St. Francis/Sokoki Missisquoi Abenaki Application For Vermont State Recognition Membership List (as of January 2011) Pages 31 to 35:

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Missisquoi Abenaki Tribal Roles

1460. William K. Partlow in Northfield, VT

1461. Eric C. Partlow in Northfield, VT

1462. Erika L. Partlow in Northfield, VT

1463. Gregory R. Partlow in Northfield, VT

1464. Wesley C. Partlow in Northfield, VT

1465. Wesley J. Partlow in Northfield, VT

1466. Jacob A. Partlow in Northfield, VT

1467. Kristy L. Partlow in Northfield, VT

1468. Robert A. Partlow in Northfield, VT

1469. Brian R. Partlow in Kensington, MD

1470. Olivia L. Partlow in Kensington, MD

1471. George G. Partlow  Need New Address

1472. Richard E. Partlow  Need New Address

1473. Shirley Partlow  Need New Address

1474. Michael R. Partlow Jr.  Need New Address

1475. Clifford G. Partlow Sr. in Swanton, VT

1476. Michael R. Partlow Sr.  Need New Address

1477. Donna R. Patch in Burlington, VT

1478. Hannah C. Patch in Swanton, VT

1479. Philip C. Patch in Swanton, VT

1480. Ann Marie Patten in Claremont, NH

1481. Karleen R. Patterson in Richford, VT

1482. Robert M. Patterson in Richford, VT

1483. Lee C. Patterson in St. Albans, VT

1484. Ricky D. Patterson in St. Albans, VT

1485. Shirley D. Patterson in St. Albans Bay, VT

1486. Alford Patterson in St. Albans Bay, VT

1487. Gerri L. Patterson in St. Albans Bay, VT

1488. Jason L. Patterson in St. Albans Bay, VT

1489. Louis A. Patterson in St. Albans Bay, VT

1490. Clifford L. Patterson in Sheldon, VT

1491. Donna J. Patterson  Need New Address

1492. Karen M. Patton in Central Falls, RI

1493. Brianna T. Patton in Central Falls, RI

1494. Linda L. Paturso in Schenectady, NY

1495. Donna M. Paul in Bellingham, MA

1496. Amber L. Paul in Bellingham, MA

1497. Bethany M. Paul in Bellingham, MA

1498. Dorine M. Paulman in St. Albans, VT

1499. Kellyann D. Paulman in St. Albans, VT

1500. Sarah E. Paulman in St. Albans, VT

1501. Ethan M. Paxman in in St. Albans, VT

1502. Adam P. Paxman in Swanton, VT

1503. Jason P. Paxman in Swanton, VT

1504. Julie A. Paxman in Swanton, VT

1505. Larry P. Paxman in Swanton, VT

1506. Patricia J. Paxman in Swanton, VT

1507. Jasmine M. Paxman in Swanton, VT

1508. Bobbie-Jean M. Pecor in St. Albans, VT

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1509. Elaine M. Pecor in Middlebury, VT

1510. Thomas A. Peden in Burlington, VT

1511. Dorcus S. Pelissier in Swanton, VT

1512. Cathy L. Pelkey in Swanton, VT

1513. Lynn M. Pelletier in Groton, CT

1514. Alice G. Pelletier in Groton, CT

1515. Richard H. Pelletier in Groton, CT

1516. Nathan L. Peno in St. Albans, VT

1517. Victor N. Perretta in Colchester, VT

1518. John Perretta in Highgate, VT

1519. Avonlea L. Perretta in St. Albans Bay, VT

1520. Brandon F. Perretta in St. Albans Bay, VT

1521. Jessika M. Perretta in St. Albans Bay, VT

1522. Peter F. J. Perretta II in St. Albans, VT

1523. Peter F. J. Perretta Sr. in St. Albans, VT

1524. Kimber-Lea Perrins  Need New Address

1525. Cayle L. Perry in Feeding Hills, MA

1526. Corey Perry in Feeding Hills, MA

1527. Serena A. Phelps in Bellows Falls, VT

1528. Zachariah A. Phelps in Bellows Falls, VT

1529. Roberts S. Phelps III in Bellows Falls, VT

1530. Shirley A. Phelps-Garcia in Bellows Falls, MA

1531, Carmen N. Phillips in South Ryegate, VT

1532. Nicholas M. Phillips in South Ryegate, VT

1533. Ronald R. Phillips in South Ryegate, VT

1534. Dakota L. Phillips in South Ryegate, VT

1535. Tonia M. Phillips in Swanton, VT

1536. Karen G. Phillips in Swanton, VT

1537. Thomas L. Phillips in Hardwick, VT

1538. Raymond R. Phillips in Lowell, VT

1539. Ralph H. Phillips in Newport, VT

1540. Chelsea R. Phillips in Newport, VT

1541. Roxana L. Phillips in Newport, VT

1542. Anthony D. Phillips in North Troy, VT

1543. Jennifer L. Phillips in North Troy, VT

1544. Sarah A. Phillips in North Troy, VT

1545. Kayla T. Phillips in St. Johnsbury, VT

1546. Gary D. Phillips in Cohoes, NY

1547. Albert P. Phillips in Cohoes, NY

1548. Cherie A. Phillips in Troy, NY

1549. Alycia S. Phillips in Troy, NY

1550. Yvonne M. Phillips in Fort Ann, NY

1551. Carl W. Phillips in Cassville, NY

1552. Richard W. Phillips in Fly Creek, NY

1553. Louis J. Phillips in Milford, NY

1554. Benjamin S. Phillips in Belmont, NH

1555. Shelby A. Phillips in Edneyville, NC

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Missisquoi Abenaki Tribal Roles

