A Response from Lynn Menard - Mathieson dated Dec. 27, 2009:

VT and NH bills to make Natives and gain state recognition dated Sunday, December 27, 2009 1:02 PM

Hello all,
There are groups there that badly want State recognition. Vermont has had several bills and has 3 now on the table. New Hampshire has a bill of their own in which at least one group involved in the Vermont bills is also included in the New Hampshire one. I understand the Cowasuck Band has not given up in Massachusetts yet either. What is happening that groups have interests in several states? As I understand it they have not proven their genealogy and don't intend to either. This is my biggest objection to all of this. I have nothing against commissions or people being recognized. HOWEVER be prepared to back up your claims especially when there are some of us out here that have these peoples genealogy and are not seeing what they are trying to get the State legislatures to believe!

The New Hampshire bill comes up in January 2010, (NEXT MONTH). I am sick of seeing these attempts year after year and overwhelmed by trying to get the information out and writing letters (These "groups" of alleged and reinvented Abenaki of NH and VT hope we will become so overwhlemed that we give up and shut up). Eventually I suppose they will get what they want since no sooner is a bill shot down, they are crafting a new one to take its place. If you can help please do so!

A bill so the VT commission on Native affairs can recognize "natives" as tribes and bands?

Sponsor(s): Consejo, Michel Mrowicki, Michael Savage, Brian Young, Jeffrey
Request: 09-0367
Drafter: Sumner
BILL AS INTRODUCED H.124 2009
An if that isn't enough.. let's get the fox to protect the henhouse.

http://www.leg.state.vt.us/database/status/summary.cfm?Bill=S%2E0222&Session=2010

General Status:

Bill: S. 222
Title: AN ACT RELATING TO RECOGNITION OF ABENAKI TRIBES
Sponsor(s): Hinda Miller, Diane Snelling, William Carris
Request: 10-0092
Drafter: Sumner
http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/2010/bills/Intro/S-222.pdf
BILL AS INTRODUCED 2010
S.222 Page 1
1 S.222
2 Introduced by Senators Miller, Snelling and Carris

BILL AS INTRODUCED S.222 2010 Page 6

identified in subsection (e) of this section, provided the tribe demonstrates
compliance with all the following: (1) Has a tribal council = Incorporation, a constitution = Incorporation By-Laws, and a chief = Incorporation President. (2) Owns land in Vermont or provides historic records that document that the tribe has had an historic presence in Vermont.
These Incorporation's can claim they are "Tribes" or "bands" and point to historical Maps and Historical Documents and claim that those records pertain to their "groups" ~ but NO GENEALOGICAL EVIDENCE HAS BEEN OR IS REQUIRED TO PROVE THEIR CLAIMS AND PROCLAIMATIONS (3) Is recognized by other Native American communities. These "groups" merely "slap each other on the backside, approving of one another. The alleged and reinvented Cowasuck of North America, Inc. led by Paul Wilson Pouliot is allegedly recognized by another "group" up in Lower Quebec, Canada led by Yannick Manidowijw Mercier calling itself the Mena’sen. Secondly, recently, December 2009 this Koasek, Inc. "group" led by Brian Chenevert and Paul Bunnell claim to be now recognized by another Metis "group" up in Quebec calling itself the Native Nation Antaya at St. Georges de Beauce, Quebec, Canada (that appeared and or recently came into being about two years ago led by "Chief" Dominique Cote).

VT LEG 250410.1

AND IN NEW HAMPSHIRE:

http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/lsr_search/LSR_Results.aspx

http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2010/HB1610.html

HB 1610-FN – AS INTRODUCED
2010 SESSION
10-2489
05/03
HOUSE BILL 1610-FN

AN ACT establishing a New Hampshire commission on Native American affairs and recognizing the Abenaki and other American Indian residents as a minority population in the state of New Hampshire.

SPONSORS: Rep. Carr, Ches 4; Rep. Cushing, Rock 15; Rep. Watters, Straf 4; Rep. Charron, Rock 7; Rep. Lindsey, Ches 3; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 24; Sen. Kelly, Dist 10

COMMITTEE: State-Federal Relations and Veteran's Affairs
FY 2010 and each year thereafter.

BTW, The Koasek Traditional Band of the Abenaki Nation of the Koa that you read about in the Vermont bills is also involved in this one for New Hampshire.

Federal Art and Crafts bill

Status:

1/27/2009: Introduced

1/27/2009: Referred to House Judiciary Committee

1/27/2009: Referred to House Natural Resources Committee

12/2/2009: Hearing Held by House Natural Resources Committee

12/16/2009: Mark up in the House Natural Resources Committee

12/16/2009: Ordered to be reported House Natural Resources Committee

Commentary:


This bill, identical to H.R. 7024 and S. 1255 in the 110th Congress and S. 151 in the current Congress, reduces penalties for some violations of the prohibition on misrepresenting goods for sale as having been produced by Native Americans. Under current law, knowing violations are punishable by criminal fines of up to $250,000 and imprisonment of up to five years for a first offense, and by criminal fines of up to $1,000,000 and imprisonment of up to 15 years for subsequent offenses. This legislation would change the penalty structure in two ways. First offenses concerning goods worth less than $1,000 would be punishable by fines of up to $25,000 and imprisonment of up to a year, and fines for subsequent offenses would be calculated under Title 18 rather than set in the specific provision.


Is anyone aware that in the Vermont and New Hampshire there are groups of people claiming to be Abenaki Indians and wanting State recognition so they can sell their arts and crafts as Native made yet they will not provide the genealogy proving their claims? I understand that the Vermont Commission on Native American Affairs has worked with Federal Arts and Crafts board to get to this desired end. Shouldn't people have to prove who they are first?


http://vcnaa.com/native/content/view/786/38/ This new bill opens with: Statement of purpose: This bill proposes to recognize certain bands within the

8 Abenaki Nation as the original Native American tribes residing in Vermont, to

9 give the Vermont commission on Native American affairs the authority to

10 recognize other tribes and bands of Native Americans, and to set out the

11 procedures and criteria for granting recognition.

How can a commission have the authority to recognize "tribes and bands" within the State as Vermont is trying for? One of these "tribes" the St Francis Sokoki has already been denied by the BIA: http://www.abenakination.org/BIA.pdf and Vermont's State's Attorney also weighed in against them in his report: http://www.abenakination.org/STATE.pdf

Paul Pouliot moved to New Hampshire 2 years ago.... historic and cultural contributions to the state? I guess you would have to be familiar with his particular brand of bullsh** to know better.


