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Commentary – History is on the side of the Abenaki

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Commentary – Daniel G.Nolett and Suzie O’bomsawin respond to Peter Thomas – Brattleboro Reformer

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HOLDING THE LINE: THE ABENAKI NATION BRINGS ITS FIGHT AGAINST IDENTITY APPROPRIATION TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

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PRESS RELEASE – ODANAK AND W8LINAK REAFFIRM THEIR CONFIDENCE IN THE GENEALOGICAL WORK OF DARRYL LEROUX

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PRESS RELEASE – AN ABENAKI HISTORY CURRICULUM DESIGNED WITHOUT THE ABENAKI: ODANAK AND W8LINAK DENOUNCE I

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Lisa Brooks

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PRESS RELEASE – THE ABENAKI OF ODANAK AND W8LINAK LAUNCH A TELEVISION AWARENESS CAMPAIGN IN VERMONT TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT ABOUT THE ABENAKI IDENTIT

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Press release – THE ABENAKI OF ODANAK AND W8LINAK REVEAL GENEALOGICAL EVIDENCE CONTRADICTING INDIGENOUS CLAIMS MADE BY INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH THE “ABENAKI TRIBES” OF VERMONT AND NEW HAMPSHIRE – October 17, 2025

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”How should a city honor its original peoples through public art?” – Vermont Public

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PRESS RELEASE – ABENAKI IDENTITY MISAPPROPRIATION: THE SHELBURNE MUSEUM MUST END ITS COLLABORATION WITH FALSE ABENAKI GROUPS – August 6, 2025

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PRESS RELEASE – EVENT OF SELF-PROCLAIMED GROUPS IN VERMONT: A THREAT TO RECONCILIATION WITH THE ABENAKI NATION – April 24, 2025

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Letter from Odanak and W8linak to Seventh Generation – January 30, 2025

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PRESS RELEASE – ABENAKI IDENTITY USURPATION: THE ABENAKI COUNCIL OF ODANAK AND THE ABENAKI COUNCIL OF W8LINAK WELCOME THE DECISION OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE LEGISLATURE TO DROP INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS BILL – April 1st, 2025

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DRAFT BILL : Subject: General provisions; Native American Indian People; Truth and Reconciliation Commission

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DECLARATION OF DENISE L. WATSO AT VERMONT STATEHOUSE – February 19, 2025

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vtdigger – ‘At contentious Statehouse panel, Abenaki leaders urge lawmakers to reconsider recognition of Vermont groups’ – February 20, 2025

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PRESS RELEASE – ODANAK DELEGATION AT THE VERMONT STATE HOUSE: ONE MORE STEP TOWARD RECOGNIZING THE TRUE ABENAKI HISTORY – February 20, 2025

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Letter to educators of Vermont – Request for a meeting to discuss issues related to Vermont’s self-proclaimed ”abenaki” tribes – February 8, 2024

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Press release – Vermont Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s “Truth and Healing: In Search of a Common Memory Event” “Truth and Reconciliation must begin with historical truth”

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La Presse – « Usurper, c’est voler » – August 20, 2024

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Press release – UN Experts on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples invited to investigate identity fraud in Vermont – July 11, 2024

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Vermont Public – ”Abenaki Nations address identity fraud again at UN, call for U.S., Canada to support self-governance” – July 11, 2024

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Participation of Abenaki Heritage at the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples – Geneva, July 8 to 12, 2024

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Conference – Indigenous Belonging & Rights in the Northeast (UVM, 2024)

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PRESS RELEASE – THE W8BANAKI NATION CARRIES THE ISSUE OF IDENTITY THEFT OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES TO THE UNITED NATIONS

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Seven Days – ”A Testy Forum on Abenaki Heritage Held at Vermont Statehouse” – February 19, 2025

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Seven Days – ”Fighting Between Québécois and Vermont Abenaki Tribes Put Conservation Groups in a Bind” – December 13, 2023

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Open Letter – ”We Can’t Celebrate People Who Are Not Who They Say They Are” – December 1st, 2023

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PRESS RELEASE – SELF-PROCLAIMED GROUPS IN VERMONT: A PUBLIC INTEREST ISSUE

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APTN – ‘Abenaki in Quebec allege tribes recognized in Vermont are committing cultural identity theft’ – October 20, 2023

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Vermont Public – Brave Little State – ‘Why are Abenaki Nations challenging the legitimacy of Vermont’s state-recognized tribes?’ – October 19, 2023

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Times Union – ”Is Joseph Bruchac truly Abenaki?” – September 30, 2023

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Vermont Public – ”Why Vermont tribes, New Hampshire groups might claim to be Abenaki without ever proving ancestry” – August 8, 2023

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Le Devoir – ”Tensions over Abenaki Identity” – August 14, 2023

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COMMUNIQUÉ – GROUPE « ABÉNAKI » DE MISSISQUOI : DES RÉSULTATS DE RECHERCHE RÉVÈLENT DES IRRÉGULARITÉS TROUBLANTES DANS LE PROCESSUS DE RECONNAISSANCE DE L’ÉTAT DU VERMONT

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PRESS RELEASE – ‘’ABENAKI’’ GROUP OF MISSISQUOI: RESEARCH FINDINGS REVEAL TROUBLING IRREGULARITIES IN THE STATE OF VERMONT’S RECOGNITION PROCESS

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Wisconsin Public Radio – Rooting out Indigenous identity fraud in academia, the arts and politics – May 24, 2023

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Conference at UVM – Indigenous sovereignty, race shifting and university response – April 28th, 2023

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New Hampshire Public Radio – ”Review of genealogies, other records fails to support local leaders’ claims of Abenaki ancestry”

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Vermont Public – ”Odanak First Nation requests Burlington museum remove photo of ancestors from exhibit” – May 10, 2023

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PRESS RELEASE : THE REAL ETHNOCIDE IS SELF-INDIGENIZATION – THE ABENAKIS OF ODANAK AND W8LINAK RESPOND TO THE SELF-PROCLAIMED ‘ABENAKI’ GROUPS OF VERMONT

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Espaces autochtones – « Controverse autour de l’identité abénakise de quatre groupes au Vermont »

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WCAX – UVM panel adresses Indigenous sovereignty, ‘race shifting’

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APTN Interview with Councillor Jacques T. Watso of the Abenaki Council of Odanak

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MAJOR CONFERENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT: CRUCIAL ISSUES FACING THE W8BANAKI NATION DISCUSSED

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