $25 to Abenaki Health and Heritage, P.O.Box 386, Hinesburg, VT 05461. This will cover the cost of the book and shipping. Be sure to include a note letting us know that you would like to purchase a copy of Always Coming Home and include your name and mailing address.
This book was produced in cooperation with the Abenaki Arts and Education Center.
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