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 * New Hampshire Resources for Abenaki Information**

**New Hampshire**
c/o Charlie True, Speaker 262 Lancaster Road Whitefield, New Hampshire 03598 phone (603) 837-3381 email: Besanigw@aol.com web site: not yet available //This group of Abenaki families from traditional territories in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont works to preserve and share Abenaki heritage and knowledge. The affiliated non-profit organization, N’Dakinna Inc., is a coalition of speakers, health professionals, and educators who provide information about, and social services for, New Hampshire’s Abenaki people. ANNH holds an annual powwow in early October.//
 * Abenaki Nation of New Hampshire**

c/o Michael Hanitchak, Director 201 Collins Center Dartmouth College Hanover, New Hampshire 03755 phone: (603) 646-2110[|http://www.dartmouth.edu/~nap/] //During the 1700s, Dartmouth was one of the first colleges to welcome American Indian students. This program started in 1970 to offer support and encouragement for the Native American students and faculty who come from tribal communities across the country. The Native Program also works to increase college and regional understanding of local and national Native programs and issues, and hosts a pow-wow on the grounds of Dartmouth College in May.//
 * Dartmouth College Native American Program**

267 Springfield Road, Route 11 Charlestown, New Hampshire 03603 phone: (603) 826-5700 email: info@fortat4.com web site: [] //This museum is a full-scale reproduction of a small fortified village and trading post built in Sokoki Abenaki Indian territory by English settlers in 1744. The web site contains historical information on Abenaki, French, and English conflicts during the French and Indian War, with a heavy emphasis on the English perspective. Plans are underway to update Native American interpretation and related curriculum materials.//
 * The Fort at No. 4 Living History Museum**

Mount Kearsarge Mountain Road Warner, New Hampshire 03278 phone: (603) 456-3244 web site: [|www.indianmuseum.org] //This museum has hundreds of Native American materials from Western Plains and Southwestern tribes, featured in ethnographic displays. It also has many Abenaki and other northeastern objects - bark baskets, tools, canoes, etc. - that demonstrate distinctive Algonkian technologies and designs. The Museum holds an annual Native festival on the grounds and features various Native speakers and special programs throughout the year.//
 * Mount Kearsarge Indian Museum**

c/o Bev and Don Newell, and Peter Newell, Chief 18 Spring Street Laconia, New Hampshire 03246 phone: (603) 528-3005 email: nhitnac@hotmail.com web site: [] //This non-profit organization supports Abenaki and other Native American groups and families who reside in New Hampshire, offering assistance with education, employment, site preservation, and cultural programs. NHINAC publishes a newsletter and sponsors an annual powwow and other events. Teachers may contact NHINAC with questions about Native history in New Hampshire and issues facing Native people today.//
 * New Hampshire Intertribal Native American Council**

Museum of New Hampshire History The Hamel Center 6 Eagle Square Concord, New Hampshire 03301 [|www.nhhistory.org] //The NHHS museum focuses primarily on non-Native American history and artifacts from the late 1700s to the present. Their web site contains some information and lesson plans on early New Hampshire history. Abenaki information needs updating.//
 * New Hampshire Historical Society**

Dawnland Publications P.O. Box 223 Lancaster, New Hampshire 03584 web site: [] //Trudy Ann (Call) Parker is the author of// Aunt Sarah: Woman of the Dawnland//, a book that reveals the complexities of 19th century Abenaki survival through the life of her great aunt, Sarah Jackson (Toxus) Somers, a skilled basketmaker, herbalist, and oral historian who lived to be 108 years old. Trudy conducts workshops and lectures all over Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont.//
 * Trudy Ann Parker**

Sherry L. Gould, Director 3210 State Rte 114 Bradford, New Hampshire 03221 phone: (603) 938-2613 email: sherrygould@tds.net web site: [|www.wijokadoak.com] //Wijokadoak provides community support, cultural programming, genealogical research, language preservation, and other services to Native American children and families living in New Hampshire and Vermont. Wijokadoak staff will also work with child protection workers, in cooperation with the New Hampshire Division of Children, Families and Youth (DCYF), under the provisions of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), to ensure that culturally appropriate assistance is available for Native families and children in crisis. Wijokadoak, in the Abenaki language, translates to "they help one another."//
 * Wijokadoak, Inc.**

c/o Kim White Feather Mountain High Marketplace 1857 White Mountain Highway, Route 16 North Conway, New Hampshire 03860 Maling address: PO Box 604 Center Ossipee, New Hampshire 03814 phone: (603) 356-5772 or (603) 356-7900 email: albeitz@hotmail.com web site: [] //This grassroots cultural organization brings together Native and non-Native people from many different tribal identities and traditions to teach and share information about Native American culture. They focus on community outreach, cultural diversity, social activities, and education, and offer free workshops and speakers during the months of October-May.//
 * The White Mountain Native American Cultural Center**