Elnu Abenaki Tribe

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Elnu Abenaki Tribe
Elnu Abenaki Incorporated
Formation	2020 (Elnu Abenaki Incorporated)^[1]
Founded at	Brattleboro, Vermont^[1]
Type	state-recognized tribe, nonprofit organizations
Tax ID no.	EIN 84-3882521^[1]
Legal status	arts, culture, and humanities nonprofit; charity^[1]
Purpose	A23: Cultural, Ethnic Awareness^[1]
Headquarters	Jamaica, Vermont
Location	Brattleboro, Vermont^[1], United States
Membership	60^[2] (in 2016)
Official language	English
Website	elnuabenakitribe.org

The Elnu Abenaki Tribe is a state-recognized tribe in Vermont,^[3] who claim descent from Abenaki people. They are not federally recognized as a Native American tribe.^[3] Vermont has no federally recognized tribes.^[3] They are the smallest of Vermont's four state-recognized tribes with 60 members in 2016.^[2]

Leadership

Roger Longtoe Sheehan served as chief since at least 2016.^[2]

State recognition

Vermont recognized the Elnu Abenaki Tribe as a state-recognized tribe in 2011.^[4] The other state-recognized tribes in Vermont are the Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk Abenaki Nation, Koasek Abenaki Tribe, and the Mississquoi Abenaki Tribe.^[3]

Nonprofit organization

In 2020, the group created 'Elnu Abenaki Incorporated, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, based in Brattleboro, Vermont.^[1] Their registered agent is Rich Holshuh.^[5]

Heritage

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."^[4]

The State of Vermont reported in 2002 that the Abenaki people migrated north to Quebec at the end of the 18th century.^[6]

Activities

They participate in Abenaki Heritage Weekend, held at the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum in Vergennes, Vermont.^[7]

Property tax

Vermont H.556, "An act relating to exempting property owned by Vermont-recognized Native American tribes from property tax," passed on April 20, 2022.^[8]

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Elnu Abenaki Incorporated". Cause IQ. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c Evancie, angela (November 4, 2016). "Abenaki Native Americans In Vermont Today?". Brave Little State. Vermont Public News. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Federal and State Recognized Tribes". National Conference of State Legislatures. Archived from the original on 25 October 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
^ ^a ^b Darryl Leroux, Distorted Descent, page 246.
^ "Elnu Abenaki Incorporated". TaxExemptWorld. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
^ Dillon, John (20 March 2002). "State Says Abenaki Do Not Have "Continuous Presence"". Vermont Public Radio. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
^ "2019 Abenaki Heritage Weekend". Crazy Crow. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
^ "H.556". Vermont General Assembly. Retrieved 10 May 2022.

References

Leroux, Darryl (2019). Distorted Descent: White Claims to Indigenous Identity. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press. ISBN 978-0887558979.

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