| Hi Jag,
I'm really glad you are going to investigate your heritage more. The links I posted should help you get started with both the Abenakis and native history in Virginia and North Carolina. I've known quite a few Indian people in my life and have really cherished those relationships. There is a tremendous amount to learn and I'm sure you will find it extremely fascinating. If you can take a Native American Studies class at University, they can be wonderful. Dartmouth was founded as a college for Indians so if you are applying there and are lucky enough to get in, I'm sure they will offer something.Dartmouth is also near Abenaki lands so it would be a good base for investigations. A good book of general interest for getting to know Indian ways of thinking about the world is the book "Touch the Earth." It may be out of print but you can probably get a used copy on Amazon. It is a book of Native American Treaty Oratory. Oratory was HUGELY important to many tribes and how one spoke was very important. So these speeches are both historic documents and often beautifully composed and expressed. I wish you lots of luck in tracking down your native roots. |