For those who are not familiar with this blog: http://reinventedvermontabenaki.blogspot.com/ it is a culmination of 15 years of the blog owner's collection of documents, newspaper clippings, and opinions. He arrived from Washington State as an approved St Francis Sokoki member, and has lived on this coast ever since, through the dramas and pettiness, keeping a detailed account until he finally posted this blog. Though no longer a member of any group for many years, he has kept up on the personalities and claims being made within the communities. A very interesting read. A blog you should take the time to go through.

I was a member of the Cowasuck Band of the Pennacook Abenaki. Once elected to council it only took 2 years for those in "command" to decide that I was not going to be bought off and had to be gotten rid off.. I was the genealogist, an elder, a sub Chief, CT State business agent, and sat on the board of directors for their real objective, the 501 non profit business, Cowass North America. The criteria for genealogy varied depending on who you were and what you did for the "tribe", leaving all others to abide by the rules agreed on. I believe they (Mr & Mrs Pouliot) felt I needed to be removed when I objected to this, a year into my stellar position. However they let me finish the genealogy compilations for them first and for free on my part. I kept a copy of all I did which is why I am disturbed by their aspirations. Some time later, when I asked about financial documents on the non profit, I was refused. This is not the way a legitimate business is conducted and I could only assume the worse. There are many other instances that I could talk about having been close enough to their "council fire" to get burned but will not bother to go into it here. The point is, I know the Pouliot's and am not sorry I resigned at all. The sad part is that there are those who are not involved with the group, only belong for the privilege of holding an ID card, and think the group is legitimate and going to get BIA status. So they keep sending them money for newsletter subscriptions. A newsletter written, edited, and compiled solely by Paul Pouliot.

Koasek Newsletter December 2009 Pages 14 through 16; Etc:

Document 01: Page 14 of the Koasek Inc. Newsletter dated December 2009 received by Douglas Lloyd Buchholz via email attachment from Eric Floyd of Pittsfield, Massachusetts. "NH Bill to Create a NA Affairs Commission. Two weeks ago, I (Paul Bunnell Co-Chief or Sub-Chief of this Koasek Inc. "group") attended a meeting of the New Hampshire Native American Intertribal Affairs hosted by Bill and Sherry Gould at their home to promote a united front for the support of Representative Carr's Bill to create a Native American Commission for the State of New Hampshire. Others in attendance were, Peter Newell performing the outreach, Liz Charlebois (who rents from and lives adjacent to Bill and Sherry Gould), Denise and Paul Pouliot (who reside not even a half an hour away from Bill and Sherry Gould's home and also Denise has been learning Ash and Sweetgrass Basketmaking from Sherry Gould via a Grant recently). Other New Hampshire groups will be notified and asked for their support of the worthwhile Bill. The New Hampshire Native American Intertribal Council has supported this goal for at least ten years. The March 2007 meeting with Gov. Lynch (Nancy Millette-Doucet has often talked of this March 2007 Meeting) to try and create an order to form a commission on Native American affairs. I have copies of these minutes if anyone wants to see them."

Document 03: Page 16 of the Koasek Inc. Newsletter December 2009. "Recognition by the Native Nation Antaya. We are extremely proud of our new relationship with our cousins in the north from the citizens of the Native Nation Antaya at St. Georges de Beauce, Quebec. Chief Dominique Cote has many genealogical lines the same as many our......" (Eric Floyd of Pittsfield, Massachusetts did not send me Pages 17 onward of this particular Koasek Newsletter but suffice it to say that I have further documents on this particular Mr. Eric Floyd who was also created and promoted by Howard Franklin Knight Jr. as being a "Chief" Runningdeer, and Chief of the alleged Deer Clan; etc.)

Document 04 and 05: Some attachments that were sent to me by an Anonymous Email Sender. I have much more on this Koasek Incorporated "group" that I will be putting on the blog, both in email format and of genealogically sourced records. By the way, Elwin "Joe" Pero was not his real birth given name. It was Elwin Merle Pero. Again, this "group" is NOT a Band, NOR a Tribe. They, like all of them in Vermont and or New Hampshire are merely I-N-C-O-R-P-O-R-A-T-I-O-N-S. Nothing more than that.

Genealogically speaking, I will be putting on this Blog the documentations from Vermont Vital Records, etc. as time allows. Which I have ALOT of time......

Again, this alleged and reinvented "Abenaki Corn" is fake, fraudulant and manipulated. 300 years and allegedly NO Abenaki that is documented has retained, obtained or grown this alleged Abenaki corn (?) and now since 2006 it suddenly re-appears out of nowhere, with the likes of Nancy Millette-Doucet smiling for the camera's, Etc.

I do not buy into this Koasek Corn Hole-O of the Koasek "story".

January 09, 2009 And Various Other Documents Regarding Paul Wilson Pouliot and Howard F. Knight Jr:

LSR 2489 Native American Commission Proposal in New Hampshire:

