December 30, 2009 Email From Nancy L. Millette Doucet To N.H. Legislative Representive's:

FW: Bill 1610 new markup suggestion laws attached

From: N.H. Representative

Saturday, January 9, 2010 1:38 PM

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Subject: Fw: Bill 1610 new markup suggestion laws attached
We would agree to these changes if you would re draft this bill to include this I would be glad to pass it to the other Historic Abenaki Leaders to see if they would approve it. Please keep in mind Indian Arts and Craft need to be removed. There is no way to help the Indian Artist in any state without full recognition given to HISTORIC tribes. I suggest you just strike that out and please view the laws before including Indian Arts issues, burial ground issues etc. Please understand that I am only trying to help you. We have dealt with these mis-intrupted laws by State authorities for years and have worked tiredless with States and Federal Law makers.
Thank you
Chief Nancy Millette Doucet

Blue= Strike out

Red= Additions/ changes

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 Historic Abenaki Tribes 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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 Historic Abenaki Nations 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 and Executive Council 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 NH Historic Resources, Commissioner of Cultural Affairs. Thereafter, the governor and Executive Council 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 and Executive Council 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. This is moot according to Federal Law.
(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). This is an illegal act. The State would have to give Full State Recognition to HISTORIC ABENAKI TRIBES in order to comply with this. This should be a strike out section.
(3) Receive assistance and support from the federal Indian Arts and Crafts Board, as provided in 25 U.S.C. section 305 et seq. The Historic Tribes would need full state recognition.
(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. Historic Tribes would need FULL State Recognition.
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. More meetings asked by any member of the commission and the commissioner should be appointed by Governor and Executive Council on recommendation from Cultural Resources and NH Historic Preservation.
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. Gifts can cause conflict of interest. No gifts, grants or donations. The Commission is in place to only assist Natives in the State.
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. Quarterly reports should be given to Department of Cultural Resources and annual to all other
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. Abenaki People needs to be defined. Who is Abenaki? How do you decide who is Abenaki and who is not? According to United Nations Declaration of Indigenous People and Human Rights this is decided by Tribes not commissions or state departments. The Historic Abenaki Bands need to be defined here in order to comply with this. Indian Tribes are defined by a historic presence from contact time to present by regional connection to a land base and have a chief, tribal council, elder’s council and can show historic connection to community as well as present connection. Then only tribes can give citizenship based on their applicant approve to individuals. You need to define exact Abenaki Nations within NH by this standard and write in the names of those tribes.
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 Historic Abenaki Nations 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.

NANCY MILLETTE DOUCET IS DOING THE SAME TATICS SHE DID IN VERMONT REGARDING THE "ABENAKI" RECOGNITION BILLS" IN THAT STATE, THIS TIME IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.

WHY DOES SHE MENTION CHARLES FRANCIS TRUE JR?
(BECAUSE HER RELATIVE RHONDA LOU BESAW - TRUE MARRIED TO HIM, THATS WHY!)

NONE OF THEM CAN GENEALOGICALLY CONNECT THEIR ANCESTORS TO A HISTORICAL ABENAKI/ NATIVE COMMUNITY FROM WITHIN NEW HAMPSHIRE OR VERMONT! AGAIN, THEY ARE ALL MERE INCORPORATIONS THAT THEY THEMSELVES HAVE CREATED!
RESEARCH THIS BLOG'S CONTENT ASAP.

THE ONLY REASON NANCY DOUCET INSISTS, IN HER REVISION OF HB1610 THAT THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, NH HISTORIC RESOURCES AND COMMISSIONER OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS BE INVOLVED IN THIS HB1610 BILL IS BECAUSE OF HER RESPECTIVE "CONNECTIONS" WITH RAYMOND BURTON, AND RICHARD A. BOUSIVERT!

January 09, 2010 Email from N.H. Representative Regarding Nancy Lee Millette Doucet And N.H. Bill HB1610:

mark up of nh bill1610.docx Saturday, January 9, 2010 1:41 PM douglaslloydbuchholz@yahoo.com

