August 23, 2007
From: Frederick Matthew Wiseman
To: Douglas Lloyd Buchholz
Subject: Re: Ceremony
Douglas-
Due to the comradeship that we have shared over the years, I will respond to your address only, a short response to your unprovoked attack against my work that you saw fit to post to the internet. From your diatribe, it is obvious that you know nothing about my involvement in the St. Francis Sokoki Band petition.
When you came to my house to see it, you only saw a small portion of the documentation associated with the artifacts.
It is too bad that you have chosen a path of public divisiveness rather than collaboration- we could have done much together. Alas.
Frederick M. Wiseman
Dynamics with Wiseman's letter (partially submitted above for review).
1. I have NEVER had a comradeship with Mr. Wiseman whatsoever, as he implied.
2. And again, he implied that I attacked his work. And then implies my questions to him were a mere 'diatribe' ... (I can get a bit wordy and long winded)
3. I have NEVER been to 17 Spring Street, where Mr. Wiseman resides, as he implied.
4. He implies that I have chosen a path of public divisiveness, rather than collaboration with him; which meant collaboration = agreement with his conclusions.
A reporter, Daniel Staples, of The Times Argus Newspaper wrote an article entitled "For Native groups, recognition challenged" dated March 06, 2011
Frederick Matthew Wiseman's response to that particular article:
From: Fred Wiseman
To: daniel.staples@timesargus.com
Cc: catherine.nelson@timesargus.com; john.mitchell@timesargus.com; 'luke
willard'
Sent: 3/6/11 [March 06, 2011] 1:15 PM
Subject: **SPAM** your article
Dear Mr. Staples,
So you used Douglas Lloyd Buchholz as your source in today's article on recognition.
The whole article is very strange, but I will focus on one assertion which involves my supposed conflict of interest -- which you declined to investigate with regards to professional ethics regarding conflict of interest in the disciplines of geography anthropology, history or folklore - the applicable fields to the professional/academic evaluation of data such as the recognition applications.
I want you to think about this assertion that you wrote.
"Wiseman gave the leaders of the tribes of the VT Indigenous Alliance documents that set out what information they should include in their applications, and then claimed to be objective in his decisions concerning those tribes when they had utilized the information that he given them for that purpose."
You fail to note the source of this "leaked" document, which was originally sent to Brian Chenevert and Rep. Jim Masland, when I offered to help them seek recognition last spring. You will see above the line where I gave the tribes the info, that I was offering it to them as well. I offer my help to any Native group seeking recognition or with any other kind of problem that my expertise is applicable to. So the preamble of the document proves an absence of bias. My loyalty is always to the data, not the political entities who choose to use it.
Unless, perhaps Buchholz altered the document before sending it to you.
You should have contacted me early on to give you the original document to determine if was altered, or if it was not, you should have published the reason why I sent it to a group that had written horrible things about the alliance in the VERY recent past (of May, 2010).
So without any significant investigation into the complex back story to all of Buchholz's attempted "gotcha politics" you published his nonsense is if it were data.
This article does not merit a reasoned rebuttal, but in the future, you need to be more careful in your choice of sources -- which in this case clearly has a bias against me (as you can see if you have cared to look at Buchholz's hate blog) and follow up with confirmation of information regarding the targets of your accusation(s) (of conflict of interest in this case).
I don't know about newspaper journalism, but this type of writing would never be tolerated in any kind of academic discourse.
Fred M. Wiseman, Ph.D
Comparatively-speaking does one 'see the pattern' of Wiseman's behavior when someone questions his narrative of being "Abenaki" and or his research?
He has to be correct, and everyone else has to be wrong, in his mind.
Either you agree with him, or one becomes "an avowed enemy."
This particular document (below) dated February 27, 2010 created by Frederick M. Wiseman, PhD was received by my person at my request along with the 'Decolonizing the Abenaki' along with other document materials from the VT State Archives, where this document had been sent. This document has never been stolen, or altered, and it was never a "leaked" document as Wiseman implied.
Apparently the Professor FAILED to understand that when he sent to Brian Chenevert and to Representative Jim Masland (Nancy Millette's Koasek member), it ended up (Thank Goodness!) at the State Archives as a PUBLIC RECORD, of which I coincidentally received in the mail.
Frederick Matthew Wiseman PhD was VERY DEEP into helping create the state recognition criteria and orchestrate the recognition process for Vermont State Recognition of these 4 groups of "Abenaki" ... and the creation by him of these Applications for State Recognition were then sent to a biased, unethical, sabotaged Vermont Commission on Native American Affairs (VCNAA) reformatted/ infiltrated with their own people from the 4 petitioning groups and their allies!
These so-called "independent" scholars were no where near independent as they had all implied, not at all because they all had documented working relationships with the 4 petitioning groups that were seeking VT State Recognition as "Tribes". And this INCLUDED Frederick Matthew Wiseman himself as well, in that recognition process, from beginning to end.
Nulhegan Application Reviewers: David Lacey, Kevin Dann, and Dave Skinas.
