Abenaki

Filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin received the Edward MacDowell Medal Sunday for her lifetime contribution to the arts and dedication to uplifting Indigenous voices.

Scholars and citizens of a federally recognized Abenaki First Nation based in Canada say there is no evidence that leaders of two New Hampshire groups have Abenaki ancestry.

"That’s really what we want to help people seep into their brains: That we were here, and we are here,” said Sherry Gould, who helped organize the event.

An Abenaki couple, both basket makers, were part of a thriving economy on Lake Sunapee in the early 1900s. Generations later, their descendants are keeping the traditions alive.

An exhibit in Hopkinton is changing the narrative on Abenaki history, and showing that Abenaki people in New Hampshire don't exist in the past tense.

Over the past year, a committee has worked to envision the island’s future: a replacement state historic marker “to reflect a more nuanced version of the raid and massacre,” a new name more inclusive than the current “Hannah Duston Historic Site”, and interpretive signage that explains the park’s complex history.

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