I’m in Bellows Falls, Vermont, USA where there has been an Indigenous presence and Native Americans called Abenaki presence going back 12,000 years. The island in Bellows Falls is sacred Abenaki land. Currently, research into the history of a petroglyph site along the Connecticut River in Bellows Falls, formerly a fishing spot thousands of years old, is underway. I’m still learning everyday. Vermont was also once part of the same continent as Scotland. To its east during the formation of continents, as we know them today, is New Hampshire, once the African continent. I live next to the Connecticut River which borders both Vermont and New Hampshire with gratitude and awe of the richness of the land, the peoples and traditions.
Thank you for this beautiful acknowledgment, and for sharing a bit about the land you live on. Isn’t it incredible to think about how it has changed over time.
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I live and work on Dharawal country.
Thanks for joining us, I hope you enjoy the course.
I am on Wurundjeri country
So nice to have you here Tabitha.
I am living on Duwamish land.
Thanks for sharing, and welcome.
I live in California Indian Pre-Contact Tribal Territory of Konkow. The skies are smoky out here with the fires.
Ahh, such a hard time on so many different lands at the moment <3 Stay safe, and I hope you enjoy the course.
I’m on Turrubul country
I’m in Bellows Falls, Vermont, USA where there has been an Indigenous presence and Native Americans called Abenaki presence going back 12,000 years. The island in Bellows Falls is sacred Abenaki land. Currently, research into the history of a petroglyph site along the Connecticut River in Bellows Falls, formerly a fishing spot thousands of years old, is underway.
I’m still learning everyday.
Vermont was also once part of the same continent as Scotland. To its east during the formation of continents, as we know them today, is New Hampshire, once the African continent. I live next to the Connecticut River which borders both Vermont and New Hampshire with gratitude and awe of the richness of the land, the peoples and traditions.
Thank you for this beautiful acknowledgment, and for sharing a bit about the land you live on. Isn’t it incredible to think about how it has changed over time.