Elnu Application Reviewers: David Lacy, Frederick M. Wiseman, and Eloise Beil.
Missisquoi Application Reviewers: Kevin Dann, William Haviland, and Peter A. Thomas.
Koasek of the Koas Application Reviews: Dave Skinas, William Haviland, and Eloise Beil.
None of them reviewed and validated Fred Wiseman's grandmother or himself as being legitimately descended from an Abenaki?
Of course not! They were promoting and allowing the 'race shifting' of white people into BECOMING Vermont's State Recognized "Abenakis."
These so-called "independent" scholars were no where near independent as they had all implied, not at all because they all had documented working relationships with the 4 petitioning groups that were seeking VT State Recognition as "Tribes". And this INCLUDED Frederick Matthew Wiseman himself as well, in that recognition process, from beginning to end.
Nulhegan Application Reviewers: David Lacey, Kevin Dann, and Dave Skinas.
Elnu Application Reviewers: David Lacy, Frederick M. Wiseman, and Eloise Beil.
Missisquoi Application Reviewers: Kevin Dann, William Haviland, and Peter A. Thomas.
Koasek of the Koas Application Reviews: Dave Skinas, William Haviland, and Eloise Beil.
None of them reviewed and validated Fred Wiseman's grandmother or himself as being legitimately descended from an Abenaki?
Of course not! They were promoting and allowing the 'race shifting' of white people into BECOMING Vermont's State Recognized "Abenakis."
Even the Vincent Illuzzi Chair, Senate Institutions Committee Head, was made an Honorary Chief of the Clan of the Hawk "tribe" up in Evansville, Vermont!
Indeed Vincent Illuzzi had been involved in working with the Swanton-based St. Francis-Sokoki bunch regarding burials in Highgate, VT and so on throughout the retrospective years! So he was biased too.
WHY wasn't there a qualified genealogist or team of genealogists to validate that the members of these "Abenaki" groups were in fact connected to the Abenakis?
January 26, 2006
By Hal Bill
The role of self-identification in Abenaki recognition
(This idiotic article is about "Abenaki" in Vermont being not being able to 'self-identify' as "Abenaki)
October 25, 2007
VCNAA Meeting:
Charlene McManis asked about Roger Longtoe Sheehan’s immediate family and their relationship to the Abenaki. Roger explained that he has cousins that are Missisquoi and Odanak, but that his immediate family is El-Nu.
Judy (nee: Fortin) Dow asked Roger Sheehan to describe his band or sub-band. Roger Sheehan noted that as of June 02, 2007 the El-Nu has become a sub-band of the traditional Cowasuck.
Jeanne (nee: Deforge) Brink asked for reference to the traditional Cowasuck. Roger said the folks under Brian Chenevert, previously under Nancy Millette. Guest Vera Longtoe Sheehan from Westminster in southern Vermont, El-Nu Abenaki tribe a sub-group of the traditional Cowasuck.
Vera Sheehan respectfully requested that Odanak (Tim and Jeanne) members not be able to vote on recognition because of a conflict of interest.
The Commission is not asking for genealogy records.
Guest Jim Taylor from Rhode Island, living in Massachusetts, a member of the El-Nu/Cowasuck; an elder of his band, and a descendant of the Abenaki and Coala Band of the Eastern Cherokee living on Turtle Island. He addressed the fact that some Vermont Abenaki tribes fear that since Odanak have already been recognized, they might hold sway with applicant approval.
Guest Nancy Millette, Cowasuck and Dr. Raymond F. Lussier, Tribal Judge of the Cowasuck.
Nancy shared her feelings about the 51% percent criteria and expressed “that it is not about a percentage of people, it is about the “blood and bones”; Dr. Raymond Lussier spoke about genealogy research that he has done and will present this documentation to the Commission when it is complete.
Guest Rose Hartwell, living in Massachusetts, a crewel worker and a proud elder of the El-Nu Abenaki tribe, a sub-group of the traditional Cowasuck tribe.
October 31, 2007
The County Courier Newspaper
By Jedd Kettler
Public Comment given on Native Recognition Amendment
Among concerns raised by the dozen individuals who testified - and some 10 more who sent comments via e-mail - were setting historic dates for formation of tribal groups, language specifying geographical membership requirements, and whether the VCNAA should be vested with the authority to make final determinations.
The VCNAA has worked since last fall to resolve Native art labeling issues in the State law as written.
The current draft of the amendment leaves the final authority to grant recognition in the hands of the Vermont State Legislature. The VCNAA would be responsible for vetting band applications and making recommendations to the Legislature.
The proposed language does not ask for genealogy and other specific information on individual members, but looks at the applicant group as an entity.
“We’re only looking at tribes ... We’re only talking about an entity that’s tied to the land - that tradition,” said VCNAA Commissioner Donald Warren Stevens, Jr., “We are not determining who is Abenaki ... It’s up to the tribe to recognize their people.”
WHY wasn't there a qualified genealogist or team of genealogists to validate that the members of these "Abenaki" groups were in fact connected to the Abenakis?
