W8banakiak Odanak with Daniel G. Nolett

In this lecture, Daniel will be guiding the audience through a brief review of W8banaki Nation history and W8banakiak’s ancestral territory: Ndakina. He will also explore the Saint-Francis Indian mission (Odanak) through archeology and will also present information on Black Ash. 

Daniel G. Nolett is Abenaki and a Band member of the Odanak First nation in Quebec, Canada.  He has been the Executive director at the Abenaki of Odanak Government (Odanaki W8banaki Tbald8zimek) since August 2005.  He was before that Executive director of the Grand Conseil de la Nation Waban-Aki (W8banaki Tribal Council) from 1995 till 2005. He is very involved in the Abenaki culture. He has been part of the W8banaki traditional songs drum group the Flying Sturgeon/Aw8ssisak akik for more than 25 years.  He is also very involved in the revitalization of the Abenaki language (Aln8ba8dwaw8gan).  He has been learning the Abenaki language for more than 36 years.

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