I had the opportunity to serve as the organizer for the Saratoga Native American Festival for its first two years in operation (2006 and 2007) while working as the Education Director for the Ndakinna Education Center. Since 2017, I have served as an Ndakinna board member. One of my responsibilities […]
2019 • Abenaki • festival • Haudenosaunee • Iroquois • Mohican • Native American • Ndakinna Education Center • Saratoga SpringsAlong with the keyword searchable database of words which our site is built around, we have developed basic conjugation charts which will soon be linked to all words in their verb, noun, adjective and adverb forms. In truth, the language has no specific parts of speech, but is instead made […]
Abenaki • dictionary • Eastern Algonquian • indigenous language • language | preservation • Ndakinna Education CenterNote from Mark: I had the opportunity to serve as the organizer for the Saratoga Native American Festival for its first two years in operation (2006 and 2007) while working as the Education Director for the Ndakinna Education Center. The Saratoga Native American Festival is a collaborative effort of the […]
2007 • festival • Native American • Ndakinna Education Center • Saratoga SpringsThis Curriculum Guide was published in conjunction with the 2007 Saratoga Native American Festival in Saratoga Springs, New York. Teachers at all levels will find that the lessons and activities introduced can be used broadly to support their own classroom curricula. This program guide was developed by Amy Totino, a […]
curriculum • festival • Native American • Ndakinna Education Center • Saratoga SpringsThis museum kiosk, designed as a prototype for the Ndakinna Education Center, provides an interactive introduction to storytelling and the Native American oral traditions of the Northeast. Participants learn about storytelling by: experiencing video interviews and recorded performances with storytellers from the Abenaki, Mohawk, and other northeastern Nations, reading and […]
Abenaki • kiosk • Mohawk • Native American • Ndakinna Education Center • oral tradition • storytelling