1556. Joseph E. Phillips in Mechanic Falls, ME

1557. Peter J. Phillips in Mechanic Falls, ME

1558. George P. Phillips in Minot, ME

1559. Scott M. Phillips in West Poland, ME

1560. Brandie G. Phillips in West Poland, ME

1561. Megan K. Phillips in West Poland, ME

1562. Gary D. Phillips in Alton, ME

1563. Charles L. Phillips in Ware, MA

1564. Jesse J. Phillips in Ware, MA

1565. Amber Phillips  Need New Address

1566. Ashley Phillips  Need New Address

1567. Barbara Phillips  Need New Address

1568. Charles W. Phillips  Need New Address

1569. Michael P. Phillips  Need New Address

1570. Walter K. Phillips in Las Vegas, NV

1571. Brittiany K. Pierce in Canton, OH

1572. Eden R. Pierce in Canton, OH

1573. Helen B. Pierce  Need New Address 2-2000

1574. Wayne K. Pierce Jr. in Canton, OH

1575. Diane M. Pigeon in Swanton, VT

1576. Paul F. Pigeon in Swanton, VT

1577. Penny A. Pike in Swanton, VT

1578. Robert E. Pike III in Swanton, VT

1579. Juanita L. Pinon in Swanton, VT

1580. Vicki A. Pittman in Brattleboro, VT

1581. John K. Plante in Swanton, VT

1582. Megan K. Plante in Swanton, VT

1583. Colleen J. Plante in Swanton, VT

1584. John K. Plante in Swanton, VT

1585. Megan K. Plante in Swanton, VT

1586. George A. Plouffe in Franklin, MA

1587. Samantha A. I. Poirier in Brattleboro, VT

1588. Joshua J. Porter in Swanton, VT

1589. Nathan L. Porter in Swanton, VT

1590. Pauline J. Porter in Swanton, Vt

1591. Donald J. Porter in Swanton, VT

1592. Jimmy P. Porter in Swanton, VT

1593. Nicole M. Porter in Swanton, VT

1594. Ronald J. Porter in Swanton, VT

1595. Matthew H. Porter in Swanton, VT

1596. Harold D. Porter II in Swanton, VT

1597. Harold D. Porter III in Swanton, VT

1598. Harold D. Porter Sr. in Swanton, VT

1599. Jennifer L. Potter in Linwood, WA

1600. Amber J. Poulin in Burlington, VT

1601. Jeremy A. Powell in Enfield, CT

1602. Francis J. Powell  Need New Address 4-27-00

1603. William J. Powell Jr. in West Springfield, MA

1604. Charles Powers Jr. in St. Albans Bay, VT

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1605. Julie A. Preston in Randolph Center, VT

1606. Kira L. Preston in Randolph Center, VT

1607. Lisa J. Preston in Randolph Center, VT

1608. Patricia I. Preston in Randolph Center, VT

1609. Neil P. Prim Jr. in Highgate, VT

1610. Hortense M. Pudvah in Swanton, VT

1611. Jennifer I. Pudvah in Swanton, VT

1612. Robert J. Pudvah Jr. in Swanton, VT

1613. Linda J. Purdy in Manchester, NH

1614. Richard E. Purdy in Kingston, NH

1615. Freda A. Rand in St. Albans Bay, VT

1616. Joyce G. Randall in Enosburg Falls, VT

1617. Lorimer R. Raymo in Highgate, VT

1618. Robbi-Lynn Raymo in Swanton, VT

1619. Jordon M. Raymo in Swanton, VT

1620. Kevin F. Raymo  Need New Address

1621. Brent M. Reader in Highgate, VT

1622. Heather L. Reader in Highgate, VT

1623. Linda M. Reader in Highgate, VT

1624. Michelle L. Redmond in Winterport, ME

1625. Jeffrey J. Redmond in Winterport, ME

1626. Brittni J. Reed in Belfast, ME

1627. Brooke L. Reed in Belfast, ME

1728. Bradley R. Reed in Belfast, ME

1729. Cindy L. Remillard  Need New Address

1730. Gary W. Reynolds in Bakersfield, VT

1731. Daniel R. Reynolds in Highgate, VT

1732. Robert J. Reynolds in Highgate, VT

1733. Sara M. Reynolds in Highgate, VT

1734. Carolee Reynolds in Swanton, VT

1735. Shawn T. Reynolds in Newport, RI

1736. Juliette A. Reynolds in Middletown, RI

1737. Rose C. Reynolds in Dearborn Heights, MI

1738. Tiffany M. Reynolds in Detroit, MI

1739. Ryan T. Reynolds in East Haven, CT

1740. Adam T. Reynolds in East Norwalk, CT

1741. Frederick W. Reynolds III in Westerly, RI

1742. Nicole L. Rheaume in Swanton, VT

1743. Scott A. Rheaume in Swanton, VT

1744. Danielle A. Rich in Swanton, VT

1745. Dillon J. Rich in Swanton, VT

1746. Virginia Rich  Need New Address

1747. Bruce A. Rich Jr. in Swanton, VT

1748. Bruce A. Rich Sr. in Swanton, VT

1749. Rena M. Richard in Randolph, VT

1750. Jessica A. Richard in Alburg, VT

1751. Robert P. Richard in Franklin, VT

1752. Donald J. Richard in St. Albans, VT

1753. Howard E. Richard in St. Albans, VT

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Missisquoi Abenaki Tribal Roles

1754. Nancy L. Richard in St. Albans, VT

1755. Brent A. Richard in St. Albans, VT

1756. Earl A. Richard in St. Albans, VT

1757. Hayley Richard in St. Albans, VT

1758. Kristine A. Richard in St. Albans, VT

1759. Kraig Richard in Starksboro, VT

1760. George D. Richard in Swanton, VT

1761. Roy A. Richard in Swanton, VT

1762. Alberta C. Richard in Swanton, VT

1763. Gregory L. Richard in Swanton, VT

1764. Jeremiah L. Richard in Swanton, VT

1765. Michael A. Richard in Swanton, VT

1766. Rose A. Richard in Swanton, VT

1767. Kyle J. Richard in Swanton, VT

1768. Tyler J. Richard in Swanton, VT

1769. Lawrence P. Richard in Walpole, MA

1770. Randall T. Richard in Franford, DE

1771. Ryan Z. Richard in Frankfort, DE

1772. Larry N. Richard  Need New Address

1773. Linda Richard

1774. Robert R. Richard Jr. in Swanton, VT

1775. Robert R. Richard Sr. in Swanton, VT

1776. Jennifer L. Richards in Richfod, VT

1777. Abigail M. Richards in Swanton, VT

1778. Alfred N. Richards in Swanton, VT

1779. Harry J. Richards in Swanton, VT

1780. Michael Richards in Swanton, VT

1781. Arnold G. Richards in Pennsauken, NJ

1782. Meagan M. Ridge in Delzell, SC

1783. Ashley N. Ridge in Delzell, SC

1784. Amber R. Riel in Asheville, NC

1785. Kayla M. Riel in Asheville, NC

1786. Keith L. Riel in Asheville, NC

1787. Bernadette T. Riel in Ware, MA

1788. Robert N. Riel in Westfield, MA

1789. Alfred F. Riel in West Springfield, MA

1790. Charles J. Riel Jr. in Asheville, NC

1791. Charles J. Riel Sr. in Asheville, NC

1792. Charlene M. Rivers in Montgomery Center, VT

1793. Sandra A. Roach in Uxbridge, MA

1794. Robert J. Roach in North Cambridge, MA

1795. Dianne E. Robbins in Belfast, ME

1796. Carrie A. Roberts in Swanton, VT

1797. Wendall T. Roberts in Swanton, VT

1798. Christopher M. Robinson in Mocksville, NC

1799. Kasey L. Robinson in Mocksville, NC

1800. Vicki L. Robinson in Mocksville, NC

1801. Bobbi Jean Robtoy in Sheldon, VT

1802. Sean P. Robtoy in Sheldon, VT

TRIBAL BY LAWS FOR THE NORTHEASTERN WOODLANDS-COOS BAND OF THE ABENAKI NATION (PISOWAKAMIGW WOBANAKIAK):

TRIBAL BY LAWS FOR THE NORTHEASTERN WOODLANDS-COOS BAND OF THE ABENAKI NATION (PISOWAKAMIGW WOBANAKIAK)

