Mississquoi Bay, Ticonderoga, and Places in Between: Abenaki Language Continuity Through Time Immemorial

The Plant Connection

Knowledge of plants and their uses was key to survival in the early contact period. Indigenous peoples knew their . . .

Nice, Commodious Buildings and Hospitable Famillies: Post-Columbian Creek Households (AD 1540-1830)

This presentation examines the long-term impacts of European colonialism on the Indigenous peoples of the Southern . . .

New France and the Nations of the Northeast Woodlands: A Symbiotic Relationship

Having elected the Saint Lawrence River as their portal to the interior of the continent, the French established . . .

Mississquoi Bay, Ticonderoga, and Places in Between: Abenaki Language Continuity Through Time Immemorial

From the beginning of time Indigenous people have always known the names of places on the land. The French, English, . . .

First Jamestown: An Archaeological View of Life, Death, and Incursion at the First Permanent English Colony

Historical archaeology continues to be a powerful way to re-discover 1607 Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent . . .

Gudrid the Far-Traveler: A Viking Woman Explores North America a Thousand Years Ago

Drawing from her book THE FAR TRAVELER, Nancy Marie Brown tells the story of Gudrid, a Viking woman who came to the . . .

Jacques Cartier and the Archaeology of the St. Lawrence Iroquoians

In 1535, French explorer Jacques Cartier sailed up the St. Lawrence River and visited the Native American village of . . .

The Champlain Tech Project: What Did War and Weaponry Look Like in 1609? Experimental Ethnography of the 1609 voyage to Lake Champlain

In 1609, Champlain and the Native world stood at a little known material crossroads between the Renaissance and . . .

Voyages of Discovery: Bringing History Home

Elsa Gilbertson shares the story of how the Chimney Point State Historic Site and the VT Division for Historic . . .