January 26, 2006
By Hal Bill
The role of self-identification in Abenaki recognition
(This idiotic article is about "Abenaki" in Vermont being not being able to 'self-identify' as "Abenaki)
October 25, 2007
VCNAA Meeting:
Charlene McManis asked about Roger Longtoe Sheehan’s immediate family and their relationship to the Abenaki. Roger explained that he has cousins that are Missisquoi and Odanak, but that his immediate family is El-Nu.
Judy (nee: Fortin) Dow asked Roger Sheehan to describe his band or sub-band. Roger Sheehan noted that as of June 02, 2007 the El-Nu has become a sub-band of the traditional Cowasuck.
Jeanne (nee: Deforge) Brink asked for reference to the traditional Cowasuck. Roger said the folks under Brian Chenevert, previously under Nancy Millette. Guest Vera Longtoe Sheehan from Westminster in southern Vermont, El-Nu Abenaki tribe a sub-group of the traditional Cowasuck.
Vera Sheehan respectfully requested that Odanak (Tim and Jeanne) members not be able to vote on recognition because of a conflict of interest.
The Commission is not asking for genealogy records.
Guest Jim Taylor from Rhode Island, living in Massachusetts, a member of the El-Nu/Cowasuck; an elder of his band, and a descendant of the Abenaki and Coala Band of the Eastern Cherokee living on Turtle Island. He addressed the fact that some Vermont Abenaki tribes fear that since Odanak have already been recognized, they might hold sway with applicant approval.
Guest Nancy Millette, Cowasuck and Dr. Raymond F. Lussier, Tribal Judge of the Cowasuck.
Nancy shared her feelings about the 51% percent criteria and expressed “that it is not about a percentage of people, it is about the “blood and bones”; Dr. Raymond Lussier spoke about genealogy research that he has done and will present this documentation to the Commission when it is complete.
Guest Rose Hartwell, living in Massachusetts, a crewel worker and a proud elder of the El-Nu Abenaki tribe, a sub-group of the traditional Cowasuck tribe.
ANTI-GENEALOGY and ANTI-ODANAK
October 31, 2007
The County Courier Newspaper
By Jedd Kettler
Public Comment given on Native Recognition Amendment
Among concerns raised by the dozen individuals who testified - and some 10 more who sent comments via e-mail - were setting historic dates for formation of tribal groups, language specifying geographical membership requirements, and whether the VCNAA should be vested with the authority to make final determinations.
The VCNAA has worked since last fall to resolve Native art labeling issues in the State law as written.
The current draft of the amendment leaves the final authority to grant recognition in the hands of the Vermont State Legislature. The VCNAA would be responsible for vetting band applications and making recommendations to the Legislature.
The proposed language does not ask for genealogy and other specific information on individual members, but looks at the applicant group as an entity.
“We’re only looking at tribes ... We’re only talking about an entity that’s tied to the land - that tradition,” said VCNAA Commissioner Donald Warren Stevens, Jr., “We are not determining who is Abenaki ... It’s up to the tribe to recognize their people.”
February 24, 2008
8:23 PM
From: Nancy Lee Cote
Dear Ms. Diane Snelling
S.117 has been in our thoughts, postings and just plain chatting. The first people to have found out about it were the powers that be. No. 1: April St. Francis: Claims to be the only and the life long Chief of the Abenakis'.
I watched her grow up, and I was close to Homer Walter St. Francis Sr. and they are very much alike. She is planning on having the same deal and better and all of the other tribes/bands/clans will be under her or out period.
No. 2: Nancy Millette: She is a self-proclaimed Chief and many other things also, husband beater, and fibs on line to the point that I can and didn't tell an attorney.
How do I know this you may ask? Well at the 'Unity meeting' we had in Randolph, VT she claimed a day later that I stole her address book and hit her several times and my daughter was with me. She never apologized to me.
Statement today on internet, if we don't have genealogy paperwork then we will not be Abenaki People. It's been a long two days and I was hoping that you could get this to the hearing tomorrow. It would be appreciated and the Historical Nulhegan Band of the Abenaki People would rest easier. We definitely need more interaction with the Powers that Are.
Sincerely,
Nancy-Lee A. Cote - Pibunkimkazas (Raven)
February 24, 2008
8:36 PM
From: "Diane Snelling"
To: Nancy Lee Cote
Subject: Re: Northeast Kingdom; HELP
Dear Mrs. Cote,
Thank you very much for your email. Unfortunately I'm aware of the division happening now as "other" amendments are considered. I will do everything possible to see that the process is fair and inclusive and not subject to deceit.
Sincerely,
Senator Diane Snelling
March 18-20, 2008
April (nee: St. Francis) Rushlow Merrill, chief of the Swanton/St. Albans Abenaki Tribe, considered the process and the inclusion of the attorney general's office a slap in the face, after the state granted the Abenakis recognition.
The bands also said they opposed the criteria for recognition and would not provide their tribe's genealogy to the commission.
