In 2011, the Nulhegan band of the Coosuk Abenaki Nation and Elnu Abenaki tribe received state recognition in Vermont. A year later, the Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi and the Koasek Abenaki of the ...

Members of self-identified Abenaki tribes currently serve on the New Hampshire Commission on Native American Affairs. Since they are not state recognized, they would be ineligible to serve on the ...

Abenaki youths were told to “speak English ... Among these hecklers were members of the Vermont Commission on Native American Affairs, including Chair Dan Coutu, Vice Chair Jeff Benay and ...

the chair of the Vermont Commission on Native American Affairs, criticizes the work of Darryl Leroux, PhD, seated left, at a public meeting about the four groups recognized as Abenaki by the state ...

Alex Strand is currently a student in David Massell’s North American Indian History class. She began reporting for this piece ...