Location: Sanbornton, NH Origins: Status: Active Registration: Cost: History: Organized annual pow-wow # of Members: Connections: Associated with Koasek (Cowasuck) Traditional Band of the Sovereign Abenaki Nation above. Contact: Supporting Docs Court Cases
Location: Newbury, VT Origins: Breakaway faction from St. Francis/Sokoki Band of Abenakis of Vermont in Swanton. Status: Active Registration: Virtually all of its members – including long-time “Chief” – have become “Abenaki” on the strength of a 17th c. Indigenous woman, including women who are not recognized as Abenaki. The basis for their claims are French-Canadian immigrants to Vermont between 1830 and 1890. Cost: History: Created by Nancy Doucet The State of Vermont recognized the “tribe” on May 7th,…
Location: Alton, NH Origins: 2002 Status: Active Registration: Virtually all of its members – including long-time “Chief” – have become “Abenaki” on the strength of a 17th c. Indigenous woman, including women who are not recognized as Abenaki. The basis for their claims are French-Canadian immigrants to Vermont and New Hampshire between 1830 and 1890. Cost: History: Created by Paul Pouliot # of Members: Connections: Contact: http://www.cowasuck.org/council.cfm Supporting Docs Court Cases
Location: Great Sacred Falls, VT Origins: Status: Inactive Registration: Cost: History: Active web presence 2003-2009 Created by David Hill # of Members: Connections: Contact: http://www.geocities.com:80/CapitolHill/7336/index.html Supporting Docs Court Cases
Location: Jamaica, VT (Southern VT) Origins: Breakaway faction from St. Francis/Sokoki Band of Abenakis of Vermont in Swanton. Status: Active Registration: Virtually all of its members – including long-time “Chief” – have become “Abenaki” on the strength of a 17th c. Indigenous woman, including women who are not recognized as Abenaki. The basis for their claims are French-Canadian immigrants to Vermont between 1830 and 1890. Cost: History: The State of Vermont recognized the “tribe” on April 22nd, 2011 # of…
Location: Weare, NH Origins: Status: Active Registration: Clear that any “blood” relation = membership. “A verifiable genealogical line to a recognized native ancestor must be submitted with the application.” The “Tribe’s” focus on long-ago ancestry is clear in the genealogical resources it provides on its website, mostly related to French-Canadian ancestry/genealogy and the advice on deciphering Jesuit orthography from 17th century. Their “chief” and lead genealogist equivocates between “Métis” and “Abenaki” identity Cost: History: # of Members: Connections: Contact:…
Location: Based in Barton, VT (Northeast VT) Origins: Breakaway faction from St. Francis/Sokoki Band of Abenakis of Vermont in Swanton. Status: Active Registration: Virtually all of its members – including long-time “Chief” – have become “Abenaki” on the strength of a 17th c. Indigenous woman, including women who are not recognized as Abenaki. The basis for their claims are French-Canadian immigrants to Vermont between 1830 and 1890. Cost: History: The State of Vermont recognized the “tribe” on April 22nd,…
Location: Based in Swanton, VT (Northwest VT) Origins: Created in 1976 during kitchen table discussion at future “chief”‘s house. Was originally called St. Francis/Sokoki Band of Abenaki of Vermont Status: Active Registration: 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…
Location: Limerick, ME Origins: Status: Inactive Registration: Cost: History: Existed in 2004, headed by Bob Brawn, a.k.a. Silver Eagle. Seems to exist only for a few years, until 2005. # of Members: Connections: Contact: http://www.www.metisofmaine.org:80/ Supporting Docs Court Cases
Location: Based in Washington, NH. Origins: Status: Inactive Registration: Cost: History: Existed in 2004, headed by Ken Nadreau Last post in website in 2005. # of Members: Connections: Member organizations included Casco Bay Métis (Falmouth, ME), Pioneer Valley Métis Association (Springfield, MA), Ponemah Metis Council of Connecticut, and Southern New Hampshire Métis Council (Washington, NH). Contact: http://hometown.aol.com:80/metisnweng/ Supporting Docs Court Cases