The Abenakis of Vermont (1987)

From the Robin Washington TV library: Vermont folklore has long maintained that the state had no slavery and never displaced a Native American population -- an assertion disputed by the Abenakis, who trace their history in the region back 11,000 years. The case of the federally unrecognized tribe is made by Chief Homer St. Francis (who died in 2001 and was described as "fiery and uncompromising" in his obituary). Also chronicles is a "fish-in" in which tribal members force state authorities to address their hunting and fishing rights.

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[RENEDU2]

i have abénaki blood! very proud

i feel it inside!

peace

[robinbirkw]

Thanks.

[devulboy1]

Whatever, the Abenaki are struggling to avoid extinction & subjugation by the US or Canadian govts. It took another 20 yrs. until 2008 for Vermont to declare them a state (not federal) recognized tribe. They seem to resemble other Eastern US & Canadian (subarctic regions) tribes.

Abenakis are lighter-skinned from their origins further north or west by cooler climates, while genetic theories still uncontested declare them part-Celtic or Scandinavian, if not only French Metis of mixed blood. +

[monstergurl6607]

Homer is my great uncle hahaha

[HeadbangakillstheKKK]

@Makwa167 how do you know what people are and aren't? I have met some white lookin ojibways too.....most new england indians are mixed with black and white, so what. they killed all the seperated clans of our tribes so we had to marry other indians and blacks and whites. the english also exported large numbers of us in the atlantic slave trade (pequots in bermuda). between, disease, slavery and having our people brutally massacred we are almost extinct. we have been fighting since the 1500's.

[HeadbangakillstheKKK]

Neen Niantic, Pequot ta Abenaki. I love Homer st. Francis, I agree with him. fuck standing down and falling back. this is our land and the english don't have a right to be here.

[juliaisafilmbuff123]

Thank you for this. I grew up in "New Hampshire" (occupied Abenaki land) and have been researching the area's indigenous for a little while now.

[chilldudeyo]

its so sad how much of the abenaki culture and original blood has been lost. the abenaki people have been ignored and kept quiet for far too long. They survived the long cold winters of Vermont living in harmony with the land. They lived without depending on major polluters like the people do today. I have a lot of respect for the Abenaki tribe. They deserve more credit than they get. I may have a small amount of Abenaki in me but I won't know how much for sure since so much history has lost.

[revpgesq]

@RENEDU2 my wife does as well. her father had a very pronounced inheritance and was a tall and elegant man...his dad had passed down the Abenaki connection and that had been consistently shared since the days of John Adams....his family came through Canada after intermarriage and then back to the States...

[abenaki50]

The Only reason the Abenaki are not Federally Recognized, is because we never signed a Treaty with the Colonies. All the other Indigenous People of New England who are Federally Recognized, have one thing in Common. They made Peace with the USA and signed Treaties!!

[darthnobunaga128]

@RENEDU2 I am Abenaki as well and this video disturbes me in the aspect that.... how dare anyone try to come and ask a native of this land for a permit to fish.. the fish we use to live... to this day. I love my people but we are and have been persicuted. Why? Because during the french and Indian war we aided the french in teaching them the forrests. So there is a grude. We are still not a recognized tribe to the states but yet are recognized as a tribe... WTF is that?!?

[hojo118]

embarrassing... bunch of bored white people desperate for attention.

[ganttizdrama2]

@brycejacksoncvt  your right...thanks:)