Ethnocide, Erasure, and Eugenics

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Peter Thomas: VT Abenaki recognition — Facts vs. poor scholarship, unsubstantiated accusations and unethical propaganda

Peter Thomas: VT Abenaki recognition — Facts vs. poor scholarship, unsubstantiated accusations and unethical propaganda

A commentary in the Brattleboro Reformer, published Feb. 22, 2026 A media blitz by two foreign nations – the Canadian-recognized ...
Experiences of Native Americans and French Indians of Vermont

Experiences of Native Americans and French Indians of Vermont

The Vermont Truth & Reconciliation Commission presents: a panel of experts come together to discuss the experiences and harm that ...
Map of Abenaki territory

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 ...
Historic Society Explains Abenaki Erasure Myth

Historic Society Explains Abenaki Erasure Myth

Published with permission from the Brattleboro Historical Society. Screenshot of the original post. The image of the Abenaki man and ...
Breeding Better Vermonters: The Eugenics Project in the Green Mountain State (Revisiting New England)

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, ...