The bill is unacceptable and dangerously similar to the 'show me your papers,' sentiment of Nazi Germany," said Luke Andrew Willard, of the Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk Abenaki Nation.
April Merrill went on to say that the commission doesn't represent her and questioned the heritage of some commission members.
March 18-20, 2008
Commission member Tim DelaBruere agreed. He is one of the members the bands are concerned about. Timothy DelaBruere is of Odanak descent, and Nancy (nee: Millette) said some Abenakis from Odanak have declared that their band is the only one with a history in VT.
Some parts of that process raised issues with the St. Francis/
Sokoki, Koasek and Nulhegan bands.
April (nee: St. Francis) Merrill said the bill would require bands to reveal members' genealogy, something her band is unwilling to do out of concerns that the information could be used to discriminate against Abenaki who have fought discrimination for generations.
Although the process cites documentation of genealogy, commission Chairman Mark Mitchell said it was not the commission's intent when recommending the recognition process to make bands reveal information about individual members. Commissioners understood concerns about revealing individual members' family information, he said.
March 24, 2008
10:14 PM
From: Frederick Matthew Wiseman
To: Vincent Illuzzi
Hi Vince [Senator Illuzzi]
Mr. Dan Brush told me to send you a few very brief facts, since you have received too many long-winded letters and demands. I hope these five are short and clear. I will be at the State House tomorrow at the VT Champlain Quadricentennial display at the Card Room.
1. You asked me to get everyone on board for the compromise. I did so. Missisquoi, Nulhegan, Koasek (including El-nu as a sub-group) are self governing tribal political entities with historical presence in Vermont. They represent ALL of the entities that, in my opinion as a scholar of the Abenaki experience, would meet the "tribal" qualifications set forth by the Federal Government's requirements under the "state-recognized tribes" section of the Arts and Crafts Act. They represent over 3,000 Vermont Abenakis-- a large constituency. Missisquoi is focused in Northwestern Vermont, Nulhegan is in your district, Koasek is in Eastern Vermont, and El-nu is Southern Vermont-- complete state coverage. They now work together in unity.
2. There is no anthropologically or historically detectable Moccasin village/Winooski Band.
Clan of the Hawk is (by their own admission on their website) an educational/cultural, not a political organization, and so cannot be recognized as presently constituted. Richard 'Skip' Bernier' group is recognized in Canada, derives its political authority from there, and has no independent Vermont political/corporate basis.
Paul Pouliot's group is not from Vermont.
3. There are only a few scattered unorganized families not included in #1 or #2. They have no formal corporate political structure. Charles Lawrence Delaney Jr. represents one. As you saw, he was at the press conference on Thursday to support us. Louise and Lester Lampman represent another family, perhaps 10-15 people maximum. "Professional Abenakis," such as Judy (nee: Fortin) Dow have no known genealogical, cultural or political ties to any known Vermont corporate Abenaki groups.
4. Members of the Vermont Commission on Native American Affairs threatened individual Abenakis as well as tribal officials to stifle competing proposals to your committee. Nancy Millette sent you the compiled evidence. These data, combined with other information not particularly germane to your legislative process, have caused all of the corporate Native groups listed above (#1) to reject any possibility of applying for recognition through the Commission as it is presently constituted.
5. Heretofore un-documented groups may arise in the future, but they will not be large, nor will they have the corporate structure required by the Federal Government-- they must be handled on a case by case basis by a reconstituted Native Commission.
March 25, 2008
6:29 AM
From: Vincent Illuzzi [mailto:villuzzi@leg.state.vt.us]
To: Susanne Young
Subject: Fwd: Information
“See below. What do you think? Can we back off on some of the items [genealogy] which the applicants must submit to obtain state recognition for arts and crafts purposes?”
Vince
March 25, 2008
8:47 AM
From: Suzanne Young
“I suggest this be sent to Mark W. Mitchell for consideration by the Commission--they are meeting on Thursday afternoon.
March 25, 2008
1:35 PM
From: Vincent Illuzzi [mailto:villuzzi@leg.state.vt.us]
To: vcnaa@earthlink.net [Mark W. Mitchell]
Subject: Fwd: Information
“Please consider.”
Vince Illuzzi
March 25, 2008
Scheduled 2nd Reading on Amendment to S.117
The designated bill number for Abenaki is S.369.
It will most likely be up for second reading on the Senate Floor, Tuesday, March 25th at 10:00 a.m.
March 27, 2008
Vermont Commission on Native American Affairs
April (nee: St. Francis) Rushlow Merrill, chief of the Swanton/St. Albans Abenaki Tribe, considered the process and the inclusion of the attorney general's office a slap in the face, after the state granted the Abenakis recognition.
The bands also said they opposed the criteria for recognition and would not provide their tribe's genealogy to the commission.
The bill is unacceptable and dangerously similar to the 'show me your papers,' sentiment of Nazi Germany," said Luke Andrew Willard, of the Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk Abenaki Nation.
April Merrill went on to say that the commission doesn't represent her and questioned the heritage of some commission members.
