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The chief of Odanak First Nation has invited Vermont’s state-recognized tribes to visit the Quebec-based Abenaki community.This comes in the midst of Odanak First Nation as well as Wôlinak First Nation — another Abenaki community based in Quebec — continuing to assert that Vermont’s state-recognized tribes have not shared the genealogical and historical evidence showing they are Abenaki.
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Beverly Little Thunder has served on the nine-person Vermont Commission on Native American Affairs since 2019. In her email letter, Little Thunder said she was stepping down because of “deceit and dysfunction.”
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A University of Vermont official apologized for causing harm to state-recognized tribes through an event hosted by the school last spring.The event, held last April, featured Abenaki representatives from Odanak First Nation in Quebec. They reiterated their stance that Vermont’s state-recognized tribes have not provided genealogical or historical support showing they are Abenaki.
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A new sign at Sweet Pond State Park has an Abenaki word: Amiskwbi. It means beaver water. Not everyone is happy about it.
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The Mills administration says it wants Congress to defer action on a bill from Rep. Jared Golden, and instead give the state time to negotiate its own compromise with Maine tribes.
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At a Vermont Commission on Native American Affairs meeting this week, female commissioners spoke up about sexism and cultural appropriation among state-recognized tribes.
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At this month’s Vermont Commission on Native American Affairs meeting, members and allies of the state-recognized tribes responded to a recent presentation at the University of Vermont. They rejected Odanak First Nation’s claims of Vermont tribes being “Pretendian.”
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An Abenaki couple, both basket makers, were part of a thriving economy on Lake Sunapee in the early 1900s. Generations later, their descendants are keeping the traditions alive.
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Bea Nelson was a woman who walked in two worlds. A prominent member of her Northeast Kingdom community and an Abenaki tribal elder, Bea was a resource and leader for many. She died in late October.
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