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VT JRH004
Joint Resolution
Status
5/13/2025
Primary Sponsor
Carolyn Branagan
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AI Summary
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Reaffirms the General Assembly's support for Vermont's four state-recognized Native American tribes: the Elnu Abenaki, Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk Abenaki Nation, Koasek Abenaki of the Koas, and Missisquoi St. Francis-Sokoki band
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Acknowledges at least 1,700 Vermonters are direct descendants of Western Abenaki tribes who inhabited Vermont, New Hampshire, western Maine, southern Quebec, and upstate New York for hundreds of years before European arrival
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Cites archaeological evidence that the Missisquoi and Cowasuck Abenaki were indigenous to Vermont's river floodplains dating back to at least the 1100s A.D.
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Reaffirms support for the Vermont Commission on Native American Affairs and the existing criteria system for future state recognition of Native American tribes and bands
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Directs the Secretary of State to send a copy of the resolution to the Vermont Commission on Native American Affairs
Legislative Description
Joint resolution reaffirming support for the legislatively recognized Native American Indian tribes and bands of Vermont
Last Action
Read first time, treated as a bill, and referred to the Committee on General and Housing
5/13/2025