March 18-20, 2008
Commission member Tim DelaBruere agreed. He is one of the members the bands are concerned about. Timothy DelaBruere is of Odanak descent, and Nancy (nee: Millette) said some Abenakis from Odanak have declared that their band is the only one with a history in VT.
Some parts of that process raised issues with the St. Francis/
Sokoki, Koasek and Nulhegan bands.
April (nee: St. Francis) Merrill said the bill would require bands to reveal members' genealogy, something her band is unwilling to do out of concerns that the information could be used to discriminate against Abenaki who have fought discrimination for generations.
Although the process cites documentation of genealogy, commission Chairman Mark Mitchell said it was not the commission's intent when recommending the recognition process to make bands reveal information about individual members. Commissioners understood concerns about revealing individual members' family information, he said.
March 21, 2008
The Burlington Free Press Newspaper, Pages 1B-7B
By Terri Hallenbeck – Free Press Staff Writer
Abenaki bands oppose process for recognition
April (nee: St. Francis) Merrill said the legislative bill being considered would require bands to reveal their member’s genealogy, something her band is unwilling to do.
March 21, 2008
The Burlington Free Press Newspaper, Pages 1B-7B
By Lisa Rathke – The Associated Press (AP)
Abenaki bands protest proposed change in recognition process
The bands also said they opposed the criteria for recognition and would not provide their tribe's genealogy to the commission.
The Burlington Free Press Newspaper, Pages 1B-7B
By Lisa Rathke – The Associated Press (AP)
Abenaki bands protest proposed change in recognition process
The bands also said they opposed the criteria for recognition and would not provide their tribe's genealogy to the commission.
10:14 PM
From: Frederick Matthew Wiseman
To: Vincent Illuzzi
Hi Vince [Senator Illuzzi]
Mr. Dan Brush told me to send you a few very brief facts, since you have received too many long-winded letters and demands. I hope these five are short and clear. I will be at the State House tomorrow at the VT Champlain Quadricentennial display at the Card Room.
1. You asked me to get everyone on board for the compromise. I did so. Missisquoi, Nulhegan, Koasek (including El-nu as a sub-group) are self governing tribal political entities with historical presence in Vermont. They represent ALL of the entities that, in my opinion as a scholar of the Abenaki experience, would meet the "tribal" qualifications set forth by the Federal Government's requirements under the "state-recognized tribes" section of the Arts and Crafts Act. They represent over 3,000 Vermont Abenakis-- a large constituency. Missisquoi is focused in Northwestern Vermont, Nulhegan is in your district, Koasek is in Eastern Vermont, and El-nu is Southern Vermont-- complete state coverage. They now work together in unity.
2. There is no anthropologically or historically detectable Moccasin village/Winooski Band.
Clan of the Hawk is (by their own admission on their website) an educational/cultural, not a political organization, and so cannot be recognized as presently constituted. Richard 'Skip' Bernier' group is recognized in Canada, derives its political authority from there, and has no independent Vermont political/corporate basis.
Paul Pouliot's group is not from Vermont.
3. There are only a few scattered unorganized families not included in #1 or #2. They have no formal corporate political structure. Charles Lawrence Delaney Jr. represents one. As you saw, he was at the press conference on Thursday to support us. Louise and Lester Lampman represent another family, perhaps 10-15 people maximum. "Professional Abenakis," such as Judy (nee: Fortin) Dow have no known genealogical, cultural or political ties to any known Vermont corporate Abenaki groups.
4. Members of the Vermont Commission on Native American Affairs threatened individual Abenakis as well as tribal officials to stifle competing proposals to your committee. Nancy Millette sent you the compiled evidence. These data, combined with other information not particularly germane to your legislative process, have caused all of the corporate Native groups listed above (#1) to reject any possibility of applying for recognition through the Commission as it is presently constituted.
5. Heretofore un-documented groups may arise in the future, but they will not be large, nor will they have the corporate structure required by the Federal Government-- they must be handled on a case by case basis by a reconstituted Native Commission.
March 25, 2008
6:29 AM
From: Vincent Illuzzi [mailto:villuzzi@leg.state.vt.us]
To: Susanne Young
Subject: Fwd: Information
“See below. What do you think? Can we back off on some of the items [genealogy] which the applicants must submit to obtain state recognition for arts and crafts purposes?”
Vince
March 25, 2008
8:47 AM
From: Suzanne Young
“I suggest this be sent to Mark W. Mitchell for consideration by the Commission--they are meeting on Thursday afternoon.
March 25, 2008
1:35 PM
From: Vincent Illuzzi [mailto:villuzzi@leg.state.vt.us]
To: vcnaa@earthlink.net [Mark W. Mitchell]
Subject: Fwd: Information
“Please consider.”
Vince Illuzzi
March 25, 2008
Scheduled 2nd Reading on Amendment to S.117
The designated bill number for Abenaki is S.369.
It will most likely be up for second reading on the Senate Floor, Tuesday, March 25th at 10:00 a.m.
