Resources by Subject Area with Grade Levels

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ART

Resource DescriptionGrade 3Grades 4-5Middle SchoolHigh School
The Research and Exhibition Gallery at the Vermont History Center, Barre, VT. (Vermont Historical Society, 2025c)XXXX
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Abenaki Pottery Featuring Vicki Blanchard [Video—2:19 min.] (Abenaki Arts & Education, 2021)XXXX
Exploring Abenaki Baskets [Online post] (Sheehan, 2024) XXX
Habitats are Homes [Activity sheets—from “Abenaki Activity Sheets for Young Learners”] (Abenaki Arts & Education Center, 2017)XX  
Historic Indigenous Arts of Vermont and New Hampshire [Online article on Vermont Abenaki Artists Association webpage] (Wiseman, 2021)   X
Indigenous Expressions Film Series: Ash to Baskets [Video—7 min.] (ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, 2017a)XXXX
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New Montpelier Mural Celebrates Abenaki Culture [News article and video—3 min., WCAX, 10-21-23] (Tara, 2023)X   
Reduce, Recycle, Reuse [Study Guide—3rd and 4th pages] (Vermont Abenaki Artists Association  & Abenaki Arts & Education, 2017)XX  
CLOTHING

Resource DescriptionGrade 3Grades 4-5Middle SchoolHigh School
Abenaki Clothing  [Poster] (Abenaki Arts & Education Center, 2025a)  (Under Construction)XXXX
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Alnobak: Wearing Our Heritage [Study Guide—pages 1, 6, and 8] (Sheehan et al., 2019) XX 
Celebrating Abenaki Culture: Wearing Our Heritage [Study Guide PDF—pages 2 and 10] (Sheehan & Beil, 2019) XX 
Indigenous Expressions Film Series: Walking in Two Worlds [Video—12:12 min.] (ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, 2017c)              XXXX

CONTINUITY OF CULTURE

Resource DescriptionGrade 3Grades 4-5Middle SchoolHigh School
Abenaki History in Vermont [Video—7 min.] (StuckinVermont, 2020)  XX
Fiddleheads: A Spring Favorite [Online article with recipes] (Sheehan, 2023) XXX
Historic Indigenous Arts of Vermont and New Hampshire [Online article on Vermont Abenaki Artists Association web page] (Wiseman, 2021)  XX
Indigenous Expressions Film Series: Walking in Two Worlds [Video—12:12 min.] (ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, 2017c)XXXX

CULTURAL PRACTICES AND LIFEWAYS

Resource DescriptionGrade 3Grades 4-5Middle SchoolHigh School
Abenaki Cultural Practices, Lifeways, and Natural Resources Card Game [Deck of Cards] (Abenaki Arts & Education Center, 2025b).   [Teachers: Email Abenaki Arts & Education Center for purchase details at: abenaki.edu@gmail.com]XXXX
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Abenaki History Timeline [Poster] (Abenaki Arts & Education Center, 2023) XXX
Abenaki Lifeways Mural [Digital Image—muralscenesVHS.jpg] (Sylvester, 2004)  XXXX
Abenaki Pottery Featuring Vicki Blanchard [Video—2:19 min.] (Abenaki Arts & Education, 2021)XXXX
Abenaki Uses of Natural Resources [Table—PDF] (Abenaki Arts & Education Center, 2025d)XXX 
The Connections That Bind Us: The Colonial World of the Northeast [Article with writing prompts, PDF—29 pages] (Brook, 2015)    XX
Daily Life of the Koasek Abenaki from A Brief History: From Koasek Meadows to You Today[Booklet—see pages 7-10] (Koasek Traditional Band of the Koas Abenaki Nation, n.d.-a) XXX
The Deer Are Calling Us [Blog post 11-5-2024] (Bruchac, 2024b)  XX
Fiddleheads: A Spring Favorite [Online article with recipes] (Sheehan, 2023) XXX
Alnobak: Wearing Our Heritage [Study Guide—pages 1, 6, and 8] (Sheehan et al., 2019)XX  
From Calumet to Crisis and Back—Part 1 [Video—6:13 min.] (Circle of Courage, 2009a)   From Calumet to Crisis and Back—Part 2[Video—9:18 min.] (Circle of Courage, 2009b) [Teachers:Please review before screening for your students. This video examines the sacred uses and the misuses of tobacco.]  XX
Indigenous Expressions Film Series: Walking in Two Worlds [Video—12:12 min.] (ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, 2017c)XXXX
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My Bring Up [Book—156 pages, free Reading with Kindle Unlimited] (Hook, 2019)  [Teachers: The reading level is grade 4 and up; choose chapters to read aloud for younger students.]xXXX
Natural Resources, Vermont Agency of Natural Resources website [Online article and photographs] (Department of Environmental Conservation, 2025)  XX
The Odzihozo and Champ Story [Video—12:11 min.] (Peregrine Productions LLC, 2019)XXXX
Re-Emergence: Regardless of Degrees [Blog post 11-9-2024] (Bruchac, 2024c)  XX
Stories of Resilience: Abenaki Tribal Garden [Video—2:47 min.] (NOFA-VT, 2022) XXX
Weaving a Thread Through the 7 Generations  [Video—8:48  min.] (TEDx Talks, 2018) XXX
What Is Culture, According to Kids? [Video—1:48 min. YouTube] (Milton Hershey School, 2022)    

