Abenaki Workshop with Linda Longtoe
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Date Thursday, June 27, 2024
Time 9:30 - 11:00 am
Venue at Monastic Academy
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Venue Phone +1 (802) 540-0820
Please join us for an Abenaki Workshop at MAPLE. On the land we care for in the mountains of Vermont, Linda Longtoe will be leading a pipe ceremony and braiding sweetgrass.
Linda is an Abenaki woman whose specialty is wampum. She is known affectionately as “Wampum Woman.” She started making wampum belts over thirty years ago and passed her knowledge onto countless young people. Linda makes wampum belts and jewelry from glass beads, mother of pearl and quahog. Her bead making starts with a quahog shell. She cuts it to size and shapes it. Then she weaves her wampum belts using brain tanned leather. She has done demonstrations at museums and historic sites throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States.
We’d love to have you here to welcome her, and celebrate native wisdom together. If you would like to attend this workshop, please fill out our guest interest form.