Hello. My name is Napayshni, and I will be telling you a little bit about my life in the Abenaki tribe…

Food:
The Abenaki tribe eats a ton of different types of corn, as well as pumpkins. We also eat bird eggs, moose, pheasants, fish, and elk.

Region:
The Abenaki tribe lives in the Northeastern USA. The Abenaki live in Alaska as well.

Climate:
The climate where we live can be cold and sometimes rainy. It can sometimes get warm where we live.

Entertainment:
For entertainment, we make baskets that we can use to carry stuff like food or materials used to make our homes. We may as well watch ritual dancers or play Hoop The Dart, a game where you try to throw a dart into a swinging ring.

History:
Most of us died from diseases coming to Europe and leaving Europe. The British considered us Canadian Indians since we hid in southern Canada. Today, we live here.

By:Nathan Thompson

Native American Narrative Story By: Nathan Thompson
My name is Tabid, and I am an Abenaki, a Native American tribe that lives in New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and throughout the Northeastern USA. My tribe mostly eats pheasants, elk, moose, bird eggs, fish, pumpkins, tons of corn, and turkey. My tribe usually celebrates the new sun or the turn of the year at ritual gatherings. For fun, we make baskets to carry stuff like food and watch the others dance. Most of our culture is what we do for fun, but we also mourn on November 26th, because of Christopher Columbus coming and taking all of our land. It is past this time, but we also mourn for the people who died of diseases coming from Europe.

We were considered Canadian Indians, since we lived in southern Canada. It is often cold and sometimes rainy where we live, but it can get warm. Our houses are wigwams, which are similar to teepees but are more durable because instead of using just buffalo skin and sticks, they are covered in strong tree bark. Being an Abenaki is a lot different then what it used to be for our forefathers, but we still live an enjoyable life in the Northeastern USA.

What A Day! A Native American Journal Entry

What A Day!

This is me, Cha’Risa.


Hello. My name is Cha’Risa, meaning elk. My favorite foods are deer and pheasants. The activity is dart the hoop, a game where you have to try to get a feather dart in a swinging buffalo bone hoop. I am nineteen, and I am turning twenty in five days. The tribe that I live in is the Abenaki tribe. One thing that happened yesterday was a storm. Yes, a storm. It was so harsh, it caused a flood that made us move from modern-day south Canada through modern-day Wisconsin to modern-day Missouri. Horrible, isn’t it? ☹. It was harder to find pheasants and turkey because we had moved and there was a scarcity of them there, since there was another tribe there that hunted mainly these animals. We had to hunt elk and fish, my least favorite foods. Later that day, we had a ritual with dancers celebrating the new sun and the change from spring to summer. After the ritual, we had pheasants and bird eggs for dinner. I was glad we could find pheasants. Once again, they are one of my favorite foods.It is past my curfew and I should be getting in bed. Good-bye.

By:Nathan Thompson