REVISED BY
KICHI SAGMO WOBIGID NOLKA
HIGH CHIEF WHITE BUCK [Kevin J. Fletcher]
4-6-83
[April 06, 1983]
[inserted/ written onto the document ... "Approved as Noted" BY Howard Franklin Knight, Jr.]
ARTICLE I - ACTIVITIES DETRIMENTAL TO BAND INTEREST (CENSURE)
A.) ANY MEMBER OF THIS TRIBAL COUNCIL WHO SHALL CONSUME OR HAVE IN THEIR POSSESSION ANY ALCOHOL OR DRUGS NOT PRESCRIBED BY A MEDICINE MAN OR DOCTOR, OR SHALL ATTEND A COUNCIL MEETING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF SAME, SHALL BE SUBJECT TO CENSURE.
B.) ANY MEMBER OF THE ABANAKI BAND (NORTH EASTERN WOODLANDS - COOS) WHO CARRIES ANY WEAPON ie. (KNIVES, TOMAHAWK, WHIP, RIFLE, PISTOL, ETC.) WILL BE SUBJECT TO CENSURE AND UNDER PENILITY OF PAIN BY SAID COUNCIL.
C.) EXCEPTIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: WHEN A CONTEST OR COMPITION IS SCHUDLED, SPECIAL CERAMONIES OR RITES, DANCE OR SONG COMPETION SCHUDLED BY TRIBAL COUNCIL WILL POST ANY EXCEPTIONS TO THIS SEC.
ARTICLE II - USE OF THE TALKING STICK (COUNCIL MEETINGS)
A.) THE USE OF THE TALKING STICK WILL BE IMPLEMENTED AT ALL COUNCILE MEETINGS AS FOLLOWS:
I. WHEN A COUNCIL CHEIF SPEAKS HE MUST HAVE THE TALKING STICK.
II. NO ONE WILL BE ALLOWED TO INTERUPT HIM UNTIL HE HAS SPOKEN HIS MIND AND SOUL, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE TRIBAL HIGH CHEIF OR THE MEDICINE MAN.
III. SAID COUNCIL SUB CHIEF MUST THEN PASS THE TALKING STICK ONTO THE NEXT.
[ A.) I, II, III "Approv. June 1983" "HFK" in a circle]
ARTICLE III - DUE TO TRIBAL CHANGES A NEW ADDRESS WILL BE INSTITUTED
A.) ALL CORRESPONDANCE TO THE North EASTERN WOODLANDS Coos BAND WILL BE AS FOLLOWS:
THE SPIRIT BEAR MEDICINE SOCIETY
c/o KICHI SAGMO GHOST BEAR
P O BOX 731 F
LEBANON, N.H. 03766
["Rejected ... June 1983 HFK" handwritten by Howard F. Knight Jr.]
ARTICLE IV - CODE OF SILENTS (COUNCIL MATTERS)
A.) ANY BUSINESS DECUSSED DURING A TRIBLE COUNCIL MEETING OR BETWEEN ANY MEMBER OF SAID COUNCIL MUST BE KEPT IN STRICT CONFIDANCE. NO ONE SHALL DEVOLGE ANY INFORMATION OUTSIDE THE COUNCIL, EXCEPT FOR GENERAL MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION.
[A.) Oct. '83 HFK]
B.) ANY FOUND DICUSSING ANY TRIBAL BUSINESS WILL BE CALLED BEFORE THE TRIBAL COUNCLE AND PLACED IN DISGRACE BEFORE THE GREAT SPIRIT AND ODZIO.
[b.) Finally - June '84 HFK]

TABOOS OF THE NORTH EASTERN WOODLANDS COOS BAND

ABENAKI NATION

[written onto this document ... "All reapproved Oct. '85 as noted HFK]

THE FOLLOWING IS TO BE STRICKLY ADHEARED TO, UNDER PENILYT OF PAIN, ONLY THE TRIBAL SHAMAN OR TRIBAL HIGH CHIEF CAN GIVE DISPENSATION FOR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:

I.) IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN FOR ANY YOUNG UNMARRIED BRAVE TO SLEEP WITH ANY WOMAN WHILE SHE IS HAVING HER PERIOD.

II.) NO WHITE MAN SHALL OBSERVE ANY OF THE HIGH RITES OR CEREMONIES WITH THE EXCEPTION ONLY BY THE COUNCIL AND THE HIGH TRIBAL CHIEF.

[See May 1985 Amendment]

III.) NO SQUAW MAY PARTICIPATE IN THE COUNCIL MEETINGS WITH THE EXCEPETION OF THE TRIBAL SECRETARY. [Revoked - Oct. 1989 HFK EBS ... Howard Frank Knight Jr. and Emerson Bidwell Garfield]

IV.) ONLY THE MEDICINE OR HIGH TRIBAL CHIEF MAY PREPARE THE SACRED PIPE FOR CEREMONIES. NO OTHER MAY EVEN AS MUCH TOUCH IT. [Amended May '85 HFK]

V.) IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN FOR ANY ONE TO DISCUSS ANY MATTERS OF THE COUNCIL WITH OUTSIDERS.

VI.) IT IS FORBIDDEN FOR ANY ONE TO TOUCH ANOTHER'S MEDICINE BAG, UNLESS THE SHAMAN OR TRIBAL CHIEF ARE ASKED TO BLESS IT, OR TO EVOKE STRONG MEDICINE TO ANOTHER MEMBER.

VII.) DURING HIGH RITES OR CEREMONIES, THE SHAMAN AND HIGH TRIBAL CHIEF WILL IN CHARGE OF ALL THE DETAILS, ONCE THE GROUNDS ARE MADE HOLY, NO ONE WILL BE ALLOWED TO ENTER PRIOR TO THE ACTUAL TIME OF THE CEREMONY.

[VI. AND VII. Oct. '85 HFK]

VIII.) ALL TRIBAL PUNISHMENT WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE TRIBAL COUNCIL AND FINAL JUDGMENT WILL BE MADE BY THE TRIBAL HIGH CHIEF WITH THE GUIDANCE OF THE SHAMAN. NO OTHER MAY INVOKE PUNISHMENT ON A FELLOW MEMBER. [Amended as per tradition]

IX.) ANY AND ALL MATTERS OF IMPORTANCE WILL BE DUSSCUSED BY THE TRIBAL COUNCIL, AND THEN THE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP [inserted ",if Necessary" and in a circle "Oct. '85 HFK"]

[Handwritten by Howard Franklin Knight, Jr.]
Tribal Laws and Taboos
of the
Northeastern Woodlands Tribal Band - Abenaki Nation
Approved May 1985
1. No White man shall observe any of the High Rites or Ceremonies of the Tribal without the expressed permission of the Tribal Council and the High Chief.
Approved May 1985
2. Only the Shaman or the High Chief may prepare the Sacred Pipe for any and all High Rites and Ceremonies. No other may touch it during its preparation.
3. All + any as set forth by the Tribal Council.

AS FOLLOWS IS MORE MANIPULATED

"ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION"

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[Here, we can review the actual document manipulation]

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATON

of the 

NORTHEAST INTER-TRIBAL ASSOCIATION/ CORPORATION [CROSSED OUT]

CONFEDERATION OF ABENAKI IROQUOIS [CROSSED OUT] ALGONQUIN

[From "Corporation" it was changed to "Association" and from that the document's language "Confederation" in an attempt to legitimize their INCORPORATIONS

into being legitimate

"Abenaki Tribes"

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[Notice: the handwritten notation "added per R. Phillips order-in 1980 ... inserted "and to unit ALL TRIBAL BANDS - ALGONQUIN - UNDER ONE Chief;"] ....

