Rich Holschuh is co-director of the Atowi Project, an Elnu Abenaki community initiative "to affirm Native relationships to the Land and its inhabitants, raise Indigenous voices, and foster inclusion with understanding, in place," according to the organization's website.
I offer these remarks on behalf of the Vermont state-recognized Abenaki communities for whom I advocate, and that are involved in a protracted, unilateral, and dismaying political challenge.
Whereas I speak as an individual, I recognize that I am only enabled to do so by being in community, a shared gift that I wish to uphold, rather than emphasizing difference and division.
A question was posed recently, publicly, from a concerned individual. To paraphrase: Would there be support for a decolonizing initiative - by this person - to change the name of Brattleboro (and its accompanying official seal) to Wantastegok? This type of situation comes up not infrequently. It seems appropriate...
These autumn scenes come to us via “Quotidiously,” by Rich Holschuh of Brattleboro, who describes the photo blog as “a casual repository of things encountered nearby, whether at home or wandering about.” As a personal challenge, Holschuh takes all his images with his iPhone camera and presents them as-is...
These autumn scenes come to us via “Quotidiously,” by Rich Holschuh of Brattleboro, who describes the photo blog (richholschuh.wordpress.com) as “a casual repository of things encountered nearby, whether at home or wandering about.” Holschuh, active in Native American issues, spearheaded the movement to formally create the Indigenous People's Day holiday in the town of Brattleboro and the state of Vermont.
These spring scenes come to us via “Quotidiously,” by Rich Holschuh of Brattleboro, who describes the photo blog as “a casual repository of things encountered nearby, whether at home or wandering about.” As a personal challenge, Holschuh takes all his images with his iPhone camera and presents them as-is - “no filters, apps, or editing, except for a rare crop,” he writes. You can find the blog, with photos of all seasons in and around Brattleboro and the region, at...
These spring scenes come to us via “Quotidiously,” by Rich Holschuh of Brattleboro, who describes the photo blog as “a casual repository of things encountered nearby, whether at home or wandering about.” As a personal challenge, Holschuh takes all his images with his iPhone camera and presents them as-is - “no filters, apps, or editing, except for a rare crop,” he writes. You can find the blog, with photos of all seasons in and around Brattleboro and the region, at...