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 Historic Abenaki Tribes: Koasek Traditional Band of the KOAS, NH Abenaki and all other Historic Abenaki Tribes who’s territory spans the CT River in VT and NH 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.) STRIKE /CHANGE TO: NH Historical Resources, NH Commissioner of Cultuaral Affrairs will compile Native American members to present to the Governor to choose the 7 members commission members.
Thereafter, the governor shall appoint members based on recommendations submitted by (the commission.) STRIKE/ change to: NH Historical Resources, NH Commissioner of Cultuaral Affrairs will compile Native American members to present to the Governor to choose the 7 members commission members.
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. This is moot. According to Federal Indian Arts and Craft Laws the only way an artist can claim they are Authentic is if the State or BIA recognizes historic tribes with full state recognition. Paul Pouliot of the Cowasuck Pennacook uses his Incorporation numbers to say he is federal recognized. He also says his number 151 on file with the BIA for a letter of Intent he wrote in 1995 makes him recognized. According to the BIA they have no clue who he is and a petition was never filed because he has no historic standing and would never meet the BIA federal petition for recognition. He has never been granted recognition in MA or Vt where he has tried to get recognized over the years.
BIA DEF For Recognition:
(c) Associations, organizations, corporations or groups of any character that have been formed in recent times may not be acknowledged under these regulations. The fact that a group that meets the criteria in § 83.7 (a) through (g) has recently incorporated or otherwise formalized its existing autonomous political process
The only way NH could possible protect Indian Arts and Crafts is to give state recognition to historically standing tribes in the state who the NH Historic Resources has worked with over the years including: NH Abenaki Charlie True, Koasek Abenaki of the Koas (Haverhill and Newbury) and Maybe NH Intertribal Council (Peter Newell) however that would need to be checked with BIA and Indian Arts and Craft Board. To my knowledge a State has NEVER recognized an Intertribal Council. States recognize HISTORIC tribes.
(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. NH Historic Resources already does this.
(2) The Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978, 25 U.S.C., section 1902 et seq. This is dangerous. Paul Pouliot ( Cowasuck Pennacook) has on many occasions destroyed families by false claims against families because of his personal grievances with individuals. This part of the bill should only be under the supervision of NH State Child Welfare and Attorney General’s office!
(3) The Indian Arts and Crafts Act of SUMMARY: This rule adopts regulations to carry out Public Law 101-644,
LAWS CONCERNING INDIAN ARTS AND CRAFTS BIA and INDIAN ARTS AND CRAFT BOARD:
the Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990. The regulations define the nature and Indian origin of products that the law covers and specify procedures for carrying out the law.
EFFECTIVE DATES: November 20, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Meridith Z. Stanton or Geoffrey E. Stamm, Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Room 4004-MIB, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street, NW., Washington, DC 20240, telephone 202-208-3773 (not a toll-free  call).
1990, P.L. 101-644.
The Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990 The Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-644) is a truth-in-advertising law that prohibits misrepresentation in marketing of Indian arts and crafts products within the United States. It is illegal to offer or display for sale, or sell any art or craft product in a manner that falsely suggests it is Indian produced, an Indian product, or the product of a particular Indian or Indian Tribe or Indian arts and crafts organization, resident within the United States. For a first time violation of the Act, an individual can face civil or criminal penalties up to a $250,000 fine or a 5-year prison term, or both. If a business violates the Act, it can face civil penalties or can be prosecuted and fined up to $1,000,000.Under the Act, an Indian is defined as a member of any federally or State recognized Indian Tribe, or an individual certified as an Indian artisan by an Indian Tribe.
.R. 725: In dian Arts and Crafts Amendments Act of 2009 Congressional Research Service Summary
The following summary was written by the Congressional Research Service, a well-respected nonpartisan arm of the Library of Congress.
1/27/2009--Introduced.
Indian Arts and Crafts Amendments Act of 2009 - Amends the Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990 to: (1) authorize any federal law enforcement officer to conduct an investigation of an offense involving the sale of any good that is misrepresented as an Indian produced good or product that occurs within the jurisdiction of the United States; and (2) authorize the Indian Arts and Crafts Board to refer such an alleged offense to any federal law enforcement officer (currently, just to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)) for appropriate investigation. Permits a federal law enforcement officer to investigate such an alleged offense regardless of whether such officer receives a referral from the Board. Requires that the findings of an investigation of such an alleged offense by any federal department or agency be submitted to: (1) a federal or state prosecuting authority; or (2) the Board. Provides for the Board, upon receiving the findings of such an investigation, to: (1) recommend to the Attorney General that criminal proceedings be initiated (current law); and (2) provide such support to the Attorney General relating to the criminal proceedings as the Attorney General determines to be appropriate. Allows the Board, in lieu of, or in addition to, any such criminal proceeding, to recommend that the Attorney General initiate a civil action. Revises: (1) requirements for the initiation of civil actions for misrepresentation of Indian produced goods; and (2) penalties for the misrepresentation of such goods.
(e) Indian tribe means—
(1) Any Indian tribe, band, nation, Alaska Native village, or any organized group or community which is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians; or
(2) Any Indian group that has been formally recognized as an Indian tribe by a State legislature or by a State commission or similar organization legislatively vested with State tribal recognition authority. Sustained contact means the period of earliest sustained non-Indian settlement and/or governmental presence in the local area in which the historical tribe or tribes from which the petitioner descends was located historically
(b) Historical generally refers to programs or lands having a particular history that is relevant to the Tribe. For example, particular trails, forts, significant sites, or educational activities that relate to the history of a particular Tribe.
Definition of ‘‘Indian’’
The term ‘‘Indian’’ and the interrelated term ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ are defined by Congress by statute in the 1990 Act and may not be changed by regulation. As defined by the 1990 Act, however, the terms ‘‘Indian’’ and ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ already include, for purposes of sections 104, 105, and 107 of the 1990 Act, members of Staterecognized Tribes and Alaska Natives, as well as members of federally recognized Tribes.
Sections 104 and 105 of the 1990 Act
define ‘‘Indian’’ and ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ as follows:
‘‘The term ‘Indian’ means any individual who is a member of an Indian tribe, or for the purposes of this section is certified as an Indian artisan by an Indian tribe;’’
‘‘The term ‘Indian tribe’ means—‘‘Any Indian tribe, band, nation, Alaska Native village, or other organized group or community which is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians; or ‘‘Any Indian group that has been formally recognized as an Indian tribe by a State legislature or by a State commission or similar organization legislatively vested with State tribal recognition authority.’’ In response to the comment regarding the sale of art by individuals who are not members of federally or State recognized Tribes, but are of Indian descent, it should be noted that such individuals may market their goods as an Indian, provided they are certified as an ‘‘Indian artisan’’ by an Indian Tribe.
(d) Assist Native American tribal councils, organizations, and individuals to:
(1) Secure social services, education, employment opportunities, health care, housing, and census information. The Historic Tribes already does this (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). See above this is NOT legal with out state recognition of Historic Tribes
(3) Receive assistance and support from the federal Indian Arts and Crafts Board, as provided in 25 U.S.C. section 305 et seq. They will only assist if State recognizes Historic Tribes. You should study this and have committee meet with or talk with Indian Arts and Craft Board. Numbers and addresses are listed above
(4) Establish eligibility for federal assistance with educational, housing, and cultural opportunities. Historic Tribes already do this….
(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. Historic tribes already do this.
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. Commission should NOT be allowed to gain financial help. It is up to the tribes to take care of their people and the commission should only be in place to assist Tribes with project NOT fund anything!
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. Indian People are already a minority. Do not need a bill for this!
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. What is a definition of ABENAKI? IS that anyone who self proclaims or is that an individual who has NH Historic inherited rights by blood bone to NH? By most definitions it is HISTORICALLLY Located to a region land base from the beginning of time and members are approved by tribal council of that land base region. Just because someone says they are Abenaki doesn’t make them Abenaki with in NH ! Their must be a historic evidence they are and connected to a region landbase with in NH!
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. STRIKE Indian People are already a minority
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. Can not increase states revenue with the federal laws will not uphold this bill!
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.
Finally according to Indian Arts and Craft Laws this bill could end up costing the State of NH and Indian Artists a fortune! In order for this bill to be a legal standing to address concerns mentioned in this bill Historic Tribes or Bands would need to be fully state recognized according to Federal terms stated above.
I hope this helps you. Chief Nancy Millette Doucet

CONCLUSION: Nancy Lee Millette-Cruger-Lyons-Doucet CLEARLY is SUPPORTING her OWN VERSION of HB1610, to BENEFIT her "group"/ family members! Nancy Doucet DOES NOT REPRESENT THE LEGITIMATE HISTORICAL ABENAKI PEOPLES OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.