And to establish a corporation to serve the needs of the members of North American Indian Tribes and Bands in the Northeast; ....

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There are several points of interest in this document ...

ARTICLE VI - DIRECTORS

Each Indian Tribe or Band which is a member of this corporation shall be represented by a person chosen by the governing body of such Indian Tribe or Band, on the Board of Directors of the corporation. The voting rights of the Directors, their powers and authorities, and their duties and responsibilities shall be stated in the By-Laws.

ARTICLE IX - DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

There shall be as many voting directors as there are member Indian Tribes or Bands. The qualifications of directors, their method of selection, and their terms of office shall be as provided in the By-Laws of the corporation.

There shall be a President, an indefinite number of Vice-Presidents, a Secretary, and a Treasurer.... 

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The intial Board of Directors shall consist of one member of each Indian Tribe or Band which is an incorporator hereof, and shall serve until his/her successor is selected and qualified pursuant to the provisions contained in the By-Laws of the corporation.

The names and addresses of the initial directors are:

Chief Arthur W. Seymour

Missisquoi Band of the Abenaki Nation

36 Walnut Street

Burlington, Vermont 05401

Chief Wayne J. Hoague

Green Mountain Band of the Abenaki Nation

R.F.D. #2

West Swanton, Vermont 05488

Chief Richard W. Phillips

Eastern Woodlands Band of the Abenaki Nation

Post Office

Highgate Springs, Vermont 05460

[NOTICE: on Page -5- lower section, Howard F. Knight Jr. wrote in, ... "as funds and conditions become available to accomplish the said goal of this paragraph For Coos Group Revised. June 1982 HFK]

[NOTICE: In the upper section of this particular Page -6- that the year of August 10th, 1980, is manipulated/changed/amended in large Black Ink pen, to become "1975," by Howard Franklin Knight Jr. [?] attempting to "push back" the date of this particular incorporation, so that it would seem as if the organization had an "older" foundation (date). "Chief" Wayne J. Hoague had left the Homer St. Francis Sr.'s led group located in Swanton, Vermont by January of 1977, if not not at an earlier date. Therefore, this document is assuredly dated AFTER the year 1975. Richard W. Phillips allegedly signed this Incorporation's "Articles of Association". 

Pay particular close attention to the signature's for the 3 original Incorporator's (except for Wayne J. Hoague's lack of signature), all three have neat and typed lines, on which to sign their names. Yet, PAY CLOSER ATTENTION to the seemingly manipulated, inserted line onto which ALLEGEDLY, Elwin "Joe" Merle Pero (apparently he went by "Joe" informally) had to sign his name. The date appears to be "7 June 1981" and below his supposed "scrawled signature" it reads, " Chief Joe Pero - Coos Band of the Abenaki Nation, RFD Swanee Bean Road in Thetford, Vermont 05075. On the right hand side of this particular document page, Howard Franklin Knight Jr. did write (his initials) etc., as "HFK to get Joe's signature per order R. Phillips, Chief - Combined Confederation May 1981. Circled is HFK. Done: 7 June 1981 in presence of Alden Palmer - Sr. Councilor". Again, Howard Franklin Knight, Jr.'s placed his initials as being "H.F.K." onto the document.


In retrospect, Elwin "Joe" Merle Pero died on October 13, 1983 ... of a "Widely Metastatic Adenocarcinoma of the Lung" (Cancer) which had been developing for "years" ... and per his Death Record (as well as his marriage record and children's birth records) all indicate that he was "WHITE" as a ethnic-identifier. Why didn't Elwin Merle Pero sign his FULL LEGAL name to such a document, if it had such legal importance? Was this document actually truthfully signed by Elwin "Joe" Pero of Thetford, Vermont with his full awareness, in June 1981? Or was it really in the summer of 1983? Did he have the mental awareness of what he supposed signed?


According to the now-defunct "Koasek (Cowasuck) Traditional Band Council of the Sovereign Abenaki Nation" Website ("As Authorized by the Tribal Council © 2006 and updated on September 18, 2006) ..... "Per the Spring of 1981 Chief Phillips suddenly quits (no reason was given) as the Band Chief ... and Awassos (Bear) Clan Chief, [Arthur W. Seymour] takes over temporarily as the Band reorganizes after he takes the ancient Cowasuck oath of being a servant of all the Cowasuck People that he will represent from that day forward. In the Fall of 1981, Chief "Joe" Pero is ALLEGEDLY chosen as Band Chief and holds the office until his death and Tolba Clan Chief, Howard F. Knight Jr, is elected as "Acting" Band Chief of the "Northeast Woodlands Band of the Abenaki Nation" until after Chief "Joe" Pero "passes over the river" in 1983.


WAIT JUST A MINUTE...on the Koasek of the Koas Inc. website, it indicated that "Joe" Pero was made "Chief" allegedly in 1980 in one section ... yet ... according to this "Time-Line" History of The "Koasek" Band, it later states that in the Spring of 1947, Elwin "Joe" Pero of Thetford, Vt is chosen as Sachem (Chief) Nolka (Deer) Clan of the Cowasuck by his uncle. He serves as Clan Chief until his death in 1983. His brother, Reginald, succeeds him as Nolka Clan Sachem until his death in the 1990's [actually, Reginald Arthur Pero died on May 03, 1993 in Thetford Center, VT]. Present Nolka Clan Chief unknown.


Didn't Richard Phillips, surrender his "position" as "High Chief" of the "Woobanakick Eastern Woodlands Abenaki Nation Vermont band", on 19 March 1983? So, the question begs to be answered, as to how Howard Knight Jr. could be "Acting" Band Chief of the "Northeast Woodlands Band of the Abenaki Nation Inc." in the Fall of 1981, BEFORE Richard Wilfred Phillips had supposedly created and signed this "Declaration" surrendering his Chief-lie-ness of an incorporation that he, in part, created in 1979 with Wayne Hoague and Arthur "Bill" W. Seymore?


IF anyone stupidly assumes these are allegedly stolen document records (as both Howard F. Knight Jr. and his sidekick Paul W. Pouliot, so want to believe and convince people, that these records MUST BE THEIR ALLEGEDLY "STOLEN" RECORDS, I have News Bulletin for the both of them!) ... LOOK at the Richard Phillips concocted "Declaration" document again, that was dated March 19, 1983. See that "Stick-Em Note" paper attached to that document? Get a really good look at it now!
That is Paul Tamburro's handwritting! Paul Tamburro was a member of Paul Wilson Pouliot's "Culture Vulture Incorporate Club" a.k.a. COWASUCK OF NORTH AMERICA, INC. located in Franklin, Worcester County, Massachusetts for years! (This group was created in part by Howard Knight Jr. in late 1992 and or early 1993) Mr. Tamburro LEFT Paul's Incorporate group in 1998 -2002. With the documentation copies, in his possession, that he got from Howard Knight Jr. Subsequently, Paul Wilson Pouliot gave to Paul Rene Tamburro (in Tamburro's appointed position on and after Sept. 01, 1993) as "Emissary and Tribal Representative" in the states of California, Oregon, and Washington ... Tamburro received documents freely and willingly from Paul Pouliot, Howard Knight Jr. etc.
Paul Tamburro was also appointed by Paul W. Pouliot as being the "Cultural Sub-Chief" for the Cowasuck Band-Pennacook/Abenaki People.

