The group received a grant in 2009 to establish a traditional garden with elders, youth and other community members of the Abenaki Nation at the tribal headquarters in Swanton, and the facilitate participation with a sister garden located in the Intervale in Burlington.
Wobanaki, Inc.
Our Purpose
to improve educational, health, social and economic status of Native Americans living or having their historical heritage or some significant part thereof in the state of Vermont; to maintain and disseminate information regarding traditional Native American culture and social values, including language, decorative arts, and other aspects of Native American lives both past and present; to preserve, conserve and protect natural areas, which are of important ecological or historical significance and to interface with organizations, which share those purposes; and to receive gifts, grants, or aid from Federal, State, or Municipal Governments, school districts, or private citizens, including businesses, and to participate in any federal, state, or school district educational or materials arts project.