Free Virtual Program (Zoom)

Please join us as Chief Don Stevens, Nulhegan Band of Coosuk—Abenaki Nation; and Rachel Fields, Roxbury farmer, share details of the project and their stories of the 2020 pilot year.

What is the Abenaki Land Link Project?
The Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk - Abenaki Nation has partnered with the Vermont Farm to Plate Network's Rooted in Vermont project and NOFA-VT to provide indigenous seeds to over a dozen gardeners, homesteaders, and farmers around Vermont who have dedicated land to grow and harvest food for Abenaki citizens this season.

Why the Abenaki Land Link Project?
The partners and growers participating in the Abenaki Land Link Project, recognize the racist and horrific historical relationship between European settlers and Indigenous people in Vermont and the United States. With this project, we are committing to work on repairing that relationship.

The growers, as current stewards of the land that once was stewarded by Indigenous people, recognize that they are afforded an opportunity to grow food. This is an opportunity which is not currently available for many Abenaki citizens in Vermont, and by participating in the project, they are doing so in solidarity with the Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk – Abenaki Nation. However, this isn't charity, this is resiliency.

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Please contact the RFL with any questions (802-485-6860 or librarian@roxburyfreelibrary.org

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