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- Based in Swanton, VT (Northwest VT)
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- Created in 1976 during kitchen table discussion at future “chief”‘s house.
- Was originally called St. Francis/Sokoki Band of Abenaki of Vermont
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- Virtually all of its members – including Tribal Council members – have become “Abenaki” on the strength of a 17th c. Indigenous woman (including women who are not recognized as Abenaki) and select French women from New France.
- According to its own submission to Bureau of Indian Affairs (2005), 8 out of 1,105 members have Abenaki ancestry. The rest are descendants of French-Canadian immigrants to Vermont between 1830 and 1890.
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- The State of Vermont recognized Tribe in 1976, repealed recognition in 1977, recognized anew in 1983, only to repeal recognition some time later. It was eventually granted state recognition again in 2012.
- Bureau of Indian Affairs ruled against its application for federal recognition on June 22, 2007 (original application in 1982).
- State of Vermont also wrote a report rejecting federal petition for recognition (2003).
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- All subsequent “Abenaki tribes” in Vermont and New Hampshire are breakaway groups or factions that depend on the same French-Canadian ancestry.
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