Response to Colonized ideas of “Race Shifting”
There have been some concerns regarding claims that certain Abenaki individuals, families and communities in Vermont, New Hampshire and neighboring […]
Continue ReadingStatement on Abenaki Ethnocide in History, Scholarship, and Social Media
The Indigenous Abenaki people of the Northeast have, for generations, been subjected to both genocidal attacks (killing of people) and ethnocidal attacks (killing of culture) by colonial settlers and their descendants. In the colonial era, these threats took the form of murderous attacks on families and villages in…
Continue ReadingHistoric Society Explains Abenaki Erasure Myth
Published with permission from the Brattleboro Historical Society. In 1828 the Brattleboro publishing company of Holbrook and Fessenden produced “A […]
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Navigating Partnerships with Indigenous People in a Time of Ethnic Fraud Panic
The process of getting to know Native people can be especially complicated in New England, which has some of the longest colonial histories on the continent. Since most eastern tribal nations historically dealt with the colonies rather than with what eventually became the U.S. federal government, many remain…
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Breeding Better Vermonters: The Eugenics Project in the Green Mountain State (Revisiting New England)
“Eugenics — the study of human racial progress through selective breeding — frequently invokes images of social engineering, virulent racism, […]
Continue ReadingDiary of an Accused Pretendian
Since I was small, the Missisquoi River helped to raise me. I heard stories of our sacred places and lived […]
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The Not so Invisible Border
The article was originally published on March 26, 2022 and is republished here with permission from the author Jeanne Morningstar […]
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A Joint Statement from the Four Vermont State Recognized Abenaki Tribes in Response to Certain Recent Events
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 6, 2022 – We, the four Vermont state recognized Abenaki tribes, stand together in affirmation of […]
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Statement Regarding UVM and Eugenics
Statement Regarding UVM and EugenicsE. Thomas Sullivan, PresidentJune 21, 2019 As we close this academic year, I wish to refer […]
Continue ReadingAbenaki Alliance Statement in Support of Vermont’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission
—April 13, 2023— Vermont recently announced the three commissioners of its Truth and Reconciliation Commission, a group tasked with examining […]
Continue ReadingVermont native communities support the Vatican’s repudiation of the ‘Doctrine of Discovery’
The following press release from joint Native communities and individuals was coordinated and distributed statewide this past week: Long-awaited opportunity […]
Continue ReadingState of Vermont explains the state-sanctioned eugenics movement and how local Abenakis were affected
In this video, the VT Legislature explains eugenics history and how Abenaki families were impacted. The State of Vermont voted […]
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