March 27, 2008
Vermont Commission on Native American Affairs
(Prior to this VCNAA meeting, the appointed members thereof had come out of a meeting with the Senate Committee at a hearing held earlier in the day, headed by Senator Vincent Illuzzi, who had stated "I don't care if they really are Abenaki or not! We're going to recognize them as Abenakis."
Judy (nee: Fortin) Dow of the VCNAA asked to answer a question that Senator Vince Illuzzi put forth at the Senate Committee hearing earlier in the morning concerning the VT Eugenic records. The Senator was not aware that the Eugenics records of Native Americans are of public record, which are housed in the State Archives, the 44 boxes are available to the public. Mark Mitchell noted that one requirement is to “show a link” to genealogy, and that complete records are not required.
Senator Vincent Illuzzi shared his thoughts with the Commission about the amendment to S.117. The Senator felt that the bar set for recognition may be too high.
The Senator felt that state recognition for arts and crafts should have a lower bar than the bar for federal recognition.
The Senator said a common thread of concern was the genealogy element, and suggested that the Commission consider eliminating this criterion.
Charles Lawrence Delaney Jr. shared ideas for the criteria that excluded genealogy, and felt that native communities should decide recognition.
April 07, 2008
2:28 PM
April 07, 2008
2:28 PM
To: Olidahozi@yahoogroups.com
From: Jeanne Antoinette (nee: Lalime) Lincoln-Kent
The problem with providing the state or any government agency with personal data such as genealogy is that we are then tracked for blood line. In today's information hijackings, having as much information as is found in genealogies is downright dangerous and irresponsible. Tribes across the country have proven their historical existence, but maintained their rights to decide who is and who is not Indian.
I live in CT, yet my genealogy takes me to one of the first families of Odanak who moved into VT to become signers of the Robertson's Lease in Missisquoi County.
Morningstar [Jeanne Lincoln – Kent]
July 31, 2008
10:35 AM
From: LMThistle [Lynn Menard – Mathieson]
To: Douglas Lloyd Buchholz
Subject: Tribe members work to save native tongue in The Burlington Free Press Newspaper
Do you ever think about responding to this? Why don't they do their homework first?
Do they know this [Nancy Millette – Lyons] person's history or is it just because it sounds good that they continue to print her horseshit?
Do they know how long she has been around, when she popped up in VT or how she became a "Chief"?
No, because they either don't care or she has friends.
Either way, Frederick M. Wiseman PhD is in it too, and neither one of these two turkeys have genealogy to the Abenaki. Carollee [Reynolds] told me his genealogy is maybe Acadia so that means Nova Scotia probably. And he is labeled in this article as Nancy Millette's historian and then [later in the article] as belonging to April St. Francis-Merrill's group. Which is it, or is it both?
Do they know this [Nancy Millette – Lyons] person's history or is it just because it sounds good that they continue to print her horseshit?
Do they know how long she has been around, when she popped up in VT or how she became a "Chief"?
No, because they either don't care or she has friends.
Either way, Frederick M. Wiseman PhD is in it too, and neither one of these two turkeys have genealogy to the Abenaki. Carollee [Reynolds] told me his genealogy is maybe Acadia so that means Nova Scotia probably. And he is labeled in this article as Nancy Millette's historian and then [later in the article] as belonging to April St. Francis-Merrill's group. Which is it, or is it both?
February 12, 2010
From: Jeanne Lincoln - Kent
To: Olidahozi Yahoo Message Group Board [that she created and moderated]
Subject: Re: [Olidahozi] Check out Alton man helps spearhead NH Native American Commission
It is a known fact for instance, by those who have spent any amount of time working with Abenaki genealogy, and there are many of us now doing such research, that there is no native Vermont Abenaki to be found and that’s a fact.
Like it or not. Do the research.
February 10, 2011
Page 1 of 1
(dr req 11-193-draft 1.1)
MNH-10:24 PM
Introduced by
Senator Vincent Illuzzi (R-Orleans-Essex Counties)
Referred to Committee on:
Date:
Subject: General provisions; common law; general rights;
public records
Statement of purpose: This bill proposes
to exempt from public disclosure records GENEALOGY submitted in support of an application
for tribal recognition. An act relating to exempting from public disclosure
records related to tribal recognition.
It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State
of Vermont:
Sec. 1 V.S.A. & 317 is amended to read:
& 317 DEFINITIONS,; PUBLIC AGENCY; PUBLIC RECORDS AND
DOCUMENTS
(c) The following public records are exempt from public inspection and
copying:
(40) Records of genealogy provided in support of an application for tribal
recognition pursuant to chapter 23 of this title, including records of
genealogy and tribal rolls.
VT.LEG 2611427.1
The "Vermont Indigenous Alliance" is comprised
of the following groups, directly and or indirectly:
1. The "St. Francis/Sokoki Band of the
Abenaki/Nation" based in Franklin County, VT led by the late Homer
Walter St. Francis Sr. - his daughter, April St. Francis-Rushlow-Merrill - and
now allegedly by John Churchill.