I'll get into the "details" about Paul Rene Tamburro later on, as I work on these documents and post them on this blog. Yet, [AFTER?] Paul R. Tamburro was removed or had removed himself from Paul Pouliot's Inc. group (either in 1998 or 2002) and Tamburro had joined up with the "Traditional Abenaki of Miazipskwik and Related Bands" Inc. and led by Connie Brow (Homer's cousin), George Gromley, David R. Gilman, John K. Lawyer, and Ina Emily (nee: Thompson) ... he mailed or handed-over-in-person these documents (copies?) to Bruce Dubois.

It is to my thinking, that these documents subsequently went "all over the place" and eventually arrived into my possession. Now I share them on this blog, in black and white clarity. The documents in my possession were NEVER stolen in the first place, from either Howard Franklin Knight Jr. nor Paul Wilson Pouliot. Their claiming or implying that these documents ARE the documents that these two people (Cowasuck Chiefs?) who both CLAIM are THEIR "stolen records" is just plain BULLSH**, and their confabulated "stories" of having had their documents stolen from some unknown person or persons, is simply a confabulation on each of their parts, to try and protect their playing around with the 3 D's.
For all of you folks out there that didn't go past 8th Grade math, or simply are confused at this point, reading this blog lately ....
1. Wayne J. Hoague was the 1st appointed/elected "Chief" of ASHAI.
2. "Chief" Homer W. St. Francis Sr. took over the "Inc" Chief position and R. Kent Ouimette helped oust (remove) Wayne Hoague.
3. Wayne Hoague complained in January 1977 in the Burlington Free Press newspaper, about the 3 D's going on within ASHAI.
4. He was declared that he was no longer "Abenaki" by Homer's follower's, etc.
5. Wayne, Richard, and Arthur created a new "Abenaki" Inc. sandbox in which they all could play in and invite others to play in as well, attempting to gain Federal Funding, like the Homer Camp was suddenly receiving.
6. Howard Knight, Jr. relocated to Vermont from Texas with his wife and children in 1979, and whereupon seeing that it could be FUN to play in the "Abenaki" "Cowasuck" Inc. sandbox to he joined up with his sidekick Phonie Cowasuck Abenaki Culture Vulture, Mr. "Joe" Pero and Co. R. Kent Ouimette and Richard Phillips were as I said before, living together at 15 Jewett Street in Swanton, Vermont.

Let's see here, Rudolph Kent Ouimette was born on July 17th, 1942 in Burlington, Chittenden County, Vermont. Richard "Blackhorse" Phillips was born on April 04, 1937 in Fort Edward, Washington County, New York. Richard Phillip's daughter was born on October 20th, 1965 in Morrisville, Lamoille County, Vermont. Rudolph Kent Ouimette would have been a lot older than Kathy Joyce Phillips, if my math is correct. He was married to Viviane Jean (nee: Richard) at the time of ca. 1980-1981 and R. Kent Ouimette and his wife had a son Duane M. Ouimette on September 23, 1964 in the state of Georgia.
The result of this research, STRONGLY INDICATES, what exactly the stated "family pressure and obligations" might have been, that caused Richard W. Phillips to surrender his "High Chief" position within the Incorporation supposedly on March 19, 1983. And IF folks doubt my conclusion's, here is the actual page from Winifred A. (nee: Jerome) "Morning Star" Yaratz. She is a member of the Abenaki Nation in Swanton, Vermont.

Per the Winifred A. (nee: Jerome) "Morning Star" Yaratz book's 1st and 2nd Printing on Michael Phillips Descendants on Page 12 [Page 224 in my indexing] of the "genealogical" section, it reads as follows:
Kathy Joyce Phillips Born Oct. 20, 1965 in Morrisville, Vermont
Father Richard Wilfred Phillips [NOT Wilford]
Mother Theresa Hill
Kathy lives with Kent Ouimette Unmarried
Kathy J. Phillips and Kent Ouimett's Children:
1. Kasey Ouimette Born April 23, 1980 Adopted by a Family by the name of Unknown Death
2. Erin Ouimett Born Dec. 5, 1981 Adopted by a Family by the name of Death

[Winifred Yaratz attempted to "distort" or "cloak" the truth ... I can understand why. Considering the age difference between R. Kent Ouimette ... an adult ... and Richard's daughter Kathy Phillips ... considering she was only 14 years, 6 months and 3 days of age when her 1st child was born. Then again, if one takes approximately 9 months from 14.6 years and then that would make Kathy Joyce Phillips merely 13 years old when she became pregnant! She was 16 years, 1 month and 15 days of age when her 2nd child was born. Again, taking 9 months from the time of the birth of said child, and that would make Kathy Phillips only 15 years of age when she became pregnant with a 2nd child by Ouimette.
Well, obviously SOMETHING was not appropriate going on!
Clearly and convincingly, the TRUTHFUL reality, shows and provides the very likely reason(s) why Richard W. Phillips suddenly "out of the blue" abandoned the Inc. group BEFORE March 19, 1983! It was NOT "just out of the blue" reason(s) that Phillips left this concocted Inc. group of ALLEGED AND REINVENTED "COWASUCK ABENAKIS". There were very discernible "reasons" (and the dynamics, were documented by Winifred Yaratz, etc). So, contrary to Howard F. Knight's "manipulations" and attempted concealment of the truthful documentation (that he himself signed) the truthful reality of the 3 D's becomes ever more apparent!


7. Richard "Blackhorse" Wilfred Phillips suddenly left the NE Woodlands Inc. group, "due to family pressures and obligations" when all this was Ouimette/Kathy Phillips "business" was going on. That is what was, and is the reality of the situation back then!


[I am not exposing this historical dynamic, to harm anyone, yet I have to bring these "details" to light, to EXPLAIN the Mar. 19. 1983 document and how/why it was created in the first place, and at the same time, show and provide the evidence as to the LIES and DISTORTIONS coming out of the mouth of Howard Franklin Knight's mouth from the early 1980's onward]


8. Because Richard Phillips was one of the three Original Incorporator's of that Inc., and when he had left that particular group suddenly "out of the blue", Howard Knight Jr. conveniently, created the March 19, 1983 document, to explain away Richard Phillips absence. Subsequently, documentarily by seemingly forging names, Howard Knight Jr. sought to "take over" the leadership of the Inc. group in a way, that at least "on paper" would seem to look "legitimate," on the surface of reviewing such documents.


Yet, it was all confabulated B.S. right along with their contemporary "stories" that "their records" "were stolen."


All one has to do is take a closer look at the documents and do the math. It just does not add up, when all the documents are examined. Something not right was going on, and some "Chief's" were/ are being VERY deceitful, dishonest, and manipulating reality, bending it to suit their agenda's, twisting the truth AGAINST the Abenaki Ancestors. At least that is my conclusion(s).