HB 1610-FN – AS INTRODUCED

2010 SESSION
10-2489
05/03
HOUSE BILL 1610-FN
AN ACT establishing a New Hampshire commission on Native American affairs and recognizing the Abenaki and other American Indian residents as a minority population in the state of New Hampshire.
SPONSORS: Rep. Carr, Ches 4; Rep. Cushing, Rock 15; Rep. Watters, Straf 4; Rep. Charron, Rock 7; Rep. Lindsey, Ches 3; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 24; Sen. Kelly, Dist 10
COMMITTEE: State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
ANALYSIS
This bill establishes a New Hampshire commission on Native American affairs. The bill also recognizes the Abenaki people and other American Indian residents as a minority population in the state of New Hampshire.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
10-2489
05/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten
AN ACT establishing a New Hampshire commission on Native American affairs and recognizing the Abenaki and other American Indian residents as a minority population in the state of New Hampshire.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Subdivision; Department of Cultural Resources; New Hampshire Commission on Native American Affairs. Amend RSA 21-K by inserting after section 23 the following new subdivision:
New Hampshire Commission on Native American Affairs
21-K:24 New Hampshire Commission on Native American Affairs Established.
I. In order to recognize the historic and cultural contributions of Native Americans to New Hampshire, to protect and strengthen their own heritage, and to address their needs in state policy, programs, and actions, there is hereby established the New Hampshire commission on Native American affairs.
II. The commission shall consist of 7 members who are residents of New Hampshire and Native American community leaders representing the diversity of the states’ American Indian population. The governor shall appoint the initial members from a list of 15 candidates compiled by the New Hampshire Intertribal Native American Council on behalf of American Indian groups within the state. Thereafter, the governor shall appoint members based on recommendations submitted by the commission. The Native American commission shall be nonpartisan. Each member of the commission shall serve a 3-year term, and no member shall serve more than 2 consecutive terms. Initial appointments by the governor shall be for staggered terms of one, 2, or 3 years.
III. The commission shall be vested with the authority to:
(a) Address issues common to Native Americans and persons of Native American descent who are residing in this state.
(b) Promote and protect Native American arts in New Hampshire.
(c) Develop guidelines and policies to assist state agencies with state and federal laws pertaining to Indian affairs, such as:
(1) Preservation and protection of Native American artifacts and burial grounds under Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990, P.L. 101-601.
(2) The Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978, 25 U.S.C., section 1902 et seq.
(3) The Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990, P.L. 101-644.
(d) Assist Native American tribal councils, organizations, and individuals to:
(1) Secure social services, education, employment opportunities, health care, housing, and census information.
(2) Permit the creation, display, and sale of Native American arts and crafts to legally label them as Indian- or Native American-produced, as provided in 18 U.S.C. section 1159(c)(3)(B) and 25 U.S.C. section 305e(d)(2).
(3) Receive assistance and support from the federal Indian Arts and Crafts Board, as provided in 25 U.S.C. section 305 et seq.
(4) Establish eligibility for federal assistance with educational, housing, and cultural opportunities.
(5) Establish and/or continue programs offered through the U.S. Department of Education Office on Indian Education pursuant to Title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act established in 1972 to support educational and cultural efforts of tribal entities that have been either state or federally recognized.
IV. The commission shall meet at least 4 times a year and at any other times at the request of the chairperson. The chairperson of the commission shall be elected by a majority vote of the commission members.
V. The commission is authorized to accept any gifts, grants, or donations from any public or private source, provided that such gifts, grants, or donations shall be used exclusively to advance the commission’s purpose and duties. Members of the commission shall serve without compensation.
VI. Beginning November 1, 2011, and each year thereafter, the commission shall submit an annual report of its activities, findings, and recommendations to the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate president, the commissioner of the department of cultural resources, and the state library.
VII. The commission shall be administratively attached to the department of cultural resources.
2 Recognition of Abenaki People.
I. The state of New Hampshire recognizes the Abenaki people and recognizes all Native American people who reside in New Hampshire as a minority population.
II. Recognition of the Native American or Abenaki people provided in paragraph I shall be for the sole purposes specified in section 1 of this act and shall not be interpreted to provide any Native American or Abenaki person with any other special rights or privileges that the state does not confer on or grant to other state residents.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
LBAO
10-2489
12/10/09
HB 1610-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT establishing a New Hampshire commission on Native American affairs and recognizing the Abenaki and other American Indian residents as a minority population in the state of New Hampshire.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Cultural Resources states this bill may increase state restricted revenue by an indeterminable amount in FY 2010 and each year thereafter. There will be no fiscal impact on county and local revenue or on state, county, or local expenditures.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department of Cultural Resources states this bill establishes a New Hampshire commission on Native American affairs. While the commission will be administratively attached to the Department of Cultural Resources, the Department states this will not cause an increase in cost as a result. The bill authorizes the newly established commission to accept any gifts, grants, or donations from any public or private source, provided that such gifts, grants, or donations shall be used exclusively to advance the commission’s purpose and duties. The Department states this authorization may lead to an increase in state restricted revenues in FY 2010 and each year thereafter.

NOTE: In the Paul Wilson Pouliot email notification to my person, I have added my commentary into the email (in red) before changing the document from Microsoft WORD into a PDF, and then into a JPEG to place the documented email onto this blog.

Obviously, there is a definitve legalistic Legislative "push" in both Vermont's Legislature and also that of New Hampshire in early 2010, by these various alleged and reinvented self proclaiming "Abenaki" / Cowasuck, Koasek, etc "groups" to gain official State Recognition specifically for their "groups". But where is their genealogical, historical, and social histories being reviewed, evaluated and studied ~ so as to make sure that legally "ethnic genocide", and appropriating a culture identity that may not belong to these person's/ groups/ alleged Bands or Tribes/ groups does not happen?

Are the Vermont and or New Hampshire Legislative Representatives and Governors Office's actually dealing with bonefide documentarily identified and proven Abenaki descendants? Or are they simply being bombarded by person(s) or groups who have appropriated and then Incorporated names against the legitimate Abenaki ancestors that are "here"? THINK ABOUT IT.

I have only to say to the State's of Vermont and New Hampshire.....Be Forewarned. Read the BIA Reports, Read the contents and commentary on this Blog, do the math, do the homework, before anyone steps into something, they cannot step out of.

S. 222 Bill in Vermont December 2009 into 2010:

BILL AS INTRODUCED S.222

2010 Page 1
VT LEG 250410.1
1 S.222
2 Introduced by Senators Miller, Snelling and Carris
3 Referred to Committee on
4 Date:
5 Subject: Abenaki people; recognition; Vermont commission on Native
6 American affairs
7 Statement of purpose: This bill proposes to recognize the following tribes as
8 the original Western Abenaki Indian tribes residing in Vermont: the Abenaki
9 Nation of Missisquoi St. Francis Sokoki Band, composed of the Missisquoi,
10 St. Francis, and Sokoki Bands; the Koasek Traditional Band of the Koas
11 Abenaki Nation; the Nulhegan Band of the Abenaki Nation, also known as the
12 Northern Coosuk/Old Philip’s Band; and the ELNU Abenaki Tribe of the
13 Koasek. The bill also proposes to amend the composition of the Vermont
14 commission on Native American affairs, and to adopt the United Nations
15 Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
16 An act relating to recognition of Abenaki tribes
17 It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont:

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VT LEG 250410.1
Sec. 1. 1 V.S.A. 1 § 852 is amended to read:
2 § 852. VERMONT COMMISSION ON NATIVE AMERICAN AFFAIRS
3 ESTABLISHED; AUTHORITY
4 (a) In order to recognize the historic and cultural contributions of Native
5 Americans to Vermont, to protect and strengthen their heritage, and to address
6 their needs in state policy, programs, and actions, there is hereby established
7 the Vermont commission on Native American affairs (the “commission”).
8 (b) The commission shall comprise:
9 (1) Be composed of the following seven members:
10 (A) Three members appointed by the Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi,
11 St. Francis Sokoki Band having been composed of the three Missisquoi bands.
12 (B) One member appointed by the Koasek Traditional Band of the
13 Koas Abenaki Nation.
14 (C) One member appointed by the Nulhegan Band of the Abenaki
15 Nation.
16 (D) One member appointed by the ELNU Abenaki Tribe of the
17 Koasek.
18 (E) One member appointed by the governor for two-year terms other
19 six commission members from a list of candidates compiled by the division for
20 historic preservation. The governor shall appoint a chair from among the

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VT LEG 250410.1
members of the commission. The division shall compile 1 a list of candidates’
2 based on recommendations from the following:
3 (1) Recommendations from the Missisquoi Abenaki and other Abenaki
4 and other Native American regional tribal councils and communities in
5 Vermont.
6 (2) Applicants applicants who apply in response to solicitations,
7 publications, and website notification by the division of historical preservation.
8 (2) Elect a chair and serve for two-year terms.
9 (c) The commission shall have the authority to assist Native American
10 tribal councils, organizations, and individuals to:
11 (1) Secure social services, education, employment opportunities, health
12 care, housing, and census information.
13 (2) Permit the creation, display, and sale of Native American arts and
14 crafts and legally to label them as Abenaki-, Indian-, or Native
15 American-produced as provided in 18 U.S.C. § 1159(c)(3)(B) and 25 U.S.C.
16 § 305e(d)(3)(B).
17 (3) Receive assistance and support from the federal Indian Arts and
18 Crafts Board, as provided in 25 U.S.C. § 305 et seq.
19 (4) Become eligible for federal assistance with educational, housing, and
20 cultural opportunities.