NO WHERE IN HB1610 AS WRITTEN NOR THE REVISION WRITE-UP BY NANCY DOUCET ... IS THERE ANY REQUIREMENT TO SHOW GENEALOGICAL, SOCIAL, OR HISTORICAL EVIDENCE, THAT THESE "GROUPS" SUCH AS NANCY DOUCET'S, ETC. (HER FAMILY!) DESCEND GENEALOGICALLY FROM A LEGITIMATE ABENAKI COMMUNITY WITHIN VERMONT OR NEW HAMPSHIRE!

NANCY MILLETTE DOUCET MERELY REPRESENTS A CONTEMPORARILY CREATED 501(c)3 NON-PROFIT INCORPORATION CREATED BY HER!

THEY ARE NOT FROM A HISTORIC ABENAKI COMMUNITY!

Howard F. Knight Jr.'s Membership/Card Holders:

Document 01: Howard Franklin Knight Jr.'s Membership/Card Holders as in the Microsoft Exel Viewer document recieved from Eric Scott Floyd on Oct. 22, 2009, after Nancy Millette Doucet sent the same to Eric Scott Floyd on March 11, 2009.
Card Number / Card Holder
500 Blank
501/ Minnie F. Knight
1381/ Franklin W. Knight
A503/ Terri (Doba) Knight
504/ Bobbi Rene Knight
505/ Son 1
506/ Son 2
507/ Sheila Marie Blandin
508/ Son 1 of Sheila
509/ Son 2 of Sheila
A510/ Husband of Sheila
1380/ Matthew R. Knight
A512/ Ana Knight
1379/ Howard F. Knight Jr.
A514/ Tanya Coblai
A515/ Marina Coblai
516/ John W. Davis
A517/ Lorena J. Davis
518/ Arthur L. Davis
519/ Son 2
520/ Son 3
521/ Daughter 1
522/ Daughter 2
523/ Dorothy J. (Davis) Saucier
524/ Child 1
525/ Child 2
526/ Bell L. (Kimbell) Salsman
A527/ Edward Salsman
528/ Chentel M. Salazar
529/ Timothy W. Salazar
530/ Jesse P. Bercegeay
531/ D. Peter Waterman
532/ Virginia (Batchelder) Tortstenson
A533/ Charles Tortstenson
534/ Alice M. Batchelder
535/
536/
537/
538/
439/
540/

Brian Chenevert's Membership List/Card Holders ~ Karen Majka a.k.a Karen Mica's Membership List/Card Holders:

Docoument 01: Brian Chenevert's List/Membership Roll as in the Microsoft Exel Viewer document recieved from Eric Scott Floyd on Oct. 22, 2009, after Nancy Millette Doucet sent the same to Eric Scott Floyd on March 11, 2009.

Card Number / Card Holder:

700/ Norman Chenevert

701/ Jeannette (Tremblay) Chenevert

702/ Brian Chenevert

703/ Allison Chenevert

704/ Cayanne Chenevert

705/ Mikayla Chenevert

706/ Christine (Chenevert) Gilfoy

A708/ Thomas Gilfoy

709/ Matthew Gilfoy

710/ Mark Gilfoy

711/ Joshua Gilfoy

712/ Vincent Chenevert, Sr.

A713/ Loucille (Hetu) Chenevert

714/ Vincent Chenevert, Jr.

715/ Jennette Chenevert

716/ Vincent Chenevert III

717/ Alexander Chenevert

718/ Michelle (Chenevert) Southall

719/ Seth Southall

720/ Amanda Southall

721/ James Chenevert

Document 02: Karen Majka (Mica) Membership Roll as in the Microsoft Exel Viewer document recieved from Eric Scott Floyd on Oct. 22, 2009, after Nancy Millette Doucet sent the same to Eric Scott Floyd on March 11, 2009.

Card Number / Card Holder

801/ Travis Majka

802/ Cheryl J Lemoine (Boudreau)

803/ Donald R. Perron, Jr.

804/ Lecette L Bowler (Perron)

A805/ Bonnie L Perron

806/ Melannie Barnes (Perron)

807/ Perter J. Lemoine

808/ Dakota Barnes

809/ Shane R. Perron

810/ Sharon J. Long (Boudreau)

811/ Joan A. McDonald

812/ Harry G. Boudreau, Jr.

813/ Karen Mica (Majka)

814/ Harry G. Boudreau III

815/ Sherry J. Bateman (Boudreau)

816/ Gary D. Bateman

817/ Ryan A. Bateman

818/ Cory J. Bateman

819/ Shelly J. Boudreau

820/ Shawn W. Treadwell

821/ Carrie A. Peterson

822/ Donna L Rucki (Peron)

823/ Carol A. Fielding

824/ Melissa Lemoine

825/ Michelle Newman Moorehouse

826/ Jack Newman

A827/ Donald Perron Sr.

828/ Jean Perron

829/ Eric Bowler

830/ David Barnes

831/ Ricky Boudreau

832/ Derrick Boudreau

833/ Heather Boudreau

834/ Melissa Boudreau

835/ Emily Boudreau

836/ Kelsay Boudreau

837/ Darren Boudreau

838/ Darryl Boudreau

839/ Pamela A. Brostean

A840/ Raymond Brostean

841/ Raymond Lemay III

842/ Jessica Lemay
843/ Brandon Lemay

844/ Matthew Whitney

845/ Rachel Neff (Brostean)

846/ Robyn Roberts (Brostean)

847/ Randi Brostean

848/ Cameron B. Barnes

849/ Ariel K. Barnes

850/ Alec C. Bowler

851/ Sydney L. Bowler

852/ Paul A. Newman

853/ Brian Roberts

854/ Edward E. Neff Jr.