FAMILY

Resource DescriptionGrade 3Grades 4-5Middle SchoolHigh School
Aunt Sarah: Woman of the Dawnland: The 108 Winters of an Abenaki Healing Woman [Book—275 pages] (Parker, 1994)  XX
House Session: Wed., March 31, 2021 at 1:15 p.m. [Video—2 hours and 25 minutes) (Vermont House of Representatives, 2021) [Teachers: This video, from the State of Vermont, explains the state-sanctioned Eugenics movement of the early 1900s and how local Abenakis were affected.]    
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 My Bring Up” Event  [Video—30:17 min.] (Moccasin Tracks, 2019)  XX
My Bring Up [Book—156 pages, free Reading with Kindle Unlimited] (Hook, 2019)    [Teachers: The reading level is grade 4 and up; choose chapters to read aloud for younger students.]XXXX
Weaving a Thread Through the 7 Generations  [Video—8:48  min.] (TEDx Talks, 2018)  XX

FOOD

Resource DescriptionGrade 3Grades 4-5Middle SchoolHigh School
Abenaki Food Systems [Video—13 min.] (Wild Foods, 2023)XXXX
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Abenaki History Timeline [Poster] (Abenaki Arts & Education Center, 2023)X (Teacher- Led )XXX
The Deer Are Calling Us [Blog post 11-5-2024] (Bruchac, 2024b)  XX
Fiddleheads: A Spring Favorite [Online article with recipes] (Sheehan, 2023) XXX
Historic Map of New France [document cartographique/map] (Champlain, 1612)XXXX
‘It’s Everyone’s Thing’: A Tale of Sugar and Community [Online article in Whetstone Magazine] (Kaiwar, n.d.)  XX
More Than Food: Recovering The East Montpelier Squash and Abenaki Culture [Video—10 min.] (Moccasin Tracks, 2018) XXX
My Bring Up [Book—156 pages, free Reading with Kindle Unlimited] (Hook, 2019)  [Teachers: The reading level is grade 4 and up; choose chapters to read aloud for younger students.]XXXX
Seeds of Renewal Project: 2013 Harvest [Poster—Seeds of renewal poster.JPG] (Wiseman, 2013)XXXX
Stories of Resilience: Abenaki Tribal Garden [Video—2:47 min.] (NOFA-VT, 2022) XXX
Sugaring in Wabanahkik (Land of the Dawn): An Abenaki History of Maple [Online article in Audubon Vermont] (Cotnoir, 2021)  XX

GEOGRAPHY AND NATURAL RESOURCES

Resource DescriptionGrade 3Grades 4-5Middle SchoolHigh School
Abenaki Cultural Practices, Lifeways, and Natural Resources Card Game [Deck of Cards] (Abenaki Arts & Education Center, 2025b). [Teachers: Email Abenaki Arts & Education Center for purchase details at: abenaki.edu@gmail.com]XXXX
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Abenaki History Timeline [Poster] (Abenaki Arts & Education Center, 2023)X (Teacher- Led )XXX
Abenaki Lifeways Mural [Digital Image—muralscenesVHS.jpg] (Sylvester, 2004)XXXX
Abenaki Pottery Featuring Vicki Blanchard [Video—2:19 min.] (Abenaki Arts & Education, 2021)XXXX
Abenaki Uses of Natural Resources [Table—PDF] (Abenaki Arts & Education Center, 2025d)  XXX 
Azban’s Great Journey [Book—58 pages] (Chenevert, 2014) XX 
Building a Traditional Indigenous Peoples’ Wigwam at Strawbery Banke [Video—7:30 min.] (Strawbery Banke Museum, 2021) XXX
Historic Map of New France (Carte Geographique) [Map—with illustrations of food] (Champlain, 1612)XXXX
Indigenous Expressions Film Series: Walking in Two Worlds [Video—12:12 min.] (ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, 2017c)XXXX
Matching Natural Resources to Their Uses [WS 1—printable PDF] (Abenaki Arts & Education Center, 2025e)XX  
National Geographic Map Maker [Digital interactive] (National Geographic, 2022)XXXX
Native Land Digital [Digital interactive] (Banaszak, 2022)X (Teacher- Led )XXX
Natural Resources, Vermont Agency of Natural Resources website [Online article and photographs] (Department ofEnvironmental Conservation, 2025)  XX
New England Landforms [Poster](Abenaki Arts & Education Center, 2024)XXXX
Vermont Topography [Road atlas of USA and Canada] (Vermont Topography Terrain Map Topographic State Large Scale Free Detailed Landscape, 2025)XXXX

