Location: Whitefield, NH Origins: Status: Active Registration: Cost: History: # of Members: Connections: Contact: https://koasek-abenaki.com/index.htm Supporting Docs Organization is listed on New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources website with contact information. Court Cases
Location: Weare, NH Origins: Status: Active Registration: Clear that any “blood” relation = membership. “A verifiable genealogical line to a recognized native ancestor must be submitted with the application.” The “Tribe’s” focus on long-ago ancestry is clear in the genealogical resources it provides on its website, mostly related to French-Canadian ancestry/genealogy and the advice on deciphering Jesuit orthography from 17th century. Their “chief” and lead genealogist equivocates between “Métis” and “Abenaki” identity. Cost: History: # of Members: Connections: Contact:…
Location: Sanbornton, NH Origins: Status: Active Registration: Cost: History: Organized annual pow-wow # of Members: Connections: Associated with Koasek (Cowasuck) Traditional Band of the Sovereign Abenaki Nation above. Contact: Supporting Docs Court Cases
Location: Alton, NH Origins: 2002 Status: Active Registration: Virtually all of its members – including long-time “Chief” – have become “Abenaki” on the strength of a 17th c. Indigenous woman, including women who are not recognized as Abenaki. The basis for their claims are French-Canadian immigrants to Vermont and New Hampshire between 1830 and 1890. Cost: History: Created by Paul Pouliot # of Members: Connections: Contact: http://www.cowasuck.org/council.cfm Supporting Docs Court Cases
Location: Weare, NH Origins: Status: Active Registration: Clear that any “blood” relation = membership. “A verifiable genealogical line to a recognized native ancestor must be submitted with the application.” The “Tribe’s” focus on long-ago ancestry is clear in the genealogical resources it provides on its website, mostly related to French-Canadian ancestry/genealogy and the advice on deciphering Jesuit orthography from 17th century. Their “chief” and lead genealogist equivocates between “Métis” and “Abenaki” identity Cost: History: # of Members: Connections: Contact:…
Location: Based in Washington, NH. Origins: Status: Inactive Registration: Cost: History: Existed in 2004, headed by Ken Nadreau Last post in website in 2005. # of Members: Connections: Member organizations included Casco Bay Métis (Falmouth, ME), Pioneer Valley Métis Association (Springfield, MA), Ponemah Metis Council of Connecticut, and Southern New Hampshire Métis Council (Washington, NH). Contact: http://hometown.aol.com:80/metisnweng/ Supporting Docs Court Cases