855/ Emmelie M. Neff

856/ Ethan E. Neff

857/ Paul Joseph Bunnell

A858/ Leslie Bunnell

859/ Raymond Lemay, Jr.

A860/ Patricia Lemay

861/ Joseph C Aguiar

862/ Jared M. Aguiar

863/ Victoria A. Aguiar

864/ Richard Descoteaux

865/ Louis A. Cheney

866/ Raymond Lussier

867/ Void

868/ Irene Cheney

869/ Elaine Evans

870/ Priscilla Hendrick

Johan

Suzette Leclair

Nancy Millette Doucet's Membership List/Card Holders ~ Todd Hebert and Shirley Hook ~ Carolyn L. Osgood-Black-Hunt ~ April 10, 2008 Bill S.368 ~ December 28, 2009 Email to Lynn Menard-Mathieson from Nancy Millette Doucet:

 

Document 01: Nancy Millette Doucet stated on December 28, 2009 that, "I want to make it clear to the public that #1. I appreciate Salmon's ability to find such clear documentation and posting the facts." (Though she obviously dislikes my "commentary" and or narrative on this blog. Oh well, I can't please everyone).

I am delighted she has stated this after taking me to Grafton County, N.H. Court in front of a District Court Judge, wasting his and my time, along with everyone else's!

So, with that said, I am glad she appreciates my ability to make public, such clear documentation and posting the facts. These documents came to Douglas Lloyd Buchholz from Eric Scott Floyd of Pittsfield, Massachusetts on October 22, 2009 at 2:46 AM via email attachment. Nancy Millette Doucet sent this Microsoft Office Excel 2007 Workbook document to Eric Scott Floyd on March 11, 2009 at 12:47 PM. As one can read Nancy Millette Doucet stated to Eric Floyd, "here is Brian Chenevert's rolls...the red ones are people who left his band and is now with us. If you click on the tabs, look at Howard Knight Jr.'s list...he has no sister (Ida Jane nee: Knight - Theos - Michaud).

 #624 Carollee Reynolds...well that explains alot about some of the malicious events by Carollee Reynolds against my person via email and online postings over the years...yet, how can Carollee Reynolds be a member of Nancy Millette-Doucet's "group" and-at-the-same-time, be a member of April A. St. Francis-Merrill's "group" up in Swanton, Vermont? That's what I'd call BAND HOPPING.

Perhaps this is what they call "padding the rolls"?

Document 02: Nancy Millette Doucet Member List/ Roll: Notice that #648 and #649 are "Skipped". I do not know if this is merely accidental or intentional. Perhaps Eric Scott Floyd removed himself from this list/roll so that no one would now that perhaps he "belonged to this group" led by Nancy Millette - Doucet? Also notice that #658 Carolyn Black who now is married to Nancy's first cousin Richard "Rick" Hunt is a member. So is Carolyn Black-Hunt's relative Janice Osgood no. #657. Mark Nault, which is related to the Osgood's is a member/citizen of Paul Pouliot's group, as a "spokesperson" for that family. It appears that some of the Osgood's, who were once a active portion of Paul Pouliot's Cowasuck - Pennacook Abenaki group, eventually left that group, and subsequently joined into the Howard Knight Jr./Brian Chenevert/Nancy Millette-Doucet group.

So much for UNITY eh!

Document 03: No. #668 Cheryl Osgood is yet another of Carolyn Black's relatives. Carolyn's father is Daniel B. Osgood and Roseanne L. LaPointe and Roseanne later married to Rodney Allen Black in 1985. Daniel Osgood Sr. later married to a woman named Ida (maiden name unk. at this time). Obviously, Carolyn Lee Osgood used the last name of "Black" before she married to Rick Hunt, Nancy Millette Doucet's 1st cousin.

See this LINK: http://reinventedvermontabenaki.blogspot.com/2009/10/2nd-signed-independent-clans-of-coos.html It's called COLLUSION, to my thinking.

Shirley "Shining Eagle" Hook of West Braintree, Vermont  is was a partner with Todd "Red Fox" Hebert in the East Montpelier "The Indian Museum and Gift Shop" that they both operated as of an article publisehd in December 31, 2007. Todd Hebert was or still is the President of the Ndakinna Cultural Center, Inc. As of December 01, 2008 Todd Hebert stated, "I learned of my Abenaki roots (4) years ago."

LINK TO ARTINCLE IN TIMES ARGUS NEWSPAPER: http://www.timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071229/NEWS02/712290315

Vincent Illuzzi's SENATE COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, HOUSING & GENERAL AFFAIRS

AGENDA
Thursday, April 10, 2008 Room: 27, State House
S.369 - Recognition of Tribes and Bands of Native Americans by the Vermont Commission on Native American Affairs

Proposed Amendments; Committee Discussion
Jeremy Hoff, Legislative Counsel
Donald Stevens, Member, Governor's Commission on Native American Affairs, Shelburne
Todd Hebert, Woodbury
Nancy Millette, Randolph, Co-Chief
Shirley Hook, W. Braintree
Howard Knight, Newport

A long time ago....I was on the telephone with Todd Hebert, and I specifically inquired of him if he was a member of Nancy Millette's Koasek "group". He replied that he was not. I didn't believe him then, I don't believe what he said to me then now either, based on the above information. Apparently he relocated the so-called Ndakinna Cultural Center, Museum, Gift Shop over to East Calais, Vermont. I read it closed down sometime around June 09, 2009.

