Abenaki Online is a free language reclamation repository. Our remote learning classes are designed for those with little to no experience in the language. Nanawaldagik (Keepers) introduce the basic patterns in the language as easy-to-remember paired phrases, along with games, songs, group activities, and fun lesson-specific worksheets. Free to all Abenaki people regardless of card or country, and open to all! Header image from THE MIDDLEBURY CAMPUS article, “School of Abenaki pilots first summer remotely.”

We spent our first Middlebury summer online. This experience gave us the power to gather and grow when miles apart. We’ve maintained these remote classes year-round ever since. Spend a summer at the Middlebury Language School of Abenaki and you’ll experience the single most effective method for rapid language acquisition: a total immersion environment with the Language Pledge®—a promise to read, write, listen, and speak Abenaki. No experience required. Free to all Abenaki people, but space is limited.

NEW RELEASE: Nulhegan Abenaki Dictionary

The Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk Abenaki Nation, with support from a National Archives Congressional Cultural Grant, proudly announces the release of the first publicly shareable, freely accessible English-Abenaki dictionary.

The Nulhegan Abenaki Dictionary reflects the ongoing growth of Abenaki as a living language. This comprehensive resource includes both newly coined terms and words spoken for generations across the Northeast.

Featuring a fully standardized spelling system, English-to-Abenaki format, radically reduced grammar, with all verbs, the life of the language, listed in their foundational imperative and third person forms.

Featured Videos

Dawn Land: Abenaki Creation Story

From the graphic novel adaptation of Dawn Land by Joseph Bruchac.

120 High Frequency Phrases

The perfect place to begin—and return to—on your language journey. Just press play to hear all 120 clips from first-language speakers sharing these essential phrases. [ Phrase Index ]

Abenaki Language Oral Proficiency Interview

An inspiring OPI with Atianis Waterman and Jesse Bowman Bruchac—showing a goal we can all strive for and achieve on our journey of language reclamation.

Saints and Strangers

Exclusive clip from a special Abenaki Online Class facilitated by Jesse Bowman Bruchac, featuring behind-the-scenes footage of walking through Cape Town and rehearsing Abenaki dialogue for the TV mini-series Saints and Strangers, as well as the final scene with Tatanka Means and Kalani Queypo.

MinCourse Song

Recorded live at the Middlebury School of Abenaki, summer 2023.

The Seven Thunders of Pitawbagok (Lake Champlain)

From the graphic novel adaptation of Dawn Land by Joseph Bruchac.

Abenaki Online

NEW RELEASE: Nulhegan Abenaki Dictionary

Western Abenaki Radio Podcast