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VT LEG 250410.1
(5) Establish and continue programs 1 offered through the U.S.
2 Department of Education Office on Indian Education pursuant to Title VII of
3 the Elementary and Secondary Education Act established in 1972 to support
4 educational and cultural efforts of tribal entities that have been either state or
5 federally recognized.
6 (6) Consult with the Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi, St. Francis Sokoki
7 Band; the Koasek Traditional Band of the Koas Abenaki Nation; the Nulhegan
8 Band of the Abenaki Nation; and the ELNU Abenaki Tribe of the Koasek in
9 determining state policy and programs on issues affecting indigenous peoples
10 within the state of Vermont.
11 (d) The commission shall meet at least three times a year and at any other
12 times at the request of the chair. The agency of commerce and community
13 development and the department of education shall provide administrative
14 support to the commission.
15 (e) The commission may seek and receive funding from federal and other
16 sources to assist with its work.
17 Sec. 2. 1 V.S.A. § 853 is amended to read:
18 § 853. RECOGNITION OF ABENAKI PEOPLE
19 (a) The state of Vermont recognizes the Abenaki people and recognizes all
20 Native American people who reside in Vermont as a minority population.

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VT LEG 250410.1
(b) Recognition of the Native American or 1 Abenaki people provided in
2 subsection (a) of this section shall be for the sole purposes specified in
3 subsection 852(c) of this title and shall not be interpreted to provide any Native
4 American or Abenaki person with any other special rights or privileges that the
5 state does not confer on or grant to other state residents.
6 (c) This chapter shall not be construed to recognize, create, extend, or form
7 the basis of any right or claim to land or real estate in Vermont for the Abenaki
8 people or any Abenaki individual and shall be construed to confer only those
9 rights specifically described in this chapter.
10 (d) The state of Vermont adopts the United Nations Declaration on the
11 Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which gives indigenous people the right to
12 self-determination and to freely practice traditions and customs without
13 discrimination.
14 (e) The state of Vermont recognizes the Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi,
15 St. Francis Sokoki Band, which is composed of the former Missisquoi, St.
16 Francis, and Sokoki Bands; the Koasek Traditional Band of the Koas Abenaki
17 Nation; the Nulhegan Band of the Abenaki Nation, also known as the Northern
18 Coosuk/Old Philip’s Band; and the ELNU Abenaki Tribe of the Koasek as the
19 original sovereign Western Abenaki Indian tribes residing in Vermont.
20 (f) The Vermont commission on Native American affairs shall recommend
21 to the general assembly that the state of Vermont recognize any tribe not

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VT LEG 250410.1
identified in subsection (e) of this section, provided 1 the tribe demonstrates
2 compliance with all the following:
3 (1) Has a tribal council, a constitution, and a chief.
4 (2) Owns land in Vermont or provides historic records that document
5 that the tribe has had an historic presence in Vermont.
6 (3) Is recognized by other Native American communities.

NO GENEALOGICAL EVIDENCE OF ANY OF THESE GROUPS BEING CONNECTED TO THE ABENAKI PEOPLE IS REQUIRED (?).

Apparently, no one in the Legislature bothered to review and evaluate the BIA Report Conclusion regarding the "group" up in Swanton, Vermont which is led by April St. Francis-Merrill.

WHY NOT?! Is the Legislative Representative's so stupidly blind, and foolish as to NOT investigate, review, and evaluate the genealogical, historical and social merits of these "groups" claiming to being Abenaki? Apparently, they could care less, if the State of Vermont gets hood-winked by a bunch of deceivers, liars, manipulators and imposters! Apparently, the State of Vermont would rather deal with FRAUDS, FAKES, and WANNABE'S rather than deal with legitimate bonefide documented real Abenaki descendants that have lived in Vermont for well over a hundred + years! Can anyone say (to name just a few) O'bomsawin, Watso, Benedict, Masta, Laurent, etc.?! These families were NOT "hiding in plain sight"! No, they were NOT. Nor were they in the Eugenics Program of Vermont, N.H., or Maine either! Yet, they were REAL Abenakis who were and are clearly documented throughout history and so on. THINK ABOUT IT.

H-124 Abenaki Recognition Bill 2009:

BILL AS INTRODUCED H.124

2009 Page 1

www.leg.state.vt.us

1 H.124
2 Introduced by Representatives Consejo of Sheldon, Mrowicki of Putney,
3 Savage of Swanton and Young of St. Albans City
4 Referred to Committee on
5 Date:
6 Subject: Native Americans; recognition; arts and crafts
7 Statement of purpose: This bill proposes to recognize certain bands within the
8 Abenaki Nation as the original Native American tribes residing in Vermont, to
9 give the Vermont commission on Native American affairs the authority to
10 recognize other tribes and bands of Native Americans, and to set out the
11 procedures and criteria for granting recognition.
12 An act relating to recognition of tribes and bands of Native Americans by
13 the Vermont Commission on Native American Affairs
14 It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont:
15 Sec. 1. 1 V.S.A. § 852(b) and (c) are amended to read:
16 (b) The commission shall comprise be composed of seven members, who
17 are residents of Vermont and provide a broad representation of Native
18 American tribes and bands. The members shall be appointed by the governor
19 for two-year staggered three-year terms from a list of candidates compiled by
20 the division for historic preservation. The governor shall appoint a chair from

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among the members of the commission. The division 1 shall compile a list of
2 candidates’ recommendations from the following. The commission shall be
3 organized as follows:
4 (1) Recommendations from the Missisquoi Abenaki and other Abenaki
5 and other Native American regional tribal councils and communities in
6 Vermont Three members, one from each of the following three bands of the
7 Sovereign Abenaki Nation shall be appointed from a list of three candidates
8 offered by each of the following bands:
9 (A) The Abenaki Nation of the Missisquoi St. Francis/Sokoki Band,
10 now or formerly lead by Chief April St. Francis-Merrill.
11 (B) The Koasek Traditional Band of the Abenaki Nation of the Koas,
12 now or formerly led by Chief Nancy Millette.
13 (C) The Nulhegan Band, now or formerly led by Chief Luke Willard.
14 (2) Applicants Four members shall be appointed from a list of applicants
15 who apply in response to solicitations, publications, and website notification
16 by the division of historical preservation.
17 (3) The division for historic preservation of the department of housing
18 and community affairs shall provide administrative support to the commission
19 in carrying out the requirements of this section.

