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GEDAKINA (pronounced /g' dah keen nah/ and meaning, "Our world, a way of life" in the Wabanaki language) was formally organized and incorporated in 2002. Gedakina is a Native American led organization that provides life enhancing opportunities for youth, women and their families from New England’s rural, urban and reservation communities. Our vision is to develop new ways of reaching our people, rooted in traditional cultural teachings and values, which will provide them with skills and resources to better navigate the challenges they face in a changing landscape. Our initiatives focus on leadership development, community health & wellness, sustainable food systems, indigenous traditional ecological knowledge (ITEK), healthy relationships, education & literacy, and cultural artistic survival. Our approach emphasizes interconnected activities to reach Native American youth, women and families, with clear recognition that the challenges that they face on a daily basis are also interconnected. We incorporate an intergenerational approach, involving Elders, youth and community members with a wide range of experience and knowledge; we believe that everyone has wisdom to share and that we can always learn from each other.
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This is where we share teaching tools, how-to videos, and videos of our accomplishments.
Gedakina Book Series: Wliniwaskw Wliahki: Good Spirit Good Earth (Print Book and Audio Recording)
Wliniwaskw Wliahki: Good Spirit Good Earth (Print Book and Audio Recording), written and recorded by Vermont author, Patricia Austin in collaboration with Gedakina. A book of photos and poems written in Western Abenaki with English translations.
Gedakina Book Series: Wabanaki Coloring Book
Gedakina has included the coloring book in English and Wabanaki language. Pages can be pulled out and reproduced for use in school curriculum by teachers
Tapestries created by Executive Director of Gedakina
From Small Beginnings...At it's heart is the promotion of shared meaning making, in the hopes of addressing eugenic legacies of the past and interrupting the future promulgation of this malignant ideology.
Judy Dow, Executive Director Gedakina participates in Fellowship with the Anti-Eugenics Project
Gedakina disseminates a quarterly newsletter
Judy Dow, Executive Director of Gedakina reads her story, Going Through The Narrows
Climate Collaborative Panel - Judy Dow, Shelburne Farms
Panel Discussion from the Northeast Climate Change Education Collaborative summit, May 2024. Featuring Judy Dow, Taylor Barry, and Amara Ifeji and moderated by Hannah Barg. Panel discussion 00:05-34:07
The White Monsters, read by Judy Dow
On their occasional visits, I would be sure to greet them from high on the bluffs overlooking the Intervale, just as my ancestors had done before me.
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Social Services Organization
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Nonprofit - Independent
Year Founded:
2002
Institution/Business Type:
Social Services Organization
Legal Status:
Nonprofit - Independent
Year Founded:
2002
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