Dispute over Abenaki identity in Vermont grows more entrenched

Darryl Leroux, associate professor at the University of Ottawa, left, and Gordon Henry, professor emeritus at Michigan State University, speak to a crowd during a panel at the University of Vermont on Thursday, April 25. Photo by Natalie Williams/VTDiggerBURLINGTON — For the third time in as many years, a crowd filed into a conference room at the University of Vermont last Thursday evening for a panel about Indigenous belonging. The focus, once again, was on Vermont’s four state-rec