State Recognition and the Dangers of Race Shifting: The Case of Vermont

• Main Author: Leroux, Darryl
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2023
• Subjects: Abenaki; Vermont; race shifting; state recognition; politics of recognition; Circe; Sturm; abenaki
• Online Access: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4dr2793h

This article examines the claims to an Indigenous identity made by the four state-recognized Abenaki tribes in Vermont through an analysis of their petition for federal acknowledgement (1982–2005) and applications for state recognition (2010–2012). A detailed analysis of their claims demonstrates th...