VTDigger

Can online classes during the pandemic bring back an endangered language?

Rich Holschuh, a member of the Elnu tribe of Abenaki, hopes the classes he’s taking will prepare more students to become teachers. Photo by Mike Faher/VTDigger The pandemic has steered a lot of ...
WCAX

Middlebury College launches program to preserve Abenaki language

MIDDLEBURY, Vt. (WCAX) - The Abenaki language and culture were in the state of Vermont long before it got its name. Today, initiatives to preserve the language and the culture are underway in ...
The Brown Daily Herald

Students, instructors reflect on independent study for Indigenous language learners

This semester, six students are participating in a group independent study project to learn the Indigenous languages of their communities. Led by Nitana Hicks Greendeer ’03, visiting assistant ...
Seven Days

Vermont Educators, and Students, Collaborate on New Abenaki Dictionary

When technology has vastly expanded the platforms for receiving and sending information, it’s a cruel irony that some populations are watching their very languages disappear. The loss of indigenous ...
VTDigger

Bill Schubart: We have much to learn from our neighbors, the Abenaki people

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