{"id":6164,"date":"2019-04-30T15:25:34","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T19:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vermontartguide.com\/content\/?p=6164"},"modified":"2019-04-30T15:25:34","modified_gmt":"2019-04-30T19:25:34","slug":"the-road-to-recognition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vermontartguide.com\/content\/the-road-to-recognition\/","title":{"rendered":"The Road to Recognition"},"content":{"rendered":"

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ART EVENT<\/p>\n

The Road to Recognition: The Abenakis and the State of Vermont<\/h2>\n

in the Vermont State House (Main Lobby and front portico) in Montpelier
\nWednesday, May 1, 2019, 4-6PM<\/h3>\n

The public is invited to celebrate a new permanent exhibition, “The Road to Recognition: The Abenakis and the State of Vermont”. Lt. Governor David Zuckerman will read a proclamation on behalf of Governor Phil Scott that declares the kick-off of Abenaki Recognition and Culture Week–a week-long observance of a number of activities and exhibits across the state that celebrate the culture of Vermont\u2019s indigenous people.<\/p>\n

The May 1st celebration includes Lt. Governor Zuckerman\u2019s remarks and also those of House Speaker Mitzi Johnson and Senate President pro tempore<\/em> Tim Ashe. The chiefs of the four bands of Vermont\u2019s Abenakis will also address the crowd, just before Abenaki drummers, singers and dancers perform in front of the State House. Authentic Abenaki finger food and drink will also be served, provided by the Friends of the Vermont State House.The public is invited to enjoy the festivities free of charge.<\/p>\n

In 2011 and 2012, four bands of Abenakis fulfilled the criteria set forth by the Vermont General Assembly and Governor Jim Douglas in 2010 to achieve official state government recognition of the tribe as Vermont\u2019s indigenous people. The Abenakis are descended from groups of humans who, nearly 11,000 years ago, occupied what today is the state of Vermont. But after Europeans pushed into northern New England in the 18th century, disease and warfare took a toll on Vermont\u2019s Native Americans, and by the 19th century, they were no longer acknowledged as residents. Nevertheless, many continued to live quietly amid white Vermonters, known locally as \u201cbasket-makers\u201d, hunting and fishing guides and \u201cgypsies\u201d.<\/p>\n

The civil rights movement of the late 1960s inspired some Abenakis to begin to aspire to federal and state recognition as the native people of Vermont, and that struggle would continue through the 1970s, 80s, 90s until 2006 when federal recognition failed; thus opening the door to state recognition. Governor Peter Shumlin and the legislature in 2011 and 2012 received special gifts from the four State-recognized bands, and those gifts will now be on display in the lobby of the State House along with panels that explain the story of Abenaki recognition by the State of Vermont.<\/p>\n

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Vermont State House<\/strong>
\n115 State Street
\nMontpelier 05633<\/p>\n

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ART EVENT The Road to Recognition: The Abenakis and the State of Vermont in the Vermont State House (Main Lobby and front portico) in Montpelier Wednesday, May 1, 2019, 4-6PM The public is invited to celebrate a new permanent exhibition,…<\/p>\n

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