Tribal Council Meeting – 20 May 2012

Posted on April 18, 2012 by

Kwai Kwai All !

All members are invited to join us for our next Council Meeting. We have much to cover and we welcome your ideas, participation and donations.

Tribal Pot Luck Lunch & Council Meeting
Sunday 20 May 2012
Thetford Center Community Building (Old One Room Schoolhouse)

Pot Luck Lunch 12:30 PM
Tribal Council Meeting 1:15 PM

Directions:
On Rt. 113 Thetford, drive one mile past the Legion Hall where we usually meet. At the bottom of the hill is the Thetford Ctr Community Center right across the street from the big brick Church. You can find parking in the Town Garage Lot next door.

Chief Nathan Pero & Chief Paul Bunnell

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Abenaki – Algonquin Cook Book & Memories

Posted on January 29, 2012 by

Kwai Kwai All!

Francine (Blue Wolf Spirit) from our tribe and Joanne (Dreaming Horse) from the Wolf Spirit Scholarship Band are in the process of compiling a book on the Abenaki & Algonquin cultural items.
The types of information that will be in the book are as follows:
  • In Memory of Our Ancestors
  • Heirloom Seeds vs. Hybrid Seeds
  • Native Vegetable and Fruit Seeds
  • Three Sisters Garden
  • About Native Foods
  • Sacred Tobacco – Recipes and Proper Use
  • Meats
  • Fish
  • Vegetables
  • Desserts
  • Breads
  • Beverages
  • Home Remedies
The book will probably be a year in the making. Once it is printed, it will be sold through both tribes – available at powwows, through our websites, etc.
The proceeds will go directly to our tribes, as this is to be a fund-raising project with the benefit of passing our traditions and foods down to our descendants.
In order for this endeavor to be a success, we need your input. We are asking that you share native recipes that have been passed down through your families. Along with the recipes, please add some information about when the recipe was usually served (e.g. holidays or during the winter, etc). We want you to share with us what types of foods would normally be served as a side-dish with your recipes. We want the book to be interesting!
Please don’t worry about duplicate recipes, we plan to includes variations of the same recipe, if available.
Please send recipes as you find them – we’ll let you know once we have enough.
The recipes we are looking for are:
  • Meats
  • Fish
  • Vegetables (includes soups & stews)
  • Desserts
  • Beverages
  • Breads
  • Home Remedies
You may send the recipes to Francine via email, or make a copy and send by snail mail. Please include your name and some contact information in case we have questions. Please add a photo of the completed recipe (if possible). The photo can be sent to me digitally or through the mail.
Here is Francine’s contact information:
franbluefeather@gmail.com
Francine P. Jones
106 Oakwood Avenue, Hopewell, VA 23860
Tel.: 804-943-6197
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How to make women’s Abenaki Regalia on YouTube.com

Posted on April 14, 2012 by

Kwai Kwai All,
I have just completed a 4-part series on how to make women’s Abenaki Regalia. This is meant to help all of you who have been asking for some directions. I had to take tBlue Wolf Spirit wearing regaliahe video in 4 parts due to the limitations of my camera. One of the segments has a long pause at the end – sorry! I couldn’t edit.

Note: For purchase of trade cloth, follow the pattern directions for the dress and leggings. You won’t have much of that color left over. For the skirt, purchase 2 yards of material (36 or 45 wide). Do purchase a package of waist band elastic in addition to the elastic and ribbon suggested in the pattern directions.

To view, just go to www.youtube.com and on the top of the page in the Search bar, type Abenaki Regalia. All four parts will come up (but not in order for some reason). Just start with part 1. If you have any questions, just send me an email at franbluefeather@gmail.com

Akwanna adio,
Francine

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Gray Wolf Clan – Pow Wow September 2012

Posted on March 22, 2012 by

Kwai Kwai All,

Below is the info I have to date on the Pow Wow that we have been invited to take part in. Chief Gary Dumas of the Gray Wolf Clan is looking for vendors  and volunteers from our tribe who can help in any way possible.  Please contact me so we can meet our commitment to achieve great success for their Pow wow.

Traditional dress is highly appreciated ! Members needing campsites or early vendor time to set up, can arrive a day early, on September 7th, according to Chief Gary.