2. The "El-Nu Abenaki Tribe" led by Roger "Longtoe" Anthony Sheehan residing in Jamaica, VT
3. The "Koasek Traditional Band of the Koas Abenaki Nation" led by Nancy Lee (nee: Millette) Cruger –Lyons – Doucet
of Swiftwater/Bath, Grafton County, New Hampshire.
4. The "Koasek Traditional Band of the
Sovereign Abenaki Nation" led currently by Nathan Elwin Pero of West Fairlee, VT - and Paul Joseph Bunnell of Milford, N.H.
5. The “Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk Abenaki”
led by Luke Andrew Willard of
Brownington, Vermont, and later, by Donald
Warren Stevens Jr. of Shelburne, Vermont.
WHY were these so-called race shifters/ a.ka. Vermont "Abenakis" so terrified of publicly identifying their alleged Abenaki ancestors during the recognition process in Vermont of their groups?
Because their members were not Abenakis to begin with! Certainly not the Professor!
Josephine (nee: Erno) Wiseman's Ancestry
ALL OF HER ANCESTORS GO BACK TO FRANCE
She wasn't and isn't Abenaki
Frederick M. Wiseman PhD
wasn't and isn't Abenaki either
Carollee has 'cult followers' according to Wiseman?
Could Fred Wiseman be speaking about Lampman's being the cult followers of Carollee? I would surmise so. Well someone did say Carollee was "working with the Devil" or "doing the Devil's work". (laughter). 😈
"I assume ..." (twice he says this!) Fred Wiseman in his self-serving complaint/rebuttal against his accuser Carollee Reynolds, who NOW claims Fred has NO Indigenous ancestry? Again it is about OBJECTIVE genealogical evidence. It doesn't matter the merits of this feud between the two them. It is as irrelevant what either of them say or think about each other, or about someone else, to me.
My position is this: Carollee and Fred both at least tolerated each other, until now, because they both had something to benefit from, in their own created persona's, just like everyone else did and does.
Only UNTIL Carollee began to get some 'distance' was she herself able to 'see' exactly the extent of this shoddy Professor's ways, and she began to question (just I like I did back in 2005-6). The second she began to question, the minute she became (quote) " an avowed enemy."
Homer Walter St. Francis Sr., Chris Roy, Carol Nepton, April St. Francis (Homer's daughter), Joe Bertrand, Eugene G. Rich, Hinda Miller,Vincent Illuzzi, Kesha Ram, any and all of the VCNAA people at any time, and even the Vermont Governor's just didn't give a rat's ass damn about the Professor being actually an Abenaki descendant.
The "Abenaki" nor the State nor the "independent" scholars obviously didn't bother to do the necessary digging, checking, validating, cross-referencing ... nothing, to find out if this Professor or any of them were/are actually Abenakis. Fred M. Wiseman PhD almost got away with his narrative about Josephine Kay (Erno) Wiseman being an "Abenaki." He 's is simply one out of thousands in these groups Playing "Abenaki" "Indian" truth be told.
No one needed to take his stupid ARP file(s) to discern the reality and TRUTH about his manipulations/lies. We have the internet and a lot of documents!!!
My position is this: Carollee and Fred both at least tolerated each other, until now, because they both had something to benefit from, in their own created persona's, just like everyone else did and does.
Only UNTIL Carollee began to get some 'distance' was she herself able to 'see' exactly the extent of this shoddy Professor's ways, and she began to question (just I like I did back in 2005-6). The second she began to question, the minute she became (quote) " an avowed enemy."
Genealogically, Frederick M. Wiseman's narrative of being "Abenaki" through either of his grandmothers is not factually true.
Homer Walter St. Francis Sr., Chris Roy, Carol Nepton, April St. Francis (Homer's daughter), Joe Bertrand, Eugene G. Rich, Hinda Miller,Vincent Illuzzi, Kesha Ram, any and all of the VCNAA people at any time, and even the Vermont Governor's just didn't give a rat's ass damn about the Professor being actually an Abenaki descendant.
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The "Abenaki" nor the State nor the "independent" scholars obviously didn't bother to do the necessary digging, checking, validating, cross-referencing ... nothing, to find out if this Professor or any of them were/are actually Abenakis. Fred M. Wiseman PhD almost got away with his narrative about Josephine Kay (Erno) Wiseman being an "Abenaki." He 's is simply one out of thousands in these groups Playing "Abenaki" "Indian" truth be told.
No one needed to take his stupid ARP file(s) to discern the reality and TRUTH about his manipulations/lies. We have the internet and a lot of documents!!!
LOOK at his genealogy and REVIEW it.
DO the genealogical research on Josephine (Erno) Wiseman folks; and see for yourselves where all of her ancestors came from, down to her, and down to Professor Wiseman himself.
17 Spring Street in Swanton, Franklin County, Vermont being the longest owned "Abenaki" home in Swanton? Really?
When Frederick Matthew Wiseman PhD accused Carollee Reynolds of shoddy research, does he ever realize that his own recognition research and his compiled Vermont Recognition Applications for the 4 groups now claiming to be "Abenaki" "tribes" ... is a pathetically shoddy shitty mess as well?!
