Vermont's Abenaki tribes are once again called out as frauds at UVM symposium

Burlington Free Press, 4/27/2024

The authenticity of Vermont's Abenaki tribes was once again rejected by a Canadian sociologist on Thursday evening at the University of Vermont.

Professor Darryl Leroux said his research using an extensive Canadian genealogy database has shown the families in Vermont originally claiming to be Abenaki were "clearly French-Canadian."

"There's such obvious and compelling evidence these groups do not represent Abenaki people in any way and have no Abenaki ancestry," Leroux said. "How did the state of Vermont recognize them as such and why did they recognize them after writing a report saying they were not Abenaki? That's something I still don't understand."

Leroux said he has met with "a couple of" Vermont legislators about the issue but couldn't get answers to his questions.

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An audience filled the Livak Ballroom at the University of Vermont's Davis Center Thursday evening for the third in a series of three presentations contending Vermont's four Abenaki tribes are fake.

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