We are very grateful to the people of the Gray Wolf Clan for letting us take part in their Pow Wow, giving us a good experience before we start our own in the near future.

Please come forward with your special talents or volunteer in several areas like, set up, security, vendor, traditional dancers, etc…

Waolowzi (Be Very Well)

Chief Paul “Gwilawato” Bunnell

Chief Wolf Spirit Scholarship Fund Native Gathering & Pow wow

Gray Wolf Clan

Gary J. Dumas – Chief Wolf Spirit

Abenaki Horse Farm & Stable

Ellsworth Hill Rd., Campton, New Hampshire

8-9 September 2012

Participating Tribe - Koasek Traditional Band of the Sovereign Abenaki Nation

More Info to Follow

 

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Koasek Abenaki Online Store

Posted on January 28, 2012 by

We are moving forward… We just opened our store at Cafepress.

Please visit the Koasek Abenaki Online Store, for distinctive apparel and merchandise, at:

Chief Paul Bunnell

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Directions to Snow Snake Games – Feb. 11, 2012

Posted on January 28, 2012 by

Event: Abenaki Snow Snake Games at 1:00 P.M
Pot Luck at Noon, followed by the Snow Snake Games
Fire, Sleds for Kids, and 250 foot snow snake path. Continue reading →

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Reflection

Posted on January 14, 2012 by

I gaze into the running brook
And see my father’s face
Both my grandfathers stand behind him,
As all my great-grandfathers do.

I look into the sky
And see my mother’s eyes
With both my grandmothers behind her,
As all my great-grandmothers do

By: Chief Paul J. Bunnell, U.E.

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An Abenaki Poem

Posted on January 14, 2012 by

As we stand tall, we hold each other’s hand.

We want you to understand who and what we are.

In our body, and soul, we are Abenaki Indians.

As we yell, “we do exist.”

Look at us! We are real, inside and out.

Put us on your list. We have been brave.

We cannot look the other way.

We are here to stay. You hear our drums play.

We bring peace from our chief who stands proud on our ground that we share.

We all breath the same air. We drink the same water.

Our ancestors are still here. If you quit, you can hear them cry.

They still want to know why; Can’t you accept us?

Open your eyes. We are here and, stand proud.

We are Abenaki

By Jeannine (Bunnell) Smith (c) 2008 Koasek Abenaki Citizen

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An Abenaki Prayer

Posted on January 14, 2012 by

Kassiwi Niona Enna Odakozik Chibaio Agaskwikok
Kizos Aalakws Nionakiya Alnobanogan Nionakiya
Aw8zsiswogan Enni Taolani Agaskwikok Noesal Niona
Kizosaltoalakws Taolawisi Maskozisis Taolwisi Nolka Moz
Sibo Ikok Pon Tekw
Wobigid Sanoba Magigwogan
N’mahomios Chibaio
Amikimek Pmegamek Agakidozik
Kazaldozk Nigawes Spemki Toldal8zi Nosokazik
Niona Aho Wobenakiak Kizos Posiwaganogan
Wobenakiak Mozmozik Odiozon
Kinikinik Volcanda Kottliwi Kwahliwi Tapsiwi

With We Who Visit Ghosts From
The Sun Star of Our Birth and in Our
Infancy Which Is from the Land of
The Rising Star as Long as the Deer and Moose Shall Run Free and the Grass Shall Grow
And the Rivers Run Swiftly the Abenaki Shall Survive
The Whiteman’s Wickedness
Again Our Grandfathers Spirits
Have Given Us Guidance and Wisdom to
Rise and Come Together to Dance We Have Been Taught
To Love Mother Earth and to Respect Her
We Are the Children of the Dawn the People
Of the East May the Great Spirit and
The Great Creator Bless Us and Smile upon Us

 By: Chief Edwin “Joe” Pero – Coos (Cowasuck) Deer Clan Prayer

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Invitation to members of the Koasek Traditional Band of the Abenaki Nation

Posted on December 28, 2011 by

To all our members…

This blog brings you the latest news, as well as notice of future events of interest to all our members.

Please feel free to register and post events, gatherings, anecdotes, or anything else that you feel would be of interest to members.

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