Odamogan Living History Museum
ODAMOGAN pronounced O-DA-MO-GAN is the Eastern Abenaki word for Dragon Fly, and is viewed as a good luck symbol, besides the fact that the Dragon Fly eats large amounts of mosquitoes every season. ODAMOGAN LIVING HISTORY MUSEUM is a full scale Eastern Abenaki village with a palisade, catering to history aficionados, collectors, students, American Indian Art Collectors, and the general public. ODAMOGAN LIVING HISTORY MUSEUM will be able to generate along with other resources, educational programs that will teach students and the public about the Native way of life in the 1600's. This is a nonprofit organization specializing in authentic Native history, education and special programs set up for school students and the general public.
First Nations People (Indians), make up less than one percent of the total U.S. population but represent half the languages and cultures in the Nation. The term "Native American" includes over 500 Nations that reflect great diversity of geographical location, language, traditional spiritual and cultural
Practices. However, most of the commercially prepared teaching materials available present a generalized image of the Native American People with little or no regard for differences that exist from tribe to tribe. It is our goal to help correct the incorrect histories that have been perpetuated, it is our goal to fix this grave injustice perpetuated against the Native Americans People in this land.
ODAMOGAN LIVING HISTORY MUSEUM is located next to the Cobbosseecontee River. Research has indicated that there were three Abenaki Villages on the Cobbosseecontee River, however the exact locations will remain undisclosed to keep the sites in their original state. ODAMOGAN LIVING HISTORY MUSEUM will strive to be as accurate as is humanly possible. ODAMOGAN MUSEUM will be affiliated with Smithsonian's NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN, and linked to Plimoth Plantation, Fort Western, and the STATE MUSEUM in AUGUSTA, MAINE.
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