From: "nmillettedoucet"
Date: December 28, 2009 7:30:30 PM EST
To: Lynn Menard - Mathieson
Subject: facts!
Kwai Lynn
Before you post any more comments as FACTS you should get your facts straight!
The Koasek who are supporting the NH bill just happens to be Brian Chenevert and Paul Bunnell's groups. NOT the Koasek Abenaki of the KOAS!! I am getting really sick of being accussed of shit those people do. You think you were treated badly by Paul Pouliot??? Want to hear my story and what those people did to me!!??
I am really getting tired of a certain few claiming to be the only REAL Abenaki. You don't know me at all but I know of all the stories and lies you have told about me over the years....Like how I was using your genealogy as mine. How I broke into your office and stole records. Give me a break!! Why don't you talk to me yourself and ask me just how I feel about things and get the real story before spouting off any more lies and bullshit that does nothing but hurt people!!? I am more then willing to talk with you and get to the bottom of truth. Lies and assumptions do nothing but hurt the community!
thank you
Nancy Millette Doucet 603-728-9646

I think Nancy Millette Doucet was trying to gain information/an ally by communicating with Lynn Menard-Mathieson and it is interesting to note that at the same time Nancy was emailing Lynn Mathieson, she posted commentary on Abenaki Pride: Setting the Record Stragiht about my person. If anyone has "hurt" people, especially the REAL Abenaki, it has been ALL OF THESE INCORPORATED GROUPS/ ORGANIZATIONS that have claimed they are REALLY ABENAKI, but refuse to show and provide the evidence historically and in conjunction with their genealogical records for their ancestors! I do not think Nancy Millette - Doucet could get to the "bottom of the truth", even if someone dropped her into a hole in a well!. It is VERY hypocritical of Nancy Millette Doucet to state that LIES and ASSUMPTIONS do nothing but hurt "the community". To my thinking after so much reseach, review and evaluation of Nancy Millette Doucet's ancestry and social histories, including her own, it is EXACTLY those LIES and ASSUMPTIONS by Nancy about herself that she herself put out into the public etc., that got Nancy Millette Doucet where she is today, good-bad-or otherwise.

So, WHERE is the Genealogical Evidence that Nancy Millette Doucet IS IN FACT "Abenaki", where are her ancestors connected to a known historical Native/ Abenaki Community?!
I have a newspaper article dated October 30, 2009 Page 13 and 14 that I will be posting on this blog. She state's that, "We are very excited about some of the results so far," stated Nancy Millette Doucet, Executive Director of the White Pine Association. "The DNA tests have proven a very rare strain of Aboriginal line in my family and other community members of this region. This is very exciting news and we look forward to working with the National Geographic on this project." One of the issues making this strain rare is it is entirely absent from East Asian markers. This strain is found in North America and is found in the Algonquin, Sioux, Navaho and other Native groups. "This is very exciting and we are so glad we are able to now have another tool in preserving and honoring the important history of the Koas meadows of Haverhill and Newbury and the people here," said the White Pine Board Member.

MY RESPONSE:
So, SHOW and PROVIDE the actual documents that SHOW this so-called rare strain (that is entirely absent from East Asian markers). Validate that this "strain"/ "DNA marker" connects to a legitimate historical Native Community Nancy Millette Doucet! Don't "hide" the results of your DNA Test results.

Nancy says this, Nancy says that, and on and on and on....
LET'S see her show and provide the evidence of her media proclamations!

She says she is not in support of this Bill HB1610. Does she have another drafted Bill in New Hampshire of her own, that merely BENEFITS her, like she did over in Vermont?! IF she has not been in support of HB1610, then WHY was it a FACT that Nancy Millette Doucet communicated with William "Bill" Remick. Currently Elected Coos County District 2 New Hampshire. Party: New Hampshire Republican Party. Email: wremick@ne.rr.com to support Official NH State Recognition of the Abenaki in New Hampshire?

This is the list of persons in the Microsoft Exel Viewer for Nancy Millette Doucet's "group" (which consist mostly of Nancy's own relatives or married-in folks to her family. (RED are those that stayed with Nancy Millette Doucet's "Koasek Traditional Band of the Koas Abenaki Nation" group - BLACK are those that stayed with Brian Chenevert/Howard F. Knight Jr/Paul Bunnell's "Traditional Band of the Koasek Tradition Band of Abenaki" group

Card Number / Card Holder

600/ Bevelyn Hunt Irwin

601/ Jessi Cruger

602/ Eric Cruger

603/ Milo Paquin

604/ Lillion Hunt Thompson

605/ Nancy Lyons

606/

607/ Jeanne Larrivee

608/ Debbie Larrivee

609/ Chad Larrivee

610/ Daniel B. Osgood Sr.