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(4) The commission shall be entitled to 1 per diem compensation and
2 actual and necessary expenses in accordance with 32 V.S.A. § 1010 for
3 meetings held for the purpose of acting on applications for recognition.
4 (c) The commission shall have has the authority to assist Native American
5 tribal councils, organizations, and individuals to do the following:
6 (1) Secure social services, education, employment opportunities, health
7 care, housing, and census information.
8 (2) Permit the creation, display, and sale of Native American arts and
9 crafts and legally to label them Legally label Native American-made arts and
10 crafts as Indian- or Native American-produced as provided in 18 U.S.C.
11 § 1159(c)(3)(B) and 25 U.S.C. § 305e(d)(3)(B).
12 (3) Receive assistance and support from the federal Indian Arts and
13 Crafts Board, as provided in 25 U.S.C. § 305 et seq.
14 (4) Become eligible for federal assistance with educational, housing, and
15 cultural opportunities.
16 (5) Establish and continue programs offered through the U.S.
17 Department of Education Office on Indian Education pursuant to Title VII of
18 the Elementary and Secondary Education Act established in 1972 to support
19 educational and cultural efforts of tribal entities that have been either state or
20 federally recognized.

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(6) Formally recognize tribes and bands of Native 1 Americans on behalf
2 of the state for the sole purpose specified in subdivisions (1) – (5) of this
3 subsection in compliance with section 853 of this title.
4 Sec. 2. 1 V.S.A. § 853 is amended to read:
5 § 853. RECOGNITION OF ABENAKI PEOPLE: CRITERIA;
6 PROCEDURE
7 (a) The state of Vermont recognizes the Abenaki people Nation and
8 recognizes all Native American people who reside in Vermont as a minority
9 population.
10 (b) The state of Vermont recognizes the following bands of the Abenaki
11 Natioin as original Native American tribes in Vermont:
12 (1) The Abenaki Nation of the Missisquoi St. Francis/Sokoki Band, now
13 or formerly led by Chief April St. Francis-Merrill.
14 (2) The Koasek Traditional Band of the Abenaki Nation of the Koas,
15 now or formerly led by Chief Nancy Millette.
16 (3) The Nulhegan Band, now or formerly led by Chief Luke Willard.
17 (c) Recognition of the Native American or Abenaki people provided in
18 subsection (a) of under this section or by the general assembly shall be for the
19 sole purposes specified in subsection 852(c) subdivisons 852(c)(1) – (5) of this
20 title and shall not be interpreted to provide any Native American or Abenaki

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person individual with any other special rights or privileges 1 that the state does
2 not confer on or grant to other state residents.
3 (c)(d) Recognition procedure:
4 (1) For the purpose of this section:
5 (A) “Applicant” means a Native American nation, tribe, or band
6 seeking formal state recognition.
7 (B) “Nation,” “tribe,” or “band” means an assembly of Native
8 American or Indian people who are related to each other by blood and kinship
9 and who trace their ancestry to a kinship group that has historically maintained
10 influence and authority over its members.
11 (C) “Recognized” means acknowledged as a Native American tribe
12 or band by the Vermont general assembly or the Vermont commission on
13 Native American affairs.
14 (2) Applications for recognition shall be submitted to the commission
15 which shall review the application and documentation to determine compliance
16 with subdivision (6) of this subsection. The commission may recognize an
17 applicant if two-thirds of the commission members eligible to vote determine
18 that an applicant meets the criteria set forth in this section. A commission
19 member who is a member of an applicant group or who has an economic or
20 other conflict of interest shall be disqualified from participating in the
21 consideration or vote on the application for recognition.

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(3) No later than 10 days after receipt of an application, 1 the commission
2 shall schedule at least one public hearing. The commission shall provide
3 public notice of the application and the time and location of the hearing at least
4 five days prior to the hearing. All proceedings on an application shall be
5 public, and the application and supporting documentation are not exempt from
6 the provisions of section 317 of this title and shall become part of the
7 application record. The commission may consult with historians,
8 anthropologists, genealogists, or other experts during its deliberations
9 regarding recognition.
10 (4) An applicant or successor that has been denied recognition by the
11 commission is ineligible to reapply unless the applicant provides new evidence
12 or documentation to support the application, and that evidence or
13 documentation was not reasonably available at the time of the initial
14 application.
15 (5) Upon request, the commission shall provide an applicant with
16 technical assistance, including an explanation of the recognition process.
17 (6) An application for recognition shall include a signed statement from
18 the applicant’s leaders affirming that the information is true and accurate. Any
19 individual seeking recognition on behalf of a tribe or band shall be a Vermont
20 resident. The application shall be accompanied by documentation of all the
21 following:

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(A) The relationship by blood and kinship 1 of the members of the
2 applicant tribe or band or their ancestral connection to a kinship group.
3 (B) Historical maintenance of the following by the applicant group:
4 (i) Continuous connections with Abenaki tribes or bands that have
5 historically inhabited Vermont and with that geographic area and the historical
6 Abenaki homeland.
7 (ii) Influence and authority over its members.
8 (C) Genealogy that demonstrates the relationships among the kinship
9 groups to which the applicant belongs.
10 (D) Traditions, customs, oral stories, and histories of Abenaki
11 cultural heritage.
12 (E) The structure, membership criteria, and process by which the
13 tribe or band conducts its affairs.
14 (7) Recognition of any tribe or band may be revoked or an application
15 for recognition rejected if the commission finds that the applicant made any
16 material misrepresentations.
17 (e) This chapter shall not be construed to recognize, create, extend, or form
18 the basis of any right or claim to land or real estate in Vermont for the Abenaki
19 people or any Abenaki individual and shall be construed to confer only those
20 rights specifically described in this chapter.

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Sec. 3. CONDITIONAL 1 RECOGNITION
2 (a) For the purposes of the Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990, Public Law
3 101-644 (104 stat 4663-64), as amended, the state of Vermont recognizes the
4 following bands of the Abenaki Nation on the condition that each band that has
5 not yet been recognized by the commission submits to the commission by
6 March 1, 2011, information required by 1 V.S.A. § 854(f):
7 (1) The Abenaki Nation of the Missisquoi St. Francis Sokoki Band, now
8 or formerly led by Chief April St. Francis-Merrill.
9 (2) The Koasek Traditional Band of the Abenaki Nation of the Koas,
10 now or formerly led by Chief Nancy Millette.
11 (3) The Nulhegan Band, now or formerly led by Chief Luke Willard.
12 (b) No more than six months after receipt of the application, the
13 commission shall review the application and supporting documentation or
14 request supplemental or further clarifying information that must be submitted
15 within two months after the request, unless more time is granted by the
16 commission.
17 (c) No later than eight months after receipt of an application for recognition
18 or two months after receipt of any supplemental or additional clarifying
19 information, the commission shall hold a hearing and decide whether
20 recognition of the bands listed in subsection (a) of this section shall be
21 continued or revoked.

