Abenaki

The name Abenaki comes from waban = the light ki = the earth meaning "People of the East" or "People of the Morning"
 * DEFINITIONS**



**The Late Woodland Period**


 * Time:** Approximately 1,000 calendar years before present to the time of European contact, or approximately 1600 A.D.


 * Environment:** The environment of the Late Woodland period was much like it is today.


 * Tools:** The Late Woodland period probably represents the most technologically advanced period of Vermont’s Native American past. The Levanna-type projectile point was used almost exclusively during this period, most likely to tip arrows. Many other tools were used for specialized tasks. Pottery was made and used regularly, including some elaborate forms. Perhaps most notably, Native Americans began to practice agriculture during the Late Woodland period.

Source: Powerful History: The Archeology of Native People in the Champlain Lowlands
 * Food:** Native Americans collected a great variety of wild food resources and hunted many different small and large game during the Late Woodland period. Native American farmers grew and harvested plants like corn, beans and squash next to the rivers on floodplains.