Judy Dow, Abenaki
Ms. Dow has been making baskets for over forty years and has been a teacher for twenty-five years. With students of all ages, Ms. Dow teaches the belief that what we do to the land, we do to ourselves and that our actions have consequences. In her outdoor classes, she acknowledges the smallest threads of connections within ecosystems, teaching her students that they can make a difference if they understand the bigger picture. Ms. Dow has served in many capacities on various American Indian boards. She was the recipient of the 2001 Essex Educators Association ‘Friends of Education' award and the 2004 Vermont Governor's Heritage Award for outstanding educators. Ms. Dow is the mother of two and has been married for thirty–one years.