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1 Sec. 4. SUNSET

2 Sec. 3 of this act (conditional recognition) shall be repealed on January 15,
3 2013.
4 Sec. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE
5 This act shall take effect on passage.

Recent Developments Within Vermont and New Hamsphire Regarding These Alleged And Reinvented Abenaki Groups:

DOCUMENT 01: Cross-reference the various Newspaper Articles (that have been posted in this blog!) from the mid-1970's on forward with these Incorporation's into the contemporary timeframe. Also pay attention to the names of the parties in each Inc.

File Name ~Organization Name ~ Registered Agent ~Officers ~State of Vermont

N-00020-0 11/02/1976 Abenaki Self-Help Association, Inc. April Merrill. Officers: Brenda Gagne, Rachel May-Whitebear, Felicia Gagne, Peter Ebare, Jeffrey Benay, Kenneth Maskell, Dave Skings. Terminated: 11/22/2000. Reinstated: 02/20/2008.**

N-00021-0 07/11/1977 Abenaki Land Trust. R. Kent Ouimette. V. Jean Ouimette. Last Biennial Report filed: 12/31/1978. Terminated: 06/23/1989.**

N-00017-0 05/22/1978 Abenaki Educational Development Corp. April A. Rushlow. Officers: Homer St. Francis Sr., April A. Rushlow, Carol Delorme, Debra Bergeron, Harlan LaFrance, Anna Louko.**

N-02011-0 07/17/1978 Kdakinna Pobatamwogan Medicine Society. Duane Ouimette. **

N-01198-0 12/26/1979 Eastern Woodlands Band of the Abenaki Nation.
Carmen G. Allen, Richard Phillips, Emerson Garfield, Clifford Phillips. Terminated 06/23/1989.**

N-00019-0 02/08/1980 Abenaki Nation/ Vermont -Kdakinna Pobatamwogan Medicine Society. Terminated 06/23/1989. Officers: Arthur W. Seymore, Wayne J. Hoague, Richard Phillips. Terminated 06/23/1989.**

N-00018-0 03/18/1981 Abenaki Housing Cooperative. April A. Rushlow. Officers: Carol Delorme, Debra Bergeron, Homer St. Francis II, Rhonda Miller.

V-31127-0 10/26/1982 Abenaki Endeavors, Inc. Kittell Branagan and Sargent. Officers: (President) Homer W. St. Francis, (Secretary) Michael A. Delaney, (Director1) John Churchill, (Director2) Bernard Robtoy.

N-07484-0 12/16/1991 Abenaki Tribal Land Trust. Homer St. Francis. Officers: Harlan LaFrance, April Rushlow, Carol Delorme, Burton DeCarr.

N-07485-0 12/16/1991 Abenaki Development Corporation. Homer St. Francis. Officers: Peter Pelissier, Amie Hakey, Carol Delorme, Jeff Sise.

N-08024-0 04/16/1993 Odanak Abenakis of Vermont, Inc. Richard R. Bernier. Officers: (Officer1) Richard R. Bernier, (Officer2) Tina Delabruere, (officer3) Stacie Lee Baker, (Officer4) Richard R. Bernier. Tradename.***

Document 02:
N-09089-0 01/12/1996 Traditional Abenaki of Mazipskwik and Related Bands. Ina Delaney. Officers: (Officer1) Claude Bake, (Officer2) Catherine Westhaven, (Officer3) Ina Delaney, (Officer3) Ina Delaney. Last Biennial Report filed: 02/28/2002. Terminated: 06/25/2004. Reinstated: 08/07/1998.

0104915 02/08/1996 Abenaki Construction-Missisquoi Masonry. Charles Delaney II-Megeso.

N-09217-0 05/15/1996 Abenaki Resource Management, Inc. Homer St. Francis. Officers: (Officer1) Homer W. St. Francis, (Officer2) April A. Rushlow, (Officer3)Carol Delorme, (Officer4) Carol Delorme, (Officer5) Jeff Sose, (Officer6) Donna Roberts, (Officer7) April A. Rushlow. Terminated: 11/22/2000.*

N-09257-0 07/16/1996 Winter Center for Indigenous Traditions. John Moody. Officers: (Officer1) Donna Roberts Moody, (Officer2)?, (Officer3) Wanda Pockette, (Officer4) Wanda Pockette, (Officer5) Donna Roberts Moody, (Oficer6) Wanda Pockette. Last Biennial Report filed: 04/30/2008. Terminated: 11/22/2000. Reinstated: 09/30/2002.

N-09373-0 11/20/1996 Alnobak Nebeskiak, Inc. Bea Nelson.

V-59450-0 11/07/1997 Abenaki Natural Beverage, Inc. April A. Rushlow. Officers: (President) Frederick Wiseman, (Vice President) Roy Bergeron, (Secretary) Jane Kiser, (Treasurer) Anna Louko, (Director1) April A. Rushlow, (Director2) Harlan LaFrance, (Director3) Anna Roy.

N-10074-0 10/20/1998 The Abenaki Nation of Vermont, Inc. Bruce Delorme. Officers: Paul W. Pouliot, Gail Demers, Denise K. Pouliot, Rene Blanchette, Arlene Andresen.*

N-11065-0 04/11/2001 Clan of the Hawk, Inc. Andrew Swett. Officers: (Officer1) Ralph Swett, (Officer2) Andrew Swett, (Officer3) Gail Ruggles, (Officer4) Ralph Swett, (Officer5) Ralph Swett, (Officer6) Andrew Swett, (Officer7) Gail Ruggles.*

N-11748-0 12/13/2002 Gedakina, Inc. Judy Dow. Officers: (Officer1) Rick Pouliot, (Officer2) Judy Dow, (Officer3) Melinda Neff, (Officer4) Susan Soctomah, (Officer6) Natalie Michell, (Officer7) Cathleen Wilson.

0007395 04/24/2003 Abenaki Group, Inc.Vicki Soutiere Expiration Date: 08/24/2003.

N-24884-0 08/25/2004 Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk-Abenaki People, Inc. Nancy Cote-Rolls. (Officer5) Luke Willard, (Officer6), Nancy Cote-Rolls, (Officer7), Dawn Macie. Wit/Dissolve: 10/25/2004.

