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Abenaki Land Link Harvest Festival Set for Saturday

September 20, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Abenaki Land Link Project seeds (courtesy NOFA-VT)The Nulhegan Band of Coosuk, Abenaki Nation and Common Roots are hosting a celebration of the harvest of indigenous seeds at the Abenaki Land Link Harvest Festival on Saturday, September 23 in South Burlington, Vermont.

At this family-friendly event, visitors can learn more about Abenaki food culture with performances, demonstrations, food tasting, storytelling and more. Nature trails and a children’s garden discovery area will both be open to the public and bringing your own picnic is encouraged.  [Read more…] about Abenaki Land Link Harvest Festival Set for Saturday

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Arts, Events, Food, History, Nature, Recreation Tagged With: Abenaki, Abenaki Land Link Project, Nulhegan Band of Coosuk

French Attacks On Old Saratoga During King George’s War (1744-1748)

September 17, 2023 by Guest Contributor Leave a Comment

Map of British and French fortifications during King George's War (Hartgen, 2004)During King George’s War (1744-1748), the primary military encounters in the Saratoga area were focused on the Schuyler estate and associated settlements and Fort Saratoga/Fort Clinton.

The most significant event was the November 1745 First Battle of Saratoga in which a force of French and Indian allies from Fort St. Frederic (at Crown Point) attacked the village, burning 30 houses, several mills, and the fort as well as killing, scalping, and capturing soldiers and residents. (You can read about that here.) [Read more…] about French Attacks On Old Saratoga During King George’s War (1744-1748)

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: Abenaki, Crown Point, Fort Clinton, Fort Saratoga, Haudenosaunee, Hudson River, Indigenous History, Iroquois, King George’s War, Military History, Mohawk, New France, Peter Schuyler, Saratoga, Saratoga County, Schuyler House, Schuylerville

1745: The First Battle of Saratoga

September 7, 2023 by Guest Contributor Leave a Comment

Johannes Scuyler and his wife Elizabeth Staats Wendell Schuyler (New-York Historical Society)The First Battle of Saratoga took place during King George’s War (1744-1748) in November 1745. A force of French and Native allies set out from Fort St. Frederic at Crown Point to attack English colonies in either New England or Albany.

When deep snow made travel into New England impractical, they turned toward Old Saratoga, now known as Schuylerville in Saratoga County, NY (near where the 1777 Battles of Saratoga would later take place during the American Revolution). [Read more…] about 1745: The First Battle of Saratoga

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: Abenaki, Canada, Crown Point, First Battle of Saratoga, Fort Burnet, Fort Saratoga, Fort St. Frederic, Haudenosaunee, Hudson River, Indigenous History, Iroquois, Military History, Mohawk, New France, Philip Schuyler, Quebec, Saratoga County, Schaghticoke, Schuyler House, Warren County, Washington County

Sam Hill: Folklore & History Of A Saratoga Resident

January 22, 2023 by Guest Contributor Leave a Comment

Sam Hill Painting - Laurence White PhotographyThough perhaps a dying proverb, “What in Sam Hill?!” used to be commonplace as an expression of exasperation. A quick internet search will point to several possible origin stories that explain where this phrase came from but the definitive truth remains elusive.

Could it be that a Saratoga County resident known by this common moniker contributed to this once-popular phrase? [Read more…] about Sam Hill: Folklore & History Of A Saratoga Resident

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: Abenaki, Folklore, Greenfield, Indigenous History, Mohawk, Saratoga, Saratoga County, Saratoga County History Center, Saratoga County History Roundtable, Saratoga Springs

Saratoga Area Ethnohistoric Survey Nears Completion

July 18, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

saratoga national historic park courtesy wikimedia user UpstateNYerIn 2018, Saratoga National Historical Park received funding to produce an ethnohistorical study of the Saratoga area. Professor Karim Tiro from Xavier University was chosen to conduct the research and compile the report.

Dr. Tiro specializes in North American history during the colonial, revolutionary, and early national periods with a focus on the history of Native Americans, the War of 1812, and epidemics. [Read more…] about Saratoga Area Ethnohistoric Survey Nears Completion

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: Abenaki, American Revolution, Archaeology, Battle of Saratoga, Indigenous History, Lenape - Munsee - Delaware, Military History, Mohawk, Mohican, National Park Service, Saratoga, Saratoga County, Saratoga National Park, War of 1812

The Great North Woods Before Logging: Twitchell Lake’s Virgin Timber

April 28, 2022 by Noel Sherry 9 Comments

1a Twitchell White PineOne of the best memories I carry from my vacations at our camp on Twitchell Lake in Herkimer County in the Adirondacks is the white pine that marks the western border of our lake-shore property. It’s massive base peaks with twin tops that tower above all the other trees on our shoreline. Peering up into its heights ignited my boyhood imagination, picturing myself atop the Crow’s Nest of some fast clipper ship, scouting for pirates.