History just loves to repeat itself

...in 2011.

CPAIN or Corporate (entities) Posing As Abenaki Indigenous Nations in VT/NH/MA - Part 2

 More CPAIN (Corporate entities Posing As Indigenous Nations as termed by Daniel Strong Walker Thomas, of Boston, MA) of Vermont and Hampshire and Massachusetts

March 1981-June 1981 -

In early May, another self-identifying Abenaki Chief of the Cowasuck appeared on the Vermont landscape, by the name of Elwin “Joe” Merle Pero (the son of Harry C. Pero and Edith Godfrey) of Thetford, Orange County, Vermont. Elwin (Joe) Pero was supposedly Coos Chief from 1947 to 1981! (laughter). The year 1947 is based off of a photograph of people standing and sitting outside of a house (typical of the times wherein families simply got together, but Howard along with the Pero’s reinvented this photo into something of a dynamic that it was not. Certainly not a tribal meeting!

It appeared that Joe Pero on June 07, 1981 had allegedly scribbled his name onto an incorporate document dated Feb. 02, 1980 implying he was a “Chief” of the “Coos Band of the Abenaki Nation” in Thetford, Vermont, in the presence of Alden Palmer Sr. also of Thetford, VT. Also this document apparently was also MANIPULATED date-wise to distort the date of ______ amended to imply a date of August 10, 1975.

[Probably to align with the date-of-creation of the initial group started in June of 1975]

[Interestingly, on this same document, Richard Wilfred Phillips a.k.a. “Black Horse” (incorporator) claiming to be a “Chief” of Highgate, VT, had signed this document, as did also Arthur W. Seymour (yet another Chief) of Burlington, VT. Yet Wayne J. Hoague of West Swanton had not signed this incorporation document dated August 10th of 1981.]

The document of incorporation appears to have been manipulated … by Howard Franklin Knight Jr., yet another who claimed to be “chief,” who had written on the right hand side of the page ‘Joe Pero’ (forged) signature that eluding that Howard was acting per order from Richard Phillips, of the “combined confederation.”  All of these half dozen “Abenaki” “chiefs” were making things up as they were going along.

Howard F. Knight Jr. proceeded to up into the late 1980’s began making additions and changes to the documents attempting to “legitimize” his own race shifting and being a “chief”.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1bexmKSGDBaZQyso3N5wZIIO74zgMBymO?usp=sharing

Howard F. Knight Jr. (1941-2020) was the “Jim Jones” of the “Abenaki” soliciting fellow race shifters to join his varied “cult-like” “tribe” of “Abenakis” from the early 1980’s onward in Vermont.

March 19, 1983

Eastern Woodlands Band / Abenaki Nation of Vermont [Howard later switched this up to Eastern Woodlands-Coos / Abenaki Republic of VT/N.H.]

The Declaration of the resignation of high Chief "Black Horse" (Richard Phillips) had been read and accepted by the council, pending that a future date when and if decided by the council he might return and once again regain his status as High Chief. Howard F. Knight Jr. then made himself High Chief.

May 10 (or 18), 1983

File No. # N-044560-0

WOBANAKI, Inc.’d

The initial Registered Agent: Miles Jensen

Board of Directors

Harold (and/or Homer St. Francis) (President)

April St. Francis (Vice President)

Emerson Barratt (Secretary/Treasurer)

Dee Brightstar (Director) [Born Deanne Lou (nee: Dudley) married Martin-Lambert-Morales de Carpio-Carrington] (Treasurer)

Thomas (Tomas) Roland O’Bomsawin (Director)

Daisy Goodman (Director) [SEE she & Tom Obomsawin, Nidôbak, Inc.’d in No. Stratford, NH 1996]

April St. Francis (Board Member)

Initial Board of Trustees:

Leonard “Blackie” Miles Lampman (President)

Patricia (nee: Young) St. Francis

Kevin Smith (Incorporator)

Warren Scott (Incorporator)

Sandra Shedrick (Incorporator)

Bonny Dubie (Incorporator)

Shirley Arlene Barratt (Incorporator)

March 18, 1981

N-00018-0 Abenaki Housing Cooperative 

Registered Agent: April A. [nee: St. Francis] Rushlow

Officers:

Carol Delorme

Debra Bergeron

Homer St. Francis Jr.

Rhonda Miller

October 26, 1982

V-31127-0 Abenaki Endeavors, Inc

Registered Agent: Kittell Branagan and Sargent

Officers:

Homer W. St. Francis (President)

Michael A. Delaney (Secretary)

John Churchill (Director1)

Bernard R. Robtoy (Director2)

March 19, 1983

A Declaration

On this date, I, Richard Wilford Phillips, do hereby surrender my position as High Chief of the Wobanakik Eastern Woodlands Abenaki Nation Vermont band.

I, until further notice, will be known as the number 2 Chief though I retain my I.D. Card and band number as number 1 Chief until such time I resume duties as High Chief.

The purpose of this document is due to family pressures and obligations which must take precedent at this time.

This document is dated for record, and signed by the clan chiefs present on this date, stated below, with myself.

It is understood that I will resume my position as High Chief upon the minimum of 30 days notice to the tribal council Chief serving in the capacity of High Chief at the time of notification.

Signed:

Richard Wilford Phillips (“Chief Black Horse”)

Emerson B. Garfield (“Chief Spirit Bear”)

Kevin J. Fletcher (“Chief White Buck”)

Howard F. Knight Jr. (Chief Rushing Water)

June 06, 1983

Howard F. Knight Jr. began amending his so-called "Tribal By-Laws" ... instead of "Eastern Woodlands Band of the Abenaki Nation (Pisowakamigw Wobanakiak) ... he added "Northeastern Woodlands-Coos Band of the Abenaki Nation" and instead of a Tribal Council he switched it to Council of Elders (of which he was ALWAYS retained in some complicity, even after he "retired" from the group repeatedly).

Instead of the name American Indian Tribe of Indigenous Peoples, it was changed to the "Northeastern Woodlands-Coos Band of the Abenaki Republic" / "Pisowakamigw Wobanakiak"

Added in pencil above #1 was:

David Pero of RFD Swanee Bean Road in Thetford Center, VT

1. Emerson Bidwell Garfield of 61 Elm Street in West Lebanon, NH

2. Richard W. "Black Horse" Wilfred Phillips of RFD Vershire, VT [upon removal from group he was replaced by Ronald Hurd]

3. Kevin J. Fletcher of 18 High Street in Lebanon, N.H. [removed from group later]

4. Mary A. Fletcher of 18 High Street in Lebanon, N.H. [removed from group later and replaced by Alden Palmer of RFD #1 in Thetford Center, VT]

In mid-July 1983 -

    Former member of the St. Francis-Sokoki band, Richard Wilfred "Black Horse" Phillips, of Sutton, VT had traveled 2 hours to attend the “fish-in” protest demonstration because he wanted to see a decision by the courts on the issue.

