Pat introduces a powerful conversation about Vermont’s Native history, focusing on the Abenaki communities, the Odanak, and the modern debates surrounding recognition and land. A former Vermont state archaeologist, shares decades of fieldwork, collaboration, and public archaeology to examine how mobility, heritage, and land stewardship shape present-day Vermont Native communities.

Guest:
Giovanna - Former Archeologist, State of Vermont

Hosts:
Pat McDonald - Host, Vote for Vermont

This is an ORCA Media production hosted by Campaign for Vermont.

Sources of additional information:

Abenaki Alliance
https://www.abenakialliance.org/resources

Judge Wolchik decision 1989, State v St. Francis Order
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qU4TTOCuNb9ROwt4PsL2F1ckiZUa2hsu/view

Wabanaki Windows podcast series
https://www.wabanakialliance.com/wabanaki-windows-podcast/

The Journal of Vermont Archaeology
https://www.vtarchaeology.org/publications/

The Identity of the Saint Francis Indians, by Gordon M. Day. 1981. Ottawa. National Museum of Man Mercury Series.

In Search of New England’s Native Past. Selected Essays by Gordon M. Day, edited by Michael K. Foster and William Cowan. 1998. Amherst. University of Massachusetts Press.

The Western Abenaki of Vermont, 1600 – 1800. War, Migration, and the Survival of an Indian People, by Colin G. Calloway. 1990. Norman. University of Oklahoma Press.

The Original Vermonters. Native Inhabitants, Past and Present (revised, expanded edition), by William A. Haviland and Marjory W. Power. 1994. Hanover, NH. University Press of New England.