A commentary in the Brattleboro Reformer, published Feb. 22, 2026 A media blitz by two foreign nations – the Canadian-recognized […]
Continue Reading872 words, 6 minutes read time. From the Caledonian Record, Nov 24, 2025. 11/24/2025 Caledonian Record Letter to the editor […]
Continue ReadingPress release and handouts below the video. PRESS RELEASE: Burlington, Vermont/Politon, Kdakinna (April 23, 2024) — The four Vermont state-recognized […]
Continue ReadingThese days, many people are learning about ethnic fraud on social media, which makes it challenging to distinguish genuine fraud from the many Indigenous people who are routinely harassed about their “authenticity.”
Continue ReadingIn this video, the VT Legislature explains eugenics history and how Abenaki families were impacted. The State of Vermont voted […]
Continue ReadingLong-awaited opportunity to move forward after 500+ years of cultural annihilation. On March 30, 2023, a joint statement from Roman Catholic Church leaders formally acknowledged and took accountability for “the terrible effects” of more than 560 years of assimilation policies and the resulting “pain experienced by indigenous people.”
Continue ReadingStatement Regarding UVM and EugenicsE. Thomas Sullivan, PresidentJune 21, 2019 As we close this academic year, I wish to refer […]
Continue ReadingFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 6, 2022 – We, the four Vermont state recognized Abenaki tribes, stand together in affirmation of […]
Continue ReadingThe article was originally published on March 26, 2022 and is republished here with permission from the author Jeanne Morningstar […]
Continue ReadingSince I was small, the Missisquoi River helped to raise me. I heard stories of our sacred places and lived […]
Continue ReadingThe Vermont House of Representatives voted unanimously to approve an official apology for Vermont's role in the eugenics movement of the 1930s. During this 2 hour House session, representative Tom Stevens explains the Vermont Eugenics Survey which tracked families to see it they were "defective" or "deviant." Groups…
Continue ReadingThe 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…
Continue ReadingThere have been some concerns regarding claims that certain Abenaki individuals, families and communities in Vermont, New Hampshire and neighboring […]
Continue ReadingPublished with permission from the Brattleboro Historical Society. In 1828 the Brattleboro publishing company of Holbrook and Fessenden produced “A […]
Continue ReadingBy Mali Obomsawin Cluelessness about Native people is rampant in New England, which romanticizes its Colonial heritage. In college, I […]
Continue ReadingThe 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 Reading“Eugenics — the study of human racial progress through selective breeding — frequently invokes images of social engineering, virulent racism, […]
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