Events

“Playing Indian” is as old as the Boston Tea Party, when the Sons of Liberty dressed up as Mohawks to toss tea into Boston Harbor. Since the 1970s a rapidly growing share of Canadians and Americans have gone beyond play to identify themselves as Indigenous, many with little or no basis for doing so. Why [...]

It has been a decade since the Vermont's government recognized four groups of Vermonters as Native American tribes - a decision made in a political process from which the Abenkaki of Odanak First Nation was largely excluded. On this tenth anniversary of state recognition, the University of Vermont welcomes the Abenaki of Odanak and their [...]