Vermont Native American tribal web Sites

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The St. Francis/Sokoki Band is part of Vermont's Abenaki community. Our home for thousands of years has centered on the Masipskiwibi (Missisquoi, "Crooked River") River in Northwestern Vermont. Our tribal headquarters is located in Swanton, Vermont, where the Masipskiwibi flows into Bitawbagok (Lake Champlain, "Lake Between" which is pictured above).

The traditional homeland of the Abenaki is Wobanakik ("Place of the Dawn"), what is now called Northern New England and Southern Quebec. The St Francis/Sokoki Band with other bands, including the Pennacook, Winnipesaukee, Pigwacket, and Cowasuck, comprise the Western Abenaki (Vermont and New Hampshire), while the Eastern Abenaki, including the Penobscot, Androscoggin, Wawenock and Passamaquoddy, reside in Maine. Abenaki also live in Quebec, with sizable communities at Okanak and Wolinak (Becancour).

Both Eastern and Western Abenaki belong to the Wabenaki Confederation along with the neighboring Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, Micmac and Mamiseet bands of Maine and the Maritimes area. All are part of the Algonquian-speaking linguistic family that includes Native peoples in the Northeastern United States and Eastern-central Canada.

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The Koasek Traditional Band is part of Vermont and New Hampshire ’s Abenaki community. The center of our homeland for thousands of years was located on the meadows of Newbury VT and Haverhill NH along the Connecticut River (Kwenitegok -Long River). From there Koasek territory roughly spanned north to Sherbrooke QC , South to Fort #4 in Charlestown , NH and Springfield,VT, East to just beyond the White Mountains of NH and West to the Jay Peak area.

Today the Koasek Traditional Band works closely with our Cowasuck cousins to the north, the Mena’sen Band of Cowasuck Abenaquis in Sherbrooke (a Canadian Federally Recognized First Nation) to ensure our cultural survival.

The Abenaki as a whole were a part of the greater Wabanaki community. The Koasek were a part of the Western Abenaki (Vermont , New Hampshire and Quebec) as were the Missisquoi, Ossipee, Pennacook, Winnipesaukee, Sokoki and Winooski. Eastern Abenaki (Maine) are comprised of Amaseconti, Kennebec, Norridgewock, Penobscot, Pigwacket, Wewenoc, Passamaquoddy

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Nawhila Pow-Wow Koasek Abenaki Nation Set

The Nulhegan Band of Abenaki, in Newport/Derby VT, traces its roots to the historic Abenaki Bands who inhabited the forests and rivers surrounding Lake Memphremagog and Salem Lake (formerly Lake Abenaquis). These Bands were called Cowasucks, Nulheganooks, and St. Francis Abenaki. The Nulhegan Band of Abenaki is governed by three councils; the Men's Longhouse, the Ladies Judiciary, and the Grand Council. Day to day operations and administration is led by three Tribal Trustees, Secretary Dawn Macie, Security Chief Luke Willard, and Archivist Nancy Cote-Rolls. Gatherings are held once a month and all are welcome to attend.

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Elnu is an Abenaki Tribe based in Southern Vermont. We work
to continue our cultural heritage though historical research,
lectures and school programs, oral story telling, singing, dancing
and traditional craft making. Our main focus is insuring that our
traditions carry on to our children. We limit ourselves in
inter-tribal politics; however we will not be forgotten. We are
traditionalists trying to maintain our culture in a modern society.
Learning from the past creates a better future for all.

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Elnu At Snow Snake Social