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Elnu Abenaki Tribe
State-recognized tribe in Vermont, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Elnu Abenaki Tribe is a state-recognized tribe in Vermont,[3] who claim descent from Abenaki people. They are not federally recognized as a Native American tribe.[3] Vermont has no federally recognized tribes.[3] They are the smallest of Vermont's four state-recognized tribes with 60 members in 2016.[2] The Odanak First Nation in Quebec regard it as a fraudulent organization.[4]
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Leadership
Roger Longtoe Sheehan served as chief since at least 2016.[2]
State recognition
Vermont recognized the Elnu Abenaki Tribe as a state-recognized tribe in 2011.[5] The other state-recognized tribes in Vermont are the Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk Abenaki Nation, Koasek Abenaki Tribe, and the Mississquoi Abenaki Tribe.[3]
Nonprofit organization
In 2020, the group created 'Elnu Abenaki Incorporated, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, based in Brattleboro, Vermont.[1] Their registered agent is Rich Holshuh.[6]
Heritage
St. Mary's University associate professor Darryl Leroux's genealogical and historical research found that the members of this and the other three state-recognized tribes in Vermont were composed primarily of "French descendants who have used long-ago ancestry in New France to shift into an 'Abenaki' identity."[5]
The State of Vermont reported in 2002 that the Abenaki people migrated north to Quebec at the end of the 18th century.[7]
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Activities
They participate in Abenaki Heritage Weekend, held at the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum in Vergennes, Vermont.[8]
Property tax
Vermont H.556, "An act relating to exempting property owned by Vermont-recognized Native American tribes from property tax," passed on April 20, 2022.[9]
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