N-25547-0 02/15/2006 Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk-Abenaki People, Inc. Dawn Macie. (Officer1) Dawn Macie, (Officer2) Luke Willard, (Officer3) Nancy Cote. Terminated 06/06/2008.

Document 03:
0146594 03/02/2006 Cowasuck-Horicon Traditional Council of the Sovereign Abenaki. Member 1: Howard F. Knight Jr. Member 2: Emerson Garfield. Member 3: Brian Chenevert. Cessated on: 05/02/2006. Status: Inactive. Tradename. ***

N-25565-0 03/02/2006 AHA “Abenaki Helping Abenaki, Inc.” Dawn Macie. Officers: (Officer1) Luke Willard, (Officer2) Dawn Macie (?), (Officer3) Billie Largy, (Officer4) Doug Iverson, (Officer5) Dawn Macie, (Officer6) Luke Willard, (Officer7) Billie Largy. Last Biennial Report filed: 06/30/2008. Terminated: 06/06/2008. Reinstated: 07/09/2008.

0104915 04/05/2006 Abenaki Construction-Missisquoi Masonry. Charles Delaney II-Megeso. Tradename.

N-25641-0 05/02/2006 Cowasuck-Horicon Council of the Abenaki in Vermont, Inc. Sachem Emerson “Spirit Bear” Garfield. Officers: (Officer1) Emerson Garfield, (Officer2-3) Kimberly Merriam, (Officer5) Emerson Garfield, (Officer6) Kimberly Merriam, (Officer7) Ashley Alexander.**

0156264 06/24/2008 White Pine Association. Nancy Millette. Officers: Peggy Fullerton, Colleen Chase, Mike Fenn.

0157824 12/23/2008 Koasek Traditional Band of the Koas Abenaki Nation. John Prescott – Nancy Millette – Shirley Hook. Tradename.

N-30389-0 04/07/2009 Cowasuck of North America, Inc. Howard F. Knight Jr. Officers: (Officer5) Nathan Pero, (Officer6) Matthew R. Knight, (Officer7) Morris Pero.*

GO TO: http://www.sec.state.vt.us/corps/index.htm for any verification of these above named Incorporations and or Tradename Entities.

REMEMBER: ALL of the Information, Dates, Names, etc. you can cross-reference from within this blog's documents that are posted, and also within the Document Commentary.

For Example: CLICK ON THIS LINK http://reinventedvermontabenaki.blogspot.com/search?q=%22Richard+Phillips%22 Go down below the Incorporation and Trade Name List to the second Posting and begin to cross-reference the historical events; the dates; the names. Review the Names, the Date's, and realize that the COLLUSION was going on years ago ca. 1976 up into the early 1980's, and even up into 2006; etc.

These "groups" of alleged and reinvented Abenakis in Vermont and New Hampshire (including Massachusetts) were "pushing" and "influencing" Political Agents/ Legislative Representatives of Vermont and New Hampshire to BELIEVE that these "groups" were legitimately genealogically and historically from the Abenaki People's......but genealogically and historically it is proven that they are NOT from the Abenaki People's nor connected to the Abenaki Ancestors.

Today, in December 2009, these Alleged and Reinvented "Abenaki" "groups" calling themselves Missisquoi/St. Francis - Sokoki, Koasek, Cowasuck, Coos, Nulhegan, etc etc, having incorporated in either VT or NH, and or multiple States such as CA, WA, RI, MA, etc. these Representive's of the various "groups" are again "pressuring" "deceiving" "manipulating" and out-right lying" to the Governmental Legislative Representatives who stupidly sympathize with these "groups" to give these "groups" of supposed "Abenakis" Official State Recognition. Refusing to SHOW and PROVIDE the documentary evidence from outside and from within their perspective groups and families, that they are indeed truthfully descended from the Abenaki People!

When it is SHOWN and PROVIDED that these "groups" of alleged "Abenakis" cannot and will not SHOW and PROVIDE to the Legislature for adequate review and evaluation the merits and foundations of their proclamations and self proclaimed Abenaki Identity, these "groups" and their "Chiefs" or "Representatives" scream "paper geneocide", "we were in the Eugenics", or "we were hiding in plain sight".

Far from telling the honest truth about their ancestral connections, they will "hide" the truth, just as they have tried to "hide" every document thats on this blog from the Public and from the Legislature's in Vermont and or New Hampshire.

Step 34 Foward Along the Yellow Brick Road of the Reinvented Abenakis of Vermont and New Hampshire; Etc:

Document 01: Sherrie Ann DeVee-Jinks-Labat's Renewal for Membership/Citizenship Application Information to Paul Wilson Pouliot's Cowasuck North America, Incoporated "group" of alleged and reinvented Cowasuck Abenakis dated January 08, 2008. The genealogical information on this document reads, "Ida (nee; Graham) Tinker 1879 Delafield, Waukesha County, Wisconsin ~ Walter Chares 1817 1817 (Casper crossed out) arrow pointing to Ancestry ID #26. Eugene Joseph (?) ID #112 or 712. Genevieve Pearl ID #27. Gladys Naomi Ancestry ID #16 4/14/187(?). Phillipina Schaffer Casper - born 1858. Eisenman-married Cornplanter Indian of the Seneca tribe Page 17. Eisenman married a Cornplanter Indian of the Seneca Tribe told to us (?) by Philomena Rita Eisenman (born) 1915 - (died) 2002.

This document (handwritten) on http://www.seroquel.com/. Interesting that this is a medication used to treat depressive episodes in bipolar, manic or mixed episodes in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.

Underneath this handwritten document is what appears to be a genealogical descendancy chart created by Family Tree Maker on the Eisenman descendants.

Obviously, a Seneca descendant does not make a person an Abenaki, a Cowasuck nor a Pennacook descendant. So what does this say about Sherrie Ann DeVee's merits and foundation of applying to Howard Franklin Knight Jr's group in July of 1992 or that of Paul Wilson Pouliot's group, after having been allegedly having her genealogy reviewed, evaluated, and subsequently having been accepted into that alleged Cowasuck group from 1992 throughout until 2008? Is Sherie DeVee - Labat a descendant of the Seneca or that of the Cowasuck Abenaki here in the Northeast?

Document 02: Sherrie Ann (nee: DeVee) Jinks - Labat's actual Membership/ Citizenship Application dated January 08, 2008. Notice the address for Paul Wilson Pouliot is his HOME ADDRESS in which Paul W. Pouliot refers to as the "Tribal Headquarters" ~ as if it is allegedly seperate from his private personal residence. Oh, and they (these "groups" of alleged and reinvented Abenakis of Vermont , New Hampshire and Massachusetts) almost always have a P.O. Box too.

