Stories based on family lore and nothing more. Vermont’s so-called Abenaki tribes have no legitimate connection to any historic Abenaki communities. Their genealogies do not trace back to ...

Alex Strand is currently a student in David Massell’s North American Indian History class. She began reporting for this piece ...

Odanak leaders have maintained for years that many members of Vermont’s four state-recognized tribes are not Indigenous and, instead, are appropriating Abenaki identity in ways that harm their ...

Vermont recognized four groups in 2011 ... Members of self-identified Abenaki tribes currently serve on the New Hampshire Commission on Native American Affairs. Since they are not state recognized ...

Since 2011 and 2012, the state of Vermont has legally recognized four groups as Abenaki tribes. O'Bomsawin and his community say many of the groups' members have no Indigenous ancestry and as a ...

Leroux also has an issue with Vermont's recognition process. In 2012, Vermont officially recognized four Abenaki tribes, allowing them access to certain resources and funding. But because the ...