611/ Brian S. Paquin

612/ Kevin D. Paquin

613/ Carrie Lee Gendreau

614/ Emmalee Hoitt

615/ Dana Paquin

616/ Dan Beck

617/ Julia Winn

618/ Christal Lee Millette

619/ Mark W Mitchell

620/ Bruce Poquette

621/ Karen Currier

622/ Stephanie Currier-Emmerson

623/ Nikki Lynn Currier

624/ Carollee Reynolds

625/ Takara Matthews-Cook

626/ Lucie Caron-Eby

627/ Paige Eby

628/ Joanne Caron

629/ Reginald W. Hunt

630/ Peggy Fullerton

631/ Robin Avery

632/ Michael Fenn

633/ Sherry Fullerton

634/ Ron Fullerton

635/ John R Rutherford

636/ Dale Fullerton

637/ Mary-Rose Alberta Crane

638/ Joanne Reynolds

639/ Aline L.L. Caron

640/ Mona Hunt Winn

642/ Trudy Ann Parker

643/ Rick Fullerton

644/ John Fullerton

645/ Steven Paul Fullerton

646/ Jason Fullerton

647/ Julie Ann Fullerton Derrington

648/ Skipped

649/ Skipped

650/ Peter Fullerton

651/ Scott Rutherford

652/ Justin Fullerton

653/ Emily Fullerton

654/ Jessica Fullerton

655/ Andrew Fullerton

656/ William Fullerton

657/ Janice Osgood

658/ Carolyn Black

A659/ Tory Cook

660/ Colleen Chase

661/ Maureen Carle

662/ Robert Thompson

663/ Shyanne Mychael Millette

664/ Sarah Scott Millette Hatch

665/ Malcolm Millette

666/ LEFT BLANK

667/ Mellisa Rutherford Deppisch

668/ Cheryl Osgood

A669/ Ruth Descoteaux

670/ Leo Descoteaux

671/ Joanne Bunnell

672/ Lorraine Beauchemin Barney

Marina Descoteaux Utecht

Roland Descoteaux

Richard Descoteaux

??? Jonh Prescott

Son Prescott

Son prescott

Son Prescott

Colin Wood

Mike Wood

another brother wood

Shirley Hook

Shirls mother

Shirls daughter

Shirls daughter 2

Shirls brother

Shirls sister

Shirls family member 7

Shirls Family member 8

Linda Lambert

Nancy Millette Doucet's Website: LINK: http://www.koasekabenaki.org/

Brian Chenevert's Website: LINK: http://www.cowasuckabenaki.com/

My Response to Nancy Millette Doucet's Diatribe of Distortions on Abenaki Pride: Setting the Record Straight Blog:

Nancy Millette - Doucet said... December 28, 2009 7:02 PM on Abenaki Pride: Setting the Record Straight blog....
A public statement:

I want to make it clear to the public that #1. I appreciate Salmon's ability to find such clear documentation and posting the facts. However, his opinion and narrative in many cases are totally WRONG! Also I believe some of this documentation sucks, as my divorce papers are a total invasion of privacy and has no newsworthy merit.
Nancy Millette - Doucet alleges that she "appreciates my ability to find such clear documentation and posting the facts" ONLY NOW, because I am addessing another like herself (Howard Knight Jr and Paul Wilson Pouliot and Inc.) It suits her to say this NOW, but retrospectively-speaking, when I was addressing her factual ancestry and her Koasek, Inc "group" which involved her connection and close relationship with her buddy Howard F. Knight Jr. and her sidekick Co-Chief Brian Chenevert, she subsequently caused me to go into Haverhill, N.H. into Grafton County Court to defend myself against her slanderous maliciousness against my person when she accused me of Stalking and Harrassment. This was because of the PUBLIC RECORDS I had placed on this blog and she was attempting to shut the blog down and shut me up. She was unsuccessful in her Judicial attempt I might add. The Divorce Record Certificate had NOTHING to do with invading her "privacy", it was a document open to the PUBLIC and need I remind that ANYONE can obtain that record from Littleton Family Court just like I did retrospectively-speaking at the time trying to identify and document the woman's historical social record. It's called "headhunting" genealogically ANY known FACTS about a PUBLIC person who consistantly was in the Media proclaiming that which she could not prove.

I want to make it clear I have never had any close relationship with Howard Knight (another DISTORTION because Nancy Millette had to have been "close" to Howard Knight Jr. by telephone, by email and by Unity Meetings/ Council Meetings they arranged together, and to have gained his trust and been allegedly elected Co-Chief of this malarky Koasek group)

and only took the position with Brian Chenevert to protect people FROM HOWARD KNIGHT! (another DISTORTION, because Nancy was indeed riding the coat ends of Howard Knight's B.S. Cowasuck of North America, Inc. and this Koasek, Inc. while it suited her agenda and endeavors).

Later, I realized that Brian and his group was using me (more like you all were USING EACH OTHER and then eventually began stabbing each other in the backsides!)

and my hard work for the community (what community? Nancy Doucet must mean the Re-Invented one she, Howard Knight Jr, and Brian Chenevert, along with Edwin Merle "Joe" Pero's son Nathan Pero all created, calling itself the "Traditiional Koasek Band of Abenaki," Inc. right along with the group now calling itself and self proclaiming ittself as the "El-Nu Tribe" of Abenaki?!) I HAVE TO LAUGH SOME MORE.

as well as our history (our history?...a history of which you all inappropriately appropriated for yourselves against every Abenaki Ancestor and Descendant, from Dartmouth, etc.)

to make them look like they were Vermont Abenaki! (Seems like Nancy Millette-Doucet is attempting to "distance" / "remove" herself from her own clearly documented media blitz past again; Wasn't Nancy in the State Legislature parading around making back room conversations and so on claiming to be Vermont Abenaki in HER Koasek group's attempt to gain State Recognition with April St. Francis-Merill's group?! I do, I do, I do think that woman was claiming to be a Koasek Abenaki from Vermont).

At the end of it all I also received an email statement from Brian (Chenevert)
that he wanted recognition in VT so he could then have land claims against NH (Oh, but didn't Nancy Doucet SAY and WRITE that ALL of Haverhill, N.H. Etc BELONGS TO HER? IF Brian Chenevert made an email statement to the effect that Nancy Millette - Doucet indicates he did, then it MUST be sent to me directly so I can place it on this blog even more directly! I am sure the wonderful people of New Hampshire would just LOVE to see, review and study that email most directly indeed!)

I also was appauled at the lack of respect he and his MA people gave the old Abenaki families here! (Prove that these families are allegedly OLD ABENAKI families ... likely more "stories" of Nancy's like that Abenaki Village in Jefferson, N.H. that her Great Grandma Flora Una Ana Ingerson-Hunt was born in eh Nancy?!) So I left them (No, Nancy was causing trouble again in her POWER trips in her inflated egotistical ways again and the group had enough of her B.S.) 

and the community sent them all packing! (Again EGO)

They then snagged onto Nathan Pero thinking his Vermont residency will give them once again claim in VT (Yet, the Pero's were good enough when Nancy Doucet was part of the "pack").

also stood in front of the VT Senate with Paul Bunnell's genealogy certificate in my hand singing his praises as a certified genealogist (unitl I exposed Nancy Millette-Doucet's ancestors to Genforum.com and Ancestry.com online and she ordered Paul Bunnell to contradict and prove my genealogical research wrong, when he couldn't, she was quite ANGRY at Paul Bunnell)

that he and Brian claimed he was until later I found out the certificate was bogus and nothing else was needed to get that certificate except a few bucks! No classes no test...just a few bucks!! (Revenge is sweet, bitter as ever though, and a difficulty to swallow)