IF Sherrie Ann Devee - Jinks - Labat is a Seneca descendant, does it not read on this very document that, "I certify that I am of Pennacook - Abenaki (Wabanaki) Native American Indian descent. I understand that my application will be carefully reviewed, along with supporting documents, and approved by Band Authorities." ~AND~ down at the lower portion of this Application for Membership-Citizenship it reads, "ALL APPLICANTS MUST SUBMIT CLEAR AND CONVINCING PROOF OF PENNACOOK - ABENAKI (WABANAKI) NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN DESCENT TO BAND AUTHORITIES. Hmmmmmmm. I don't see ANY evidence of Sherrie Ann Devee-Jinks-Labat showing and providing ANY documentation whatsoever that she is Abenaki, Cowasuck, Pennacook, Wabanaki at all. What I see is a possible alleged Seneca ancestral connection. Is not the Seneca a Native Nation People who are a part of the Iroquoian People's?!

Document 03: Paul Wilson Pouliot's Membership/ Citizenship Application dated July 08, 1992. (Remember that Sherrie Ann DeVee - Jinks - Labat first applied too on July 22, 1992, as did the Labat family members). This "group" that Paul Wilson Pouliot applied to gain membership/citizenship into was Howard Franklin Knight's group, "The Northeast Woodlands - Coos Band of the Abenaki Republic - Alogonquin Confederation". Yet, another Incorporated "group" of alleged self-proclaiming "Abenakis of Vermont". Again, PAY ATTENTION to the FACT that Paul Wilson Pouliot of 160 Dailey Drive in Franklin, Massachusetts had applied for Membership/ Citizenship as a "LAURENTIAN IROQUOI". Not as an "Abenaki", a "Pennacook" or as a "Wabanaki". So again, THINK ABOUT IT.

Document 04: Lynn Menard-Mathieson's Membership/ Citizenship Application dated September 11, 2008 in which she also re-applied and renewed her application into Paul Wilson Pouliot's "group" of alleged and reinvented Cowasuck Abenakis. AGAIN, Marie Kakesik8k8e Mite8ameg8k8e aki. Mitcominqui born about 1631 and who married to Pierre Couc dit LaFleur on April 16, 1657 in Trois Rivieres, Quebec, Canada DOES NOT make an "Abenaki", a "Pennacook", nor a "Wabanaki". Marie Mite8ameg8k8e or Mitcominqui was allegedly the daughter of Stephane Etienne Magouch of Nipissiriniensem, Nipissing Nation and his wife Mararetam Tchi8ant8ke of 8sagahigananirine8ensem (Ousagahiganiriniouan). HURONIAN ? Obviously, this was OK'd by Paul Wilson Pouliot and Co. (His Band Council/ Incorporation) even though it contradicted his own created Membersip/Application that He Himself could not abide by. Paul Wilson Pouliot claimed to be a descendant of the Laurentian Iroquois, not an Abenaki, Pennacook or Wabanaki.

Paul Wilson Pouliot and Denise began to find out, that because there was a LACK OF GENEALOGICAL EVIDENCE, for themselves and others, that Lynn Menard-Mathieson was becoming a THREAT to them and their alleged and reinvented Cowasuck Abenaki, Inc.

SO, now we see and have the physical documentation of (3) Three persons within this "group" of alleged and reinvented Abenakis claiming to be Cowasuck/Coos/ Koasek/ Pennacook/Wabanaki and YET, none of them had shown and provided any documentary evidence that their ancestors came from Vermont, New Hampshire, or Massachusetts. Their ancestors are either Huron, Alogonquin (from the Ottawa River/Nipissing area) or Laurentian Iroquois.

Lynn Menard-Mathison of Griswold, Connecticut WAS (Past-Tense) Paul Wilson Pouliot's "War Chief" and His Genealogist (as was Jeanne nee: Lalime - Lincoln - Kent and Norman Lavaillee). When Lynn Menard-Mathieson began to review this "group's" genealogical merits and foundations (including her own), she began to refuse renewal of Membership/ Citizenship into this "group" of alleged and reinvented Cowasuck/ Pennacook Abenakis because these Members/ Citizens of this "group" led/ controlled by Paul Wilson Pouliot (previously created and led/ controlled by Howard Franklin Knight Jr.) DID NOT HAVE ANY DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE OR CONNECTION TO THE ABENAKI/ PENNACOOK/ WABANAKI. So, Paul Wilson Pouliot and Co. decided to begin "a lengthy smear campaign" against Lynn Menard-Mathieson and her husband David Mathieson in order to remove them from the group. Because, obviously there were Lies, Deceit, Deception, etc., to HIDE from the public. Jeanne Lincoln-Kent and Norman Levaillee both also removed themselves from Paul Wilson Pouliot's "group" as well retropsectively-speaking. WHY?  Perspective Members/ Citizen's would be denied ENTRY into this "group" and that meant loss of $$$$, because "Membership and or Citizenship Cards" and mailed out Newsletters at a subscription rate of $20.00 dollars a person or family would be lost. Naturally Paul Wilson Pouliot and his wife Denise did not want to loose $money$ in their scheme. So, they had to "get rid of Lynn Menard-Mathieson" somehow and in some way ASAP. While still maintaining their allegedly good image to the public and to their membership group. Lynn Menard-Mathieson finally figured out what was really going on inside and outside of this "group" of alleged and reinvented Cowasuck Abenakis, and resigned on July 03, 2009.

So, (add 1 + 1 =  and 2 + 2 = ) one can now see a alleged Seneca, an alleged Laurentian Iroquois, and a Algonquin/Huron or Nipissing descendant. But not Abenaki, Pennacook, or Wabanaki.

How many more Members or Citizens within Paul Wilson Pouliot's "group" are continuing to self-proclaim and self-identify as "Abenaki" or "Cowasuck" and YET, have absolutely not a damned shred of convincing documentary evidence inside or outside of their families ancestries, that they can have in their hand, to show and provide, to the future generations that what they self-proclaim and self identify as, is actually the truth of their ancestors?! I suspect quite strongly all of them are being deceptive and dishonest about their truthful ancestral connections based on the documents I have placed on this blog thus far of their so-called historical records.

IF it is happening in one "group" of alleged and reinvented Abenaki, its more than likely happening in all of them "groups" here in Vermont, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts. Perhaps even up in Quebec as well.

I DARE SAY AND STRONGLY SUGGEST SOMEONE IN THE VT-NH-MA LEGISLATURE'S TAKE A REALLY STRONG REVIEW AND STUDY OF THE DOCUMENTS AND CONTENT OF THIS BLOG BEFORE GRANTING ANY OF THESE GROUPS OF ALLEGED AND REINVENTED ABENAKIS ANY SORT OF SO-CALLED LEGISLATIVELY GRANTED RECOGNITION.