    While Richard “Black horse” Phillips had been in Swanton, he very recently had submitted a letter to Jim Medor, claiming he had made a mistake in leaving the group, and creating another; and that he wanted unity. Jim Medor had said the Eastern Woodlands Band, as well as the two other splinter groups, [the Green Mountain band (led by Wayne Hoague), and the Missisquoi band (led by Rudolph Kent Ouimet), formed about the same time, lacked the verifiable historical roots contrary to that of the St. Francis-Sokoki Band, which (according to Jim Medor) had been in existence “as far back as time went.”

    True, 1975 was technically “historically” in the “past”, being that it was now mid-July 1983. Jim Medor implied that Richard Phillips had not done any genealogical research on any members of the created group he had just resigned from.

    The chief of the “Eastern Woodlands Band of the Abenaki Nation” Richard Phillips had submitted his resignation, as chief and as a member, of his own group. He then rejoined the dominant “St. Francis-Sokoki Band” led by “Blackie” Lampman (that he had broken away from in 1979 when it was led Homer St. Francis Sr.) and had created another group that he could be chief of and feeding his ego. The group (of allegedly 350 persons according to Richard Phillips had created, (after losing to Homer St. Francis Sr. in 197), had done very little in their own cause in Phillips estimation. Richard Phillips had indicated that several former members of the “Eastern Woodlands Band” had already returned to the “St. Francis-Sokoki Band”.  None of the three groups that were created post-1979 were still viably active. (Notes: 304.)

(304.) July 19, 1983 - The St. Albans Messenger Newspaper, Page 01, “Abenaki Chief will rejoin dominant band” and July 20, 1983 - The Burlington Free Press Newspaper, Page 4B, “Chief of Abenaki Dissidents Moving towards Reunification”

Howard Franklin Knight Jr. set himself up as the primary "Chief" leader/spokesperson of the "Abenaki Nation of Vermont" organization by forging fraudulently the very terminally ill Elwin "Joe" Pero' signature, in June of 1981 ... it is strongly suspected.

November 25, 1985

“Abenaki Self-Help Association of Massachusetts, Inc.’d”

Incorporators (Directors):

Thomas Michael Dostou of 186 French St. in Fall River, MA 02720 (President)

Thomas Roland Obomsawin of 5 Wamsutta St. in Achusnet, MA 02743 (Treasurer and Clerk)

Thomas M. Dostou was a race shifter through and through; Tom or Tomas Obomsawin later went to Swanton, got married there TWICE, and lived with Homer St. Francis at 44 Liberty St. where he met his second wife Daisy (nee: Goodman) who was Homer’s Grant Writer. She had been living with Phoenix Hearn but they got in to physical fight and parted ways. Phenix Hearn lived over by the Back Barn in a mobile home on cinder blocks. Daisy and Tom had met at Homer’s, and later lived behind Doris (nee: Cheney) Minckler’s place near the quarry. Doris and her 2nd spouse Stanley Minckler had a lifetime lease on living there on quarry property. She wasn’t really allowed to have anyone living out back in a shoddy mobile home. Thus Tom Obomsawin began using the Abomsawin from the James Robertson Lease of 1765 and claiming aboriginal title in 1995, where he and Daisy were living with his sons from a previous marriage and a new daughter, Autumn Obomsawin. Ultimately, Tom and Daisy vacated Doris’s backyard, mobile home and all, and headed for her mother’s old place in Stratford, New Hampshire, where they set up shop corporate wise on August 22, 1995, shortly after arrival, calling it the Nidôbak, Inc.’d. [SEE September 20, 1995 and March of 2000]

Sometime AFTER 1987:

“Abenaki Self-Help Association, Inc.’d”

Registered Agent: Homer St. Francis Sr

Leonard Lampman (President)

Connie Partlow (Clerk)

Michael Delaney (Vice President)

Dorraine Partlow (Secretary)

Board Members:

Hilda Robtoy

Bernard R. Robtoy

John Lawyer

Ina Delaney

John Churchill (Treasurer)

December 16, 1991

N-07485-0 Abenaki Development Corporation

Registered Agent: Homer St. Francis Sr (President)

Officers:

Peter Pelissier [later he had married to Dorcus (nee: Maskell) Churchill]

Amie Hakey

Carol Delorme

Jeff Sise

December 16, 1991

Abenaki Education Development [created to educate]

Agent: Abenaki Self-Help Association, Incorporated

Homer St. Francis Sr. (President)

Homer St. Francis Jr. (Vice President)

Michael Delaney (Secretary)

Bernard Roland Robtoy (Treasurer)

Hilda Marjorie [nee: Minkler] St. Francis

Dave Cameron

Michael Bluto

December 16, 1991

N-07484-0 Abenaki Tribal Land Trust [org created to lead to the purchase of lands]

Agent: Homer Walter St. Francis Sr.

Homer W. St. Francis (President)

Michael Delaney (Secretary)

April St. Francis (Vice President and Treasurer)

David St. Francis (Director)

Dorcus [nee: Maskell] Churchill (Director) [Her mother was a Hakey, and her father’s mother was a Hoague]

Richard Wilfred “Blackhorse” Phillips (Director) [He was living in Claremont, NH at the time]

Hilda [nee: Sweet] Robtoy (Director) [wife of Bernard Roland Robtoy]

Dee Brightstar (Director) [Born Deanne Lou (nee: Dudley) married Martin-Lambert-Morales de Carpio-Carrington]

Homer St. Francis (President)

Officers:

Harlan LaFrance

April A. [nee: St. Francis] Rushlow

Carol Delorme

Burton DeCarr

Later on:

Sherry L. Vance (Incorporator)

Carolyn Breda (Financial Officer)

July 08, 1992

Paul Wilson Pouliot's ancestor 

Rose Aimée Béatrice (nee: Bourque / Bourke) Pouliot IDENTIFIED AS 

FRENCH

And Rose only has ONE (1) Native ancestress

Marie Olivier (Ouasibiskounesout) Sylvestré

(1625-1665)

WHO WAS NOT ABENAKI

The remainder of Paul's father's ancestors were ...

ALL FRENCH-CANADIAN

Paul Pouliot's mother was 100% Irish

December 01, 1992

Howard F. Knight Jr. (“Rushing Water”) of the “Northeast Woodlands – Coos Tribal – Abenaki Republic” wrote to Hereditary High Chief, Homer St. Francis Sr. writing his claims that approximately 22-23 years previous (late 1969-early 1970) [Based on a mere single B/W typical photograph of a ‘posed family gathering’ in front of a house] that the Coos descendants, like the rest of their Western Abenaki brothers, began to come together as clans and Band in Semi-organized fashion and sought the recognition they deserved, as well as to protect their ethnic heritage and culture, especially since the control of, and by, the Matriarchs was now starting to quickly slip away.

The first person in modern times to be Semi-recognized as a Chief of the Awakening Coos Tribal Band was Mr. Elwin “Joe” Pero in Thetford, VT, a WW2 veteran from the large Pero family.

[Howard then goes on to list varied genealogical surnames of families who had intermarried with one another (endogamy dynamics) and the thesis by Katherine Botsford of Dartmouth College (1981) and how those families were related genealogically to himself, either paternally or maternally.]

