Elnu Abenaki Singers

Recorded live at the Spring Thaw Council in Pepperell MA

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Music

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• Elnu
• Abenaki
• Singers
• Powwow
• Indians

[leviherknee]

the word abenaki what does it mean .. ??

[cherokeewarrior]

Alnôbak, meaning "Real People" Dawnland/ people of the Dawn,is the Wabanaki

[leviherknee]

are you guys mikmaq .. or umm what are you guys ... cuz the word elnu sounds or even looks like the word i'lnu and thats a mikmaq word . it means natives or indians .. im from eskasoni 1st nation and we speak fluent mikmaq and learn to read and speak mikmaq in our schools . im just wondering .. by the way you guys sound pretty decent

[cherokeewarrior]

Kwai,Kwai brother,I wish we had been able to learn our language as your nation has preserved as long as it has and still is. Our Language and yours are interrelated in many ways as we are as a people we are part of the Wabanaki Confederacy. We Have just been able to put our language on CDS so we can begin to reteach it to our young people once again. Kci'Oliwinni for the kind words

[Edithalba1844]

Wow, good news! A couple of years ago we had an Abenaki friend here in Albania who played the drum and sang a prayer with it. He told us that there were only 12 speakers of Abenaki alive. So now there is hope that language and culture will be revived!? So glad to here this!

[cherokeewarrior]

we are struggling to save what is left of our culture and to pass it onto the next 7generations.

Our language has almost been lost but...thanks to a few it survives Oliwinni for your kind and encouraging words

[deeguitarismo]

I believe I am lineage. My mother is a Willette. Her great grandmother married great grampa Plumber. My mother is downline from there. Grandma Plumber was supposedly full blooded. Have to do more research to know for sure.

[CiscoNast]

cherokeewarrior, do u know where i could get drums like these in the video? thanks, justin

[Ktatenok]

Glad to see you are trying to keep tradition alive. But why do you sing another tribes song. Did a Penobscot teach you this song? woliwon

[darthnobunaga128]

@Sapien94 This tribe in which we are part of bred out into the people we look in many ways white as well as naitive. Please do not discriminate.

[darthnobunaga128]

Hi my name is Chris Maguire and I am an Abanaki decendant. I love the cuture and would like to experiance it more. My E-Mail is cj121288@aim.com plz have someone contact me.

[Sapien94]

wait red necks are not native american??

[willardway]

Good to see Roger and friends.

My best,

Luke

[ChiefLightheart]

Amazed to hear the Waban-Aki language, I'm a direct descendant of Chief Barnabas Lightheart and Princess Lightheart of Maine. Would love to see some Waban-Aki at my mother's sports bar in Salem, MA where I work most nights: Sidelines.

[JimiJamesProductions]

Kwai, Ni doni gia?

Would love to record something like this, if you're ever in the boston area. sounds beautiful.

adio