Here is an article on the New York Times from 1988 that talks about Modern. Abenaki, Sokoki, and Missoquoi Indians. Homer St. Francis was the Abenaki Nation’s Chief at the time. The Abenaki of Vermort had not yet been recognized, and they were in conflict with Police Cheif Clyde Yarnell over hunting and fishing rights of the modern Abenaki people of Vermont.
CITATION
Johnson, Sally. “Abenakis’ Chief Pursues Cause through Conflict.” New York Times (1923-Current file), Oct 02, 1988, pp. 46. ProQuest, https://0-search.proquest.com.ksclib.keene.edu/docview/110454278?accountid=42512. Accessed 22 October 2018.
It’s difficult to find solid artifacts from the upper-Ashuelot region in the Smithsonian Online Archives. Searching key words such as “Sokoki” or “Pennacook” (A nearby tribe) doe not uncover many artifacts, if any at all. Searching Keywords such as “Abenaki” uncovers artifacts that have have been cited from the Abenaki of Maine. Their are birch bark pictographs from the Maine Abenaki.
There is also a document that talks about Nathan Blake, founding settler of Keene, New Hampshire. The document describes Blake’s capture history, and why Keene, NH should erect a statue of the “bold, noble” Nathan Blake. Thinking back on this document, I wonder what else I would find if I looked into the author or related documents.
“THE ABENAKI” by JAMES BAXTER (1890)
This is a 40 page book describing the mannerisms of the Abenaki and their interactions with other tribes. The book takes a look at Abenaki in a observational way, almost scientific way. They describe the occurrence of an ice-age event that began to retreat, and with that, Indians exploring more north-ward territory.
Unknown Artist. “Abenaki Couple”. 18th Century. Courtesy of the City of Montreal Records Management & Archives, Montreal, Canada. Accessed 21 October 2018.
I wanted share the a painting of an Abenaki couple in Quebec, Canada. It shows their uni-sex attire of a deer-skin robe and moccasins (Missing book Citation). Abenaki who are cited in Canada after 1750 could be of our Sokoki tribe. The Sokoki (or whoever was here in Keene at the time) fled north to Canada. This could be a representation of those people’s attired.
CITATIONS
Baxter, James P. “The Abnakis and their ethnic relations” Smithsonian Libraries, 1890, https://archive.org/details/abnakistheirethn00baxt/page/n3. Accessed 21 October 2018.
Unknown Artist. “Abenaki Couple”. 18th Century. Courtesy of the City of Montreal Records Management & Archives, Montreal, Canada. Accessed 21 October 2018.