I want to make this perfectly clear. MY BAND AND I DO NOT SUPPORT THE BILL IN NEW HAMPSHIRE! (Your Band and I??? Peter Newell was beside Nancy Millette when she asked for a drum group to be there when Old Man of the Mountain crumbled to the ground in the White Mountains, and he was there for her Unity Meetings in Vermont; and yet now Nancy Doucet complains that Peter Newell is "Chief" of an Indianist Inter-Tribal group here in New Hampshire. Good enough for her when she wanted something from him, but not now, because HB 1610 doesn't benefit Nancy Millette-Doucet! so she says)

The Koasek mentioned in conjunction with that bill and the NH Intertribal is none other than Paul Bunnell and Brian Chenevert's group. Bunnell and Paul Pouliot and Sherry Gould all are trying to push this through and I have made it clear to the NH Government I DO NOT SUPPORT THIS BILL IN NH!!
Also I am sick to death of hearing about Genealogy proof! (Why? Because Nancy Millette-Doucet doesn't have ANY Native connection to ANY Native Ancestry at all! IF she does, then she ought to show and provide that DNA test result of her Bone and Blood, along with the identity of that Indian Ancestor directly into the PUBLIC!)

Genealogy can not prove or disprove anything alone (Genealogy can prove Native Connection, ties to Native Community as well as support Oral and Socially historical records of a person and or family)

and anyone who is a true genealogist knows that for a fact. (No, what Nancy Doucet assumes is FACT is a self induced delusion on the part of herself, DNA Testing Results can not prove or disprove anything, itself alone, and anyone who is aware of DNA Testing knows that for a fact. DNA Testing is a "tool" that "alone" means nothing, but in conjuction with genealogical documentation, one and the other can support each other. This is a FACT. Yet, even if one has an identified Haplogroup that indicates Native Ancestry, that may not be the reality. Haplogroups identified in Native American populations are also idenitified in strictly Asiatic and European populations as well, though in less frequency.)

Most Indian Nations and TRUE Indian People support the United Nations Declaration of Indigenous Peoples Rights. (Most Native American Indian Communities and People support the FACT that GENEALOGY PROOF needs to be shown and provided BEFORE Offical State or Federal Recognition is granted to anyone too!)

Maybe people should take stock in that if they truly support Real Indian Issues!
(Supporting Native Issues is quite a different ball of wax, than claiming one is "Abenaki" when one has not documentarily and genealogical proven that connection to Abenaki ancestry and to a known documented historical Abenaki community).

Nancy Millette Doucet

Obviously, this is just another one of Nancy Millette - Doucet's Rants and Raves simply because she is NOT Abenaki, let alone Indian - Nor is she from a legitimate historical Abenaki Community.

"My Band and I...."

More Bullsh** More Lies, More Distortions, More Deceit....

Eric Scott Floyd emailed me something awhile back, hmmmmm....

let me see here...I know I have it in here somewhere....

I wrote this email to Diane Snelling on 03/04/09 (March 04, 2009):