HISTORY

Resource DescriptionGrade 3Grades 4-5Middle SchoolHigh School
Abenaki History in Vermont [Video—7 min.] (StuckinVermont, 2020)  XX
The Arrow Over the Door [Book—112 pages—historical fiction] (Bruchac, 2002)XX  
Aunt Sarah: Woman of the Dawnland: The 108 Winters of an Abenaki Healing Woman [Book—275 pages] (Parker, 1994)  XX
The Connections That Bind Us: The Colonial World of the Northeast [Article with writing prompts, PDF—29 pages] (Brook, 2015)  XX
Famous Abenaki [Online reading] (Elnu Abenaki Tribe, 2023)   X
House Session: Wed., March 31, 2021 at 1:15 p.m. [Video—2 hours and 25 minutes) (Vermont House of Representatives, 2021) [Teachers: Please review prior to screening for your class. Content includes demeaning language used in the early 20th century.]   X (teacher led)
Indigenous Expressions Film Series: Walking in Two Worlds [Video—12:12 min.] (ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, 2017c)XXXX
People of the Dawn Land [Blog post 12-26-2023] (Bruchac, 2023)  XX
Vermont Delegation Statement Commemorating Abenaki Recognition and Heritage Week [News release] (Sanders, 2023)   XX

HUNTING AND FISHING

Resource DescriptionGrade 3Grades 4-5Middle SchoolHigh School
Abenaki Fish-Ins—Interview with Joe Bruchac [Video—3:30 min.] (Abenaki Arts & Education, 2024)   XXX
Abenaki Lifeways Mural [Digital Image—muralscenesVHS.jpg] (Sylvester, 2004)  XXXX
The Abenakis of Vermont (1987) [Video—10:14 min.] (robinbirkw, 2009) [Teachers: Please review prior to screening for your class. Content includes use of tobacco, mention of firearms, and the issue of race.]  XX
Abenaki Win Back Free Fishing and Hunting Rights [News Article—The Other Paper, 7-2-2020] (MacMillan, 2020)  XX
The Deer Are Calling Us [Blog post 11-5-2024] (Bruchac, 2024b)  XX

LANGUAGE

Resource DescriptionGrade 3Grades 4-5 Middle School High School
Abenaki Animals Coloring Book [Book] (Chenevert & Jones, n.d.). [Teachers:Email Nicole St. Onge for purchase details at nicolestonge@myfairpoint.net or Title VI Indian Education Coordinator Lucy Cannon-Neel at Nulhegannecc@gmail.com.]X   
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Indigenous Expressions Film Series: Melody of Language [Video—9:36 min.]  (ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, 2017b)XXXX
MiniCourse Song: Awani Na, Na Awani? [Video—5:14 min.] (Abenaki Online, 2023)XXXX
N’Dakinna: An Illustrated Abenaki Dictionary for Schools [Book—email for purchase details: circleofcourage@comcast.net.] (Circle of Courage, 2019)  XX
Proud Pictures [Poster/Infographic] (Bolles & Brett, 2019)  XX
Vermont Educators, and Students, Collaborate on New Abenaki Dictionary [News Article] (Polston, 2020)  XX

NEIGHBORS

Resource DescriptionGrade 3Grades 4-5 Middle School High School
The Connections That Bind Us: The Colonial World of the Northeast [Article with writing prompts, PDF—29 pages] (Brook, 2015)    XX

RESILIENCE AND ADAPTATION

Resource DescriptionGrade 3Grades 4-5Middle SchoolHigh School
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The Abenakis of Vermont (1987) [Video—10:14 min.] (robinbirkw, 2009) [Teachers: Please review prior to screening for your class. Content includes use of tobacco, mention of firearms, and the issue of race.]  XX
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SHELTER

Resource DescriptionGrade 3Grades 4-5Middle School High School
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Abenaki Homes and Structures [Poster] (Abenaki Arts & Education Center, 2025c)  XXXX
Building a Traditional Indigenous Peoples’ Wigwam at Strawbery Banke [Video—7:30 min.] (Strawbery Banke Museum, 2021) XXX

VISUAL AIDS — POSTERS

Resource DescriptionGrade 3Grades 4-5Middle SchoolHigh School
Abenaki History Timeline [Poster] (Abenaki Arts & Education Center, 2023)    X (Teacher- Led )XXX
Abenaki Homes and Structures [Poster] (Abenaki Arts & Education Center, 2025c)  XXXX
Natural Resources, Vermont Agency of Natural Resources website [Online article and photographs] (Department of Environmental Conservation, 2025)  XX
New England Landforms [Poster](Abenaki Arts & Education Center, 2024)XXXX
Seeds of Renewal Project: 2013 Harvest [Poster—Seeds of renewal poster.JPG] (Wiseman, 2013)XXXX