Burlington City Council isn't sure whether to accept VT Abenaki statue

City Council was set to vote on accepting the gift Feb. 17 but agreed to pass the question to the Racial Equity, Inclusion ...
Yahoo

Here's the info Abenaki leaders in Canada say proves VT tribe members are mostly European

Abenaki leaders in Canada released a cache of genealogical research on high-profile members of the Vermont-recognized Abenaki tribes, further evidence, they say, that their New England counterparts ...
Seven Days

Vermont Public Declines to Air Film About the State’s Abenakis

Vermont PBS aired the film years ago — before Vermont Public reported and published a series questioning the legitimacy of tribes that the state has officially recognized as Abenaki.
Seven Days

House Ethics Panel Dismisses Complaint From Vermont Abenaki

The five-member panel rejected allegations by leaders of Vermont’s Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi that Rep. Troy Headrick had ...
VTDigger

Peter A. Thomas: An alternative perspective on the Vermont Abenaki

Commentaries are opinion pieces contributed by readers and newsmakers. VTDigger strives to publish a variety of views from a broad range of Vermonters. Commentaries give voice to community members and ...
Brattleboro ReformerOpinion

Commentary | Peter A. Thomas: Vermont Abenaki recognition — Facts vs. poor scholarship, unsubstantiated accusations and unethical propaganda

A media blitz by two foreign nations – the Canadian-recognized First Nations of Odanak and Wolinak – is being launched in an ...
VTDigger

As Vermont’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission lays out its plans, it faces renewed criticism from Abenaki leaders

Chief Brenda Gagne of the St. Francis/Sokoki Band of Missisquoi Abenaki, listens as the Abenaki Circle of Courage, comprised of Franklin County middle and high school students, beat a drum while ...
New Hampshire Public Radio

State-recognized tribes continue to defend legitimacy at Vermont Statehouse event

About 75 people attended a presentation on Wednesday, April 23, where leaders and supporters of Vermont state-recognized tribes defended their legitimacy. The Vermont commission that helped recognize ...
The Burlington Free Press

Shelburne Museum rejects demands of Canadian Abenaki to stop working with Vermont tribes

Shelburne Museum began construction on the Perry Center for Native American Art, but faces criticism from Canadian Abenaki groups. The Canadian groups claim the museum's collaboration with ...
Times Argus

Abenaki elder looks to pass on traditions

EVANSVILLE Jerome Kelley of Montpelier became interested in his Abenaki heritage about 60 years ago, while serving in World War II with a group that included other Native Americans. Today, he works to ...
MLive

New ‘American Abenaki’ curriculum, focused on Vermont, draws rebuke from Abenaki nations in Quebec

Leaders from four groups recognized as Abenaki by Vermont’s state government have created a new school curriculum about their communities’ history — but the material includes few references, they said ...
The Washington Post

Vermont tribes move a step closer to recognition by state

montpelier, vt. - Members of Vermont Indian tribes have renewed hope for state recognition, which some have been seeking for decades and which the Abenaki tribe needs to sell its signature baskets and ...