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The Abenaki population continued to decline, but in 1676, they took in thousands of refugees from many southern New England tribes displaced by settlement and King Philip's War. Because of this, descendants of nearly every southern New England Algonquian tribe can be found among the Abenaki people.
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."
Monument of Chief Grey Lock in Battery Park (Burlington, Vermont). Gray Lock (or Greylock, born Wawanotewat, Wawanolet, or Wawanolewat), (ca. 1670-ca. 1750), was a Western Abenaki warrior chieftain of Woronoco/Pocumtuck ancestry who came to lead the Missisquoi Abenaki band, and whose direct descendants have led the Missisquoi Abenaki until the current day.
The St. Francis-Sokoki Band of the Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi is state-recognized by Vermont [9] and claim to be Missiquoi descendants. The group is based in Swanton, Vermont. [10] The group applied for but was denied federal recognition as a Native American tribe in 2007. [11]
The Abenaki, along with French Canadians and other victims deemed "undesirable" were subject to eugenics practices occurring in Vermont during the 1920s and 1930s. [23] Due to this, some Abenaki families hid their heritage. Chief Don Stevens of the Nulhegan said, "My grandmother was listed in the eugenics survey, which caused her to deny her ...
The Koasek Abenaki Tribe are one of four state-recognized tribes in Vermont. They had 60 members in 2016. [6]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 ...
Vermont has designated four state-recognized tribes, all of which identify as being Abenaki, and two specifically identify as being descendants of the Cowasuck people. Vermont recognized the Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk Abenaki Nation in 2011 and the Koasek Koas Abenaki Tribe in 2012. [25]
This category page lists notable citizens of the United States who state they have Abenaki ancestry. For people whose Abenaki ancestry has been independently confirmed, see Category:American people of Abenaki descent. For citizens of an Abenaki tribe, see Category:Abenaki people and its subcategories.