Four groups claiming to be Abenaki have gained state recognition in Vermont. A First Nation in Canada has objected to their status.
EAST MONTPELIER Three Vermont Abenaki bands and some former members of a former Governor's Commission on Native American Affairs said Thursday they were insulted by a proposed process for recognizing ...
Clarissa Sabattis, chief of the Houlton Band of Maliseets, foreground, and other leaders of Maine’s tribes are welcomed by lawmakers into the House Chamber on March 16, 2023, at the State House in ...
Lucy Cannon-Neel (far right) and Melody Brook (second from right) leading the drumming workshop Credit: Kymelya Sari Lucy Cannon-Neel travels all over the Green Mountain State to teach Abenaki history ...
Cousins Sigwanis Lachapelle, left, and Isaak Lachapelle-Gill make the bread bannock — a mainstay for many North American Indigenous peoples — on Saturday, May 3. Isaak was the main organizer for a ...
Citizens of certain Native American tribes may soon be able to get free, permanent Vermont hunting and fishing licenses. Attorney General T.J. Donovan, and Chief Don Stevens, of the Nulhegan Band of ...
"We learned that money talks." In a statement, Interior Department officials said the decision to deny recognition to the Abenaki was based on evidence that the tribe ceased to exist and that some of ...