§ 853a. Recognition of ElnuAbenaki tribe
The ElnuAbenaki tribe has filed an application for tribal recognition with the Vermont Commission on Native American Affairs and has complied with the recognition requirements contained in subdivisions 853(c)(1)-(9) of this title and is hereby recognized by the State of Vermont as a Native American Indian tribe. (Added 2011, No. 9, § 1, eff. April 22, 2011.)
§ 854. Recognition of Nulhegan Band of the CoosukAbenaki Nation
The Nulhegan Band of the CoosukAbenaki Nation has filed an application for tribal recognition with the Vermont Commission on Native American Affairs and has complied with the recognition requirements contained in subdivisions 853(c)(1)-(9) of this title and is hereby recognized by the State of Vermont as a Native American Indian tribe. (Added 2011, No. 8, § 1, eff. April 22, 2011.)
§ 855. Recognition of KoasekAbenaki of the Koas
The KoasekAbenaki of the Koas has filed an application for tribal recognition with the Vermont Commission on Native American Affairs and has complied with the recognition requirements contained in subdivisions 853(c)(1)-(9) of this title and is hereby recognized by the State of Vermont as a Native American Indian tribe. (Added 2011, No. 106 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. May 07, 2012.)
§ 856. Recognition of Missisquoi, St. Francis-Sokoki band
The Missisquoi, St. Francis-Sokoki Band has filed an application for tribal recognition with the Vermont Commission on Native American Affairs and has complied with the recognition requirements contained in subdivisions 853(c)(1)-(9) of this title and is hereby recognized by the State of Vermont as a Native American Indian tribe. (Added 2011, No. 105 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. May 07, 2012.)
WHY were the alleged records of genealogy provided in support of an application for tribal recognition REDACTED/ RESTRICTED from the Vermont Public ... back January 25, 2011?
§ 853a. Recognition of Elnu
The Elnu
§ 854. Recognition of Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk
The Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk
§ 855. Recognition of Koasek
The Koasek
§ 856. Recognition of Missisquoi, St. Francis-Sokoki band
The Missisquoi, St. Francis-Sokoki Band has filed an application for tribal recognition with the Vermont Commission on Native American Affairs and has complied with the recognition requirements contained in subdivisions 853(c)(1)-(9) of this title and is hereby recognized by the State of Vermont as a Native American Indian tribe. (Added 2011, No. 105 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. May 07, 2012.)
WHY were the alleged records of genealogy provided in support of an application for tribal recognition REDACTED/ RESTRICTED from the Vermont Public ... back January 25, 2011?
If the Mohawks, the Penobscots, Abenakis of Odanak and Wôlinak, the Passamaquoddy, and Maliseets, as well as Mik'maq Communities, along with the Mashantucket Pequot, Mahicans, Nipmuc's, and the Wampanoag People's want to PLAY WITH and ENTERTAIN the "Abenaki" / race shifter's in Vermont and New Hampshire, then by all means go for it.
If y'all think Bruchac's and or Fred M. Wiseman et al are really Abenakis, then by all means, continue to believe that concocted creative narrative story telling, and entertain them, as they entertain y'all with more of their BS. Their "Abenaki" State Recognition membership cards are meaningless!
Those cards in their wallets just means that Eugene G. Rich doesn't give a shit, and ignores, and is perpetuating the LIES and DECEIT. Right along with Don Stevens of the Nulhegan wannabiiak.
If y'all think Bruchac's and or Fred M. Wiseman et al are really Abenakis, then by all means, continue to believe that concocted creative narrative story telling, and entertain them, as they entertain y'all with more of their BS. Their "Abenaki" State Recognition membership cards are meaningless!
Those cards in their wallets just means that Eugene G. Rich doesn't give a shit, and ignores, and is perpetuating the LIES and DECEIT. Right along with Don Stevens of the Nulhegan wannabiiak.
And just like PhD Fred M. Wiseman has repeatedly done, he cannot work with reality, with the facts, with the objective evidence, so he and his own cult followers have to commit character assassination (much like White Nationalists, KKK, and other Extremist groups, as cults do) against Carollee Reynolds now.
Fred M. Wiseman, the 'Anglo' is yet another classic example of the race shifting that Darryl Leroux talks about in his book, Distorted Descent.
"Weaponized genealogy" research?
Give me a break, genealogy is genealogy is genealogy.
Bastardizing his own maternal grandmother, Anna Marie (nee: Hines) and then his paternal grandmother Josephine Kay (nee: Erno) into his race shifting agenda, for his political, monetary and academic advancement, claiming they were somehow "Abenaki" is pretty pathetic, inept, and shoddy I surmise.
He's just another white German/French 'Anglo' pretending to be an Indian/Abenaki, having BS the group he's been in, the State of Vermont, the people who are a part of his cult following, and of course the general public.
"They are still here pretending to be"