In either 1979 or 1980 some of these families who were descendants of the old Coos/Cowasuck Tribal Band came together under Richard “Black Horse” Phillips who was the next Coos Chief, formerly from Swanton, VT (and later a Newport, VT. resident)

Around 1980 I [Howard] had joined the Coos Tribal Band and took my seat on the Tribal Council as a Clan Chief representing my family Clan [allegedly “Green Turtle”]. Suddenly “out of the blue” Richard “Black Horse” Phillips resigned. No reason was given. At this point, the Tribal Council (as it was known at the time) to include Alden Palmer-Senior Councilor, elected me as the Acting Chief because of the reasons that they felt I was able to write clearly, speak to the issues with clarity that the others on the Council felt inadequate to do, and probably most important to them, the fact that I had a College education compared to many who had only a 6-8 Grade education, maybe a 10-11 Grade education if they were lucky. I served in the capacity as Acting Chief until October 1989, at which time I was elected to a 7-year term as the Coos Tribal Chief per the Tribal By-Laws by the Council members. 

[Howard then cites Arthur J. Marchand as harboring Sherri DeVee and Terry Scotten in MA; but in reality it had been Paul Wilson Pouliot (in part) that kept these two women and their children respectively, hidden/evading the judiciary out in CA.]

Howard F. Knight Jr. then met with Homer Walter St. Francis Sr. on December 11, 1992 to bring the "Northeastern Woodlands-Coos Band of the Abenaki Republic" into an integrated part of the Abenaki Nation with only one Chief, a unified Council of Elders and a Unified Tribal Identification Card.

Howard surmised the new unification would be known as the “Coos Intertribal Council”

With the acceptance of this new Tribal Band/Council arrangement by this Council of Elders and by the Hereditary Chief, Homer St. Francis, I shall then proceed to sign along with Chief Homer St. Francis the Document of Succession, which will transfer the Chieftainship of the Northeast Woodlands – Coos Tribal Band to Chief Homer St. Francis. At that point in time, I shall step-down and retire as the Chief of the Coos Tribal Band … (blah blah blah)

Paul Wilson Pouliot (a MA Notary Public of Norfolk County, MA) signed this document … that “the above document/ testament of the Coos People and Associated Bands is affirmed to be a true and accurate record of the Coos People, Their Traditions, etc (blah blah) … Dated December 02, 1992 by Howard Knight Jr., Chief of the “Northeast Woodlands – Coos Tribal Band”, headquartered presently in Coventry, Vermont.”

[Exhibit 33 of the Marchand Corporate Court Case of January 26, 1993]

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ycY3ndELeef0DfTHE_CTaK5d39J8HCsG?usp=sharing

December 02, 1992

According to Paul W. Pouliot, on Dec. 2nd of 1992, a Council of Elders meeting of the Coos Band was convened at the Red Hawk Lodge. Chief Rushing Water (Howard F. Knight, Jr.) presided over the council meeting. Clan councilors (chiefs), matriarchs, and elders representing the Fox, Green Turtle, Black Turtle, Red Hawk, Bear, Falcon, and Elk clans were present. Howard reported that he was retiring on December 11, 1992 and was turning the ultimate leadership over of our band over to Homer W. St. Francis Sr. (Chief of the St. Francis - Sokoki Band). Howard explained that such a uniting between the Coos and St. Francis-Sokoki groups would give us increased strength in our numbers and leadership. Howard also reported the retirement of our Band Tribal Judge (Emerson B. Garfield) which was made on December 01, 1992.

Howard F. Knight Jr. had reported that an agreement had been made with Homer St. Francis to accept all Coos Band members, including adopted members.

The Coos Band was to continue with a tribal council form of leadership. The following leadership had been nominated and elected by unanimous agreement:

Paul W. Pouliot (a.k.a. “Spirit Hawk”) as Chief

Philip M. Martin (a.k.a. “Gray Fox) as Sub-Chief

Linda A. (nee: White) Pouliot (a.k.a. “Blue Heron”) as Secretary

Kevin Keene (a.k.a. “Summer Fox”) Treasurer)

Robert H. Maynard (“Spirit Wind”) as Judge

Howard F. Knight Jr. (“Rushing Water) Council Advisor

Raymond Paul Lussier (“Looking Glass”) Advisor/Genealogist

Roland Demers as Canadian representative for the Coos

December 16, 1992

The Centraleastern Woodland Sokoki Band (Inter-Tribal) Inc.’d

126 Sterling Street in Worcester, MA 01610

Arthur J. Marchand (President)

Frank Robertson (Treasurer)

Mary E. Marchand (Clerk)

Directors:

Keith Marchand

Lynn J. Sherman

Henrietta M. White

Geraldine O’Connell

Robert Norwood

January 26, 1993

In the blog are the actual documents of this Hearing in MA Corporate:

http://reinventedvermontabenaki.blogspot.com/2009/11/step-14-forward-along-yellow-brick-road.html

January 93 -

Alnôbaôdwa National Newsletter - Volume 93 Issue 1

Coos Band – Pisowakamigw Wobanakik – Abenaki Nation – Tribal Headquarters – Office of the Tribal Council – Red Hawk Lodge – 160 Dailey Drive in Franklin, MA

In this Newsletter by Paul W. Pouliot of Franklin County, MA, he stated:

We have been asserting our sovereign rights as a Nation in several Federal and state courts. We have been actively engaged in child welfare cases in CA, TX, and MA. [Such as the matter with Sherri DeVee and Terri Scotten in 1992]

February – March 1993

In the second newsletter by Paul W. Pouliot then writes of the distancing from Arthur J. Marchand on October 04, 1992 by the “Council of Elders” (i.e. Howard F. Knight Jr.). Marchand and other supporters of his actions had sent letters of withdrawal from the Howard Knight Jr. group, returning their membership cards. Prior to this action Marchand had been in possession of all the tribal records, cards, rolls, and files of the group’s members, and had maintained his own set of records (allegedly) so he could eventually gain control of the Coos band. In Nov. 1992 Marchand solicited others to return their cards back to Howard, and when that failed to happen, he had created his own incorporated group.

A corporate protest hearing was held on January 26, 1992 by the MA Secretary of State. The Abenaki Nation was represented by the Coos Council Chief (Paul W. Pouliot a.k.a. “Spirit Hawk”), Coos Council Judge (Robert Maynard a.k.a. “Spirit Wind”), and the Abenaki Ambassador of the Missisquoi-Sokoki (Roger Desharnais a.k.a. “Running Elk”). We were at the Corporation Hearing to protect the name of the Abenaki Sokoki band and to establish THAT A CORPORATION COULD NOT BE FORMED to “create” a tribe.

But that is EXACTLY what these wannabiiak groups were DOING in VT/NH/MA etc, a number of 3-4-5 to upwards of 10 people (initially) who self-identified as “Abenaki”, solicited and attracted other like minded race shifters who believed they too were “Abenakis” and then created a name for their “Tribe” and Inc.’d, in order to solicit and obtain state, federal block grants, and well as from other agency and naïve public sympathizers to their angst, and cause. And once the group (incorporate) members got too big for their britches, as clearly documented herein, their group metastasized into other groups, by angst, disagreements, negativity, ego, power and control issues, or simply wanting their own slice of the $$pie$$ seeing how Homer got his and kept the rest for himself.