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- Based in 300+ year-old relationship
- Antaya comes from an early French settler who married an Indigenous woman.
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- Claims to represent non-status Indians … though also identifies as “métis”
- Calls itself an “Abenaki, Algonquin Metis nation.”
- Started using Wabanaki Algonquin First Nation as a name in 2017.
- Started using Abenaki Nation Msakkikkan (Sartigan) in May 2019.
- Identifies as Abenaki.
- Unsuccessfully lobbied the Abenaki Tribal Council to accept it as the 3rd Abenaki FN in QC/Canada. Had unsuccessfully lobbied federal government multiple times beforehand.
- Submitted latest effort to be recognized as Abenaki First Nation to federal government on May 28, 2019. In their letter, they claim to have land title over significant portions of Ndakinna (Abenaki territory).
- In its letter opposing Huron-Wendat land claims in the region, it states that it has a “Nation-to-Nation” relationship with the Koasek Abenaki Sovereign Nation in New Hampshire.
- In the same letter, they claim to be the descendants of Madokawando, a well-known Penobscot chief who was born around 1630. His daughter, Mathilde, married a French administrator. Their descendants are French descendants today.
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- “Chief” claims they have 200 members in 2009
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- Antaya Native Nation. “Antaya: The One Who Married a Savage.” N.D.
- On April 1, 2019, Odanak First Nation (Abenaki) adopted a resolution against the presence of other “Abenaki” or “Métis” organization in its territory, including this one.
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