There have been several hurricanes and microbursts that have wreaked havoc with the four plus miles of our lake’s shoreline, but my white pine stands firm still, its roots anchored deep in the ancient glacial fill. Even to this day, my brother Tom and I muse about an observation tower roped between those twin tops where we are poised, binoculars in hand, eye-to-eye with the bald eagles that visit the lake, and the loons that daily jet by. This giant stands well over 150 feet tall. [Read more…] about The Great North Woods Before Logging: Twitchell Lake’s Virgin Timber

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History, Recreation Tagged With: Abenaki, Adirondacks, Algonquin, Beaver River, Big Moose, Environmental History, Forestry, Herkimer COunty, Indigenous History, Iroquois, Logging, Logging the Adirondacks, nature, Twitchell Lake, White Pine

Colonial Conflict, Native People, Anti-Catholicism & The Burning of Schenectady

January 12, 2022 by Peter Hess 5 Comments

In 1652, New Netherland Director General Peter Stuyvesant declared that Fort Orange and everything around it, including the village outside the fort, often called Oranje after the fort, was independent of the ownership of the Van Rensselaer family. He named the small mostly Dutch village “Beverwyck.”

Possibly at the urging of the Van Rensselaers, their earlier manager Arendt Van Curler (Corlear) began planning the construction of a new village. [Read more…] about Colonial Conflict, Native People, Anti-Catholicism & The Burning of Schenectady

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, New York City Tagged With: Abenaki, Albany, Albany County, Arendt Van Curler, Canada, Catholicism, Dutch History, Early American History, Esopus Wars, Fort Crailio, Fort Frederick, Fort Orange, fur trade, https://www.newyorkalmanack.com/tags/fort-frederick/, Hudson River, Indigenous History, Iroquois, Jacob Leisler, King Philips War, Massachusetts, Military History, Mohawk, Mohawk River, Mohican, New France, New Netherland, Peter Schuyler, Peter Stuyvesant, Political History, Religious History, Rensselaer, Rensselaer County, Schenectady, Schenectady County, Van Rensselaers

Abenaki History At Adirondack Museum Sunday

April 16, 2015 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

AdirondackMuseum_CabinFeverSundays_Apr19_SabattisSketchNo account of the history of the Adirondacks is complete without a consideration of its Abenaki residents, and the Adirondack Museum houses an impressive collection of artifacts that help illustrate the story of Abenaki culture and its significance in the Adirondack region.

In the final installment of the Adirondack Museum’s Cabin Fever Sundays series, anthropologist Christopher Roy and an Abenaki panel including Andree Newton, Diane Cubit, and James Watsaw, will discuss the experiences of Abenaki families in the Adirondack region and throughout the Northeast for the past several centuries.  [Read more…] about Abenaki History At Adirondack Museum Sunday

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Abenaki, Adirondack Museum, Adirondacks, Cultural History, Indigenous History, Native American History

Champlain Maritime Museum Native American Encampment

June 21, 2011 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

The Lake Champlain Maritime Museum will be hosting a Native American Encampment Weekend this weekend, June 25 & 26, that is expected to give visitors a Native American perspective on life – past, present, and future – in the Champlain Valley and across Vermont.

Members of the Elnu and Missisquoi Abenaki tribes, the Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk and Koasek Traditional Band of the Koas Abenaki Nation will gather will gather at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum for the annual celebration of the region’s Native American Heritage. [Read more…] about Champlain Maritime Museum Native American Encampment

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Abenaki, Cultural History, Indigenous History, Lake Champlain, Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Native American History, Vermont

VT: Native American Panel To Hold Meetings

November 10, 2010 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

The group that will establish a process for state recognition of Native American tribes in Vermont is holding a series of public forums around the state.

The Vermont Commission on Native American Affairs will hold the first meeting at the Goodrich Memorial Library on Main Street in Newport on Tuesday, November 16 according to Giovanna Peebles, State Historic Preservation Officer and director of the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation. [Read more…] about VT: Native American Panel To Hold Meetings

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Abenaki, Cultural History, Indigenous History, Native American History, Office of Cultural Education, Vermont

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