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It is said that the Abenaki used light backgrounds with dark designs while the rest of the Wabanaki and surrounding tribes used dark backgrounds and light designs. This one features a zig zag design on the handle which can represent a bolt of lightening or the wandering path we take through life.
15 Stunning Works Of Indigenous Art From Across Canada
Alanis Obomsawin - "Indian Residential School 1934 - A prison or a school?" - "Abenaki filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin is known for documentaries such as "Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance." But she's also a visual artist, as evidenced in this piece, a commentary on the Indian residential school policy that took children away from their homes, their families, and their traditions."
Abenaki Greeting Song @ MHC's Focus the Nation 1/31/08
Abenaki Greeting Song info on them http://www.bigorrin.org/abenaki_kids.htm
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Authentic Abenaki harvest mask made form corn husks
Wabanaki Beadwork - Part 1
Historic Iroquois and Wabanaki Beadwork: Wabanaki Beadwork - Part 1
The word "wigwam" comes from the Abenaki term for "dwelling." It refers to housing for tribes in the N.E. (notably Algonquin Chippewas) although it was used interchangeably (& erroneously) with "tipi" (the dwelling of Plain's Indian) & "wickiup" (found in the Great Basin). Wigwams had a frame of saplings or poles, & were covered in a bark/rush matting. They were conical in shape, although some were longer, shaped more like loaves of bread. They had a hole in the top to allow smoke to escape...
Picture: Abenaki wigwam with birch bark covering Article: Abenaki Indian Tribe of Vermont