Ndakinna Education Center

Ndakinna Education Center Ndakinna (pronounced en-dak-enna) is Abenaki for "Our Land". Bowman Bruchac Memorial Nature Preserve.

Our many cultural and wilderness based programs emphasize observation skills, interactive learning activities, critical thinking, cooperative problem solving and teambuilding for all ages. The Center is home to many educational exhibits, including Native tools, baskets, rattles, drums, shelters, clothing as well as a full-scale birch bark canoe and several wigwams. Besides the exhibit space, the C

enter also contains a large presentation room, an animal tracking room with more than 1000 plaster casts of North American Mammal tracks. The gift shop offers visitors a rich collection of educational resources including books about Northeast Native American tribes/nations (such as the Mohawk, Seneca, Abenaki, Wampanoag, Pequot, and Mohegan), animal tracking, wilderness crafts & skills, and Native storytelling. We present most of our programs and series year-round at the Education Center and on the adjacent 80-acre Marion F. The beautiful trails that wind through the woods are used for bird and tree walks, animal tracking, and for enjoyment by the participants of our youth, family and adult programs.

Wlipamkanni Sibsis
08/27/2026

Wlipamkanni Sibsis

In Memory of Dolly Parton

For our future generations 🦅
08/21/2026

For our future generations 🦅

Our tribe, the Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk Abenaki Nation, now has 863 acres across six properties in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom under our care once again.

Have shelter, and fire, ready to survive. Our final group of wilderness day campers enjoying the nice weather Ndakinna E...
08/20/2026

Have shelter, and fire, ready to survive. Our final group of wilderness day campers enjoying the nice weather Ndakinna Education Center style.

Gathering Time! One of this week’s Madegwas Day Campers gathering materials for a one match fire during yesterday’s camp...
08/19/2026

Gathering Time! One of this week’s Madegwas Day Campers gathering materials for a one match fire during yesterday’s camp.

Shelter friends are the best friends. Some of our Asban (5-7) crew with their shelter creations. Day two of our third we...
08/11/2026

Shelter friends are the best friends. Some of our Asban (5-7) crew with their shelter creations. Day two of our third week of wilderness adventure camps.

Nice find. Beautiful set of eastern coyote tracks found at the end of today’s final Pathfinder expedition. Ndakinna Edu...
08/07/2026

Nice find. Beautiful set of eastern coyote tracks found at the end of today’s final Pathfinder expedition. Ndakinna Education Center staff member, and mountain camp owner Nick Brumley on track. Great final week on the mountain.

Final mountain tales. Last night of our Adirondack Pathfinders camp, marking the final night of stories with James Bruch...
08/07/2026

Final mountain tales. Last night of our Adirondack Pathfinders camp, marking the final night of stories with James Bruchac on Spruce Mountain. Awesome three weeks of programming up here, with our final day being tomorrow. Back to Ndakinna Education Center for our final two weeks of day camps.

08/06/2026

Expedition Black Pond. Some clips from yesterday’s off trail trek to black pond. During this 6 mile trek, from our base camp on spruce mountain road, to Black pond and back, our Pathfinders crew divided up into four compass teams, each taking turns at point. Great job by all as we successfully stayed on point, through previously unexplored territory.

Learning to find their way. James Bruchac teaching map and compass during last week’s JR Pathfinders camp. Off-trail na...
08/04/2026

Learning to find their way. James Bruchac teaching map and compass during last week’s JR Pathfinders camp. Off-trail navigation, including natural navigation, is a big part of our Ndakinna Pathfinders programming. This week, our teen pathfinder crew, which is training up now, will take it to another level.

Final weeks of camps! Just two more weeks of Ndakinna Education Center camps. Next week marks the final round of our pop...
08/04/2026

Final weeks of camps! Just two more weeks of Ndakinna Education Center camps. Next week marks the final round of our popular wilderness adventure camps, followed by our martial arts camp (10-12) and our new, week-long, Madegwas day camp (6-9). Still some room in most of these camps. No prior experience required. Go to link in bio for more information.

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23 Middle Grove Rd
Greenfield Center, NY
12833

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+15185839958

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