Monday, November 19, 2012

Abenaki

                                                                 ABENAKI


The Abenaki Indians lived in Vermont, Mainand New Hampshire.  The climate in the summer was very hot and in winter it was so cold lots of people died because of it.  Fall was the best time of the year it was a little cold but not like winter not hot like summer and spring  They usually eat deer, moose, waterfowl and corn.  They hunted with bows and tomahawks.  People believed in amola a monster that lived in the highest mountain  it was called Katahdin.  For entertainment they played wolf also known as tag. they played ice snake  you carve a snake out of a stick and slid it on the ice whoever's went the farthest won.
Gluskabe was a trickster and culture hero whose exploits were more humorous than frightening. Many living men and some women had their own shamanistic powers that allowed them to leave their bodies and enter the realm of the supernatural, usually in animal forms. Strange occurrences involving animals were customarily interpreted as being the acts of shamans in their animal forms.

Read more: http://www.everyculture.com/North-America/Abenaki-Religion-and-Expressive-Culture.html#ixzz2ChbDkHTG























fun fact: about 75% of native Americans in new England ,died of European diseases in the 1500s 1600s























resources
  :http://www.everyculture.com/North-America/Abenaki-Religion-and-Expressive-Culture.html
http://www.oakgrovevt.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=204:abenaki-food&catid=43:kathy-abbott&Itemid=66


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