Check out these articles on indigenous in Vermont!
"Chief Homer St. Francis of the Missiquoi/Sokoki band (the current chief’s father) led a long, hard fight for recognition after the Abenaki had spent many years underground, hiding their identity to escape ethnic persecution and a state-sponsored sterilization program in the 1920s. Ironically, the fact that they successfully preserved their history, culture, and identity in secret was used against them when the time came to stand up for recognition." https://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/vermont-finally-recognizes-abenaki?fbclid=IwAR0LCcCpdbAI-4_baRa5joG0gvoCjXzPhHdfAaeX8GFDsDWMPikkdL1-aOY#:~:text=After%20more%20than%2030%20years,into%20law%20on%20May%203rd.&text=It%20also%20establishes%20a%20new,Commission%20on%20Native%20American%20Affairs
"Abenaki, also spelled Abnaki or Wabanaki, Algonquian-speaking North American Indian tribe that united with other tribes in the 17th century to furnish mutual protection against the Iroquois Confederacy. The name refers to their location “toward the dawn.” In its earliest known form, the Abenaki Confederacy consisted of tribes or bands living east and northeast of present-day New York state, including Abenaki, Passamaquoddy and Penobscot in present-day Maine, Malecite and Mi’kmaq (Micmac) in present-day Maritime Provinces, and Cowasuck, Sokoki, and others in present-day Vermont and New Hampshire. Later the confederacy included some tribes as far south as present-day Delaware." https://www.britannica.com/topic/Abenaki
A shocking discovery on "What Is The Status Of The Abenaki Native Americans In Vermont Today?" says there is a grave stone which claims that one man was the first person born in Vermont. This rudely claims that no one living here before him, no indigenous person, IS just that, a person. Hugely shocking.
(Brave Little State: Vermont Public Radio ) https://www.vpr.org/post/what-status-abenaki-native-americans-vermont-today#stream/0