I wrote this email to Diane Snelling retrosepctively on 03/04/09 (March 04, 2009):
These alleged groups genealogical evidence does NOT support that their ancestry is even Abenaki from and of Vermont or New Hampshire. More likely they are "assuming" they are Abenaki descendants! April St. Francis-Merrill continues to SAY she and her groups are of Abenaki ancestry. Yet, the B.I.A. concluded otherwise based on what that "group" submitted to the B.I.A.
YET, she SHOWS NO EVIDENCE to support these continued claims. I guess these "groups" assumed that IF they say it long enough, scream the loudest, and jump up and down continuously through the years, people in Vermont and New Hampshire will finally "give in" and give these "groups" what they want, which is direct instantaneous State Recognition WITHOUT any genealogical or historical review. The same goes for these other groups led by or formerly led by Nancy Lee Millette, Luke Willard, Ralph Skinner Swett, Brian Chenevert, Paul Wilson Pouliot, Charles Francis True Jr. and his wife Rhonda Besaw-True, Howard Franklin Knight Jr., very likely a lot more "Chief's" and their "follower - Card Holder's" and numerous others as well.
Several of these "groups" of alleged Abenaki descendants, if one follows their groups foundations, leads right back to this man Howard F. Knight Jr. whose ancestry is dubious, doubtful and his stories about this and that are without merit, without foundation, and based on lies and distortions, created in his own mind over the
years. Even in court this man has lied, and perjured himself in front of the Orleans County Judge!! Clan of the Hawk was also from Howard F. Knight's creation, right along with Paul Wilson Pouliot’s group from Franklin, Massachusetts.
I do think that these "groups" leader’s (including each and every one of their so called "tribal" members as well) genealogical backgrounds and evidence ought to be looked at with a fine toothed comb by the State of Vermont and or N.H., BEFORE ever giving them anything, if they refuse to show and provide their genealogically documented connections to the Abenaki in conjunction with their oral histories, their social histories, and their historical histories.
John Moody is NOT an authority on the Abenaki. Just read the BIA findings! That ought to speak volumes about April St. Francis -Merrill, John Moody, and Frederick Wiseman!! Out of all the people, these multiple families that were listed and evaluated in the BIA Report from Swanton, Vermont and area....NOT one of those families, aside from the O’bomsawin's from Odanak that had relocated to Thompson's Point Vermont out of Burlington had any evidence of which even remotely showed or even indicated that they were of Abenaki descent.
So is the State of Vermont and this so called Vermont Commission on Native American Affairs going to simply confer grant and bequeath Abenaki status to those that merely claim that they are Abenaki, creating “Instant shake & bake Abenaki Indians? Or is there going to be some sort of standard review and EVIDENCE going to be evaluated, reviewed and confirmed, that is at least convincing genealogically speaking, to even INDICATE that these members of these groups and their so called leader's of Abenaki descent?
SO far all I see with all these groups of alleged Abenaki is that they are playing at being Abenaki and when confronted with their manipulations and deceitful ways, they claim that to question them or their claims and genealogies, is racist, and that they deserve
their due. How dare anyone question them! How dare someone doubt them! Well, again it begins with what can be shown convincingly that these people are Abenaki. So far they refuse to show a damn thing. All we hear is this b.s. coming from their mouths, that doesn't match up with their genealogical past ancestors. Even Fred Wiseman's ancestors don't come from Vermont, but rather from Nova Scotia!! I just don't know, but I don't trust any of these groups can produce any evidence that they as a whole or in major portion of their membership is even Abenaki. That is my thoughts on the matter.
The minute genealogical evidence is put on the table as a requirement before gaining State Recognition, they (all of these Inc.'d alleged and re-invented Abenaki "groups") all complain and whine about it, wanting that requirement off the table. But ANY truthful Native community would most certainly demand that genealogy is the first requirement and the last, to have the genealogical requirement first, BEFORE Recognition is granted. Not afterwards, not as an afterthought.
And even if the Vermont Commission on Native American Affairs would so much like to be vested with the ability to recognize Tribes and Bands in the State of Vermont, the reality is that this Commission is "stacked" with a bias towards these alleged Abenaki from Swanton led by April St. Francis-Merrill, so she has accused the Commission of being. So what does happen. They "stack the deck" with their own. Charles "Megeso" Delaney comes straight from April Merrill's "group and through Conney Brow and David Gilman's group calling itself the "Traditional Abenaki Band of the Mizipskwik".  It would be like April St. Francis-Merrill recognizing herself through this Commission to a lot of people's thinking today. It would be the Fox guarding the Hen House! The VCNAA desperately needs to be transparent, needs their meetings and discussions recorded, and desperately needs transparency. This Commission needs to represent ALL NATIVE PEOPLE within Vermont. Not just the select few groups in Vermont vying for State Recognition. The People on this VCNAA NEED to be definitvely Native American, documented genealogically and from a Historical Native Indian Community.
When one gets right down to the bottom of the so-called Abenaki in Vermont, its about money, its about Grants, its about status, ego, power and control. Who can say they are "real" Abenaki, and therefore say who is not really Abenaki and create "that standard"?
In truth, today these groups and most of their memberships think about being Abenaki in this way: How can I get paid to "be Abenaki". To speak Abenaki, they got to be paid, to do Abenaki arts; they got to be paid, to do ANYTHING Abenaki they got to be paid. That’s what is being shown in truth by these groups and their people. It's NOT about simply speaking the language or simply "being Abenaki" and having that relationship with each other and with this land we call Vermont today.
In retrospect historically speaking, one did not see a single Abenaki descendant within the State of Vermont jumping up and down in from of the State House in Montpelier, Vermont when the Mohawk man John McComber a.k.a. "Poking Fire" of the Bear Clan came down from Kahnewake laying claim repeatedly to Vermont land, and demanding real estate and or monetary compensation for it. So where was the St. Francis Family then, or any of these other families such as the Knights, Swett's, Pouliot's, Millette's, Willard's, Woodward's, and so on, etc? It does make one wonder. Certainly the Abenaki ancestors had to have a vested interested in maintaining their relationship to this land, even more so than today's descendants?!
So, it is with regret after near 15 years of interacting with and around these alleged groups, that I must inform you all, that Homer St. Francis (April's deceased father) merely gave out these so called Abenaki "Tribal Cards" to ANYONE who said they
were Abenaki, including myself. All I had at the time of early Spring 1994, was oral history and nothing to support my claims of being Abenaki from and of Vermont. Today that is a different story. How many others assume they are Abenaki, and subsequently got one of these group's "Cards" and now demands "State of Vermont Recognition"?
Do we want to be involved in this Recognition of groups that are mysterious in their memberships, in the merits of their claims of being Abenaki because they refuse to provide the clear and convincing evidence of their ancestors being Abenaki from and of Vermont? Thank you for your time and consideration in this matter.
If you have any questions of me or what or why I have stated what I have herein, please do not hesitate to communicate with me at your convenience.
And what about all the Odanak Abenaki people who live within the State of Vermont and New Hampshire? Just because they are off-Reservation, and living in the USA doesn't mean they get any benefits from that Native Community while living here in the States from their membership at Odanak, Quebec. Are they not as much if not equally (even more so) Vermont Abenaki as any other, such as Jeanne Brink and Timothy Richard de la Bruere and many other Abenaki living within Vermont for many years/generations?
These are my thoughts and conclusions and mine alone. Thank you for reading this letter and hopefully putting more consideration into this Abenaki Recognition business. I demand that clear and convincing evidence be put forth by these groups of alleged Abenaki BEFORE the State of VT or NH grant or bequeath any official State Recognition to any specific group's or person's, whether Legislatively or through the Vermont Commission on Native American Affairs, now or in the Recognition or empowerment to these groups, without proper genealogical review, such what is being asked for in H.124, S.222 in Vermont - or HB1610 here in New Hampshire. What is being requested of the VT and or NH Legislature's by these alleged and re-invented Abenaki groups through these afore mentioned crafted Bills, is to me and my family, an absurdity ... beyond measurement. Genealogy, oral histories, social and historical history evidence must be first shown and provided, before any recognition to anyone, to any specific or particular group, no matter how much they protest to the
contrary.

Sincerely and kindly,

Douglas Lloyd Buchholz
P.O. Box 83
Lancaster, New Hampshire 03584
(603)788-2718
douglaslloydbuchholz@yahoo.com
douglaslloyd@myfairpoint.net

Paul Wilson Pouliot Emails to Lynn Menard-Mathieson and Douglas Lloyd Buchholz ~ including some from Nancy Millette to Eric Floyd to Paul Pouliot and then from Denise Pouliot to Douglas Buchholz:

Do They Honestly Assume I Am Not Going To Show And Provide ALL Documents On This Blog?!

Of Course I Am.