Compounding the displacement of the Abenaki from their land, the state of Vermont aimed to further reduce Abenaki presence in the early 20th century through eugenics policies such as forced sterilization. The glyphs of four birds called thunderbirds and dog or wolf were pecked into a vertical rock panel located at the junction of the West River and the Connecticut River. Published in Hidden Stories/Human Lives: Proceedings of the Textile Society of America 17th Biennial Symposium, The Abenaki Council of Odanak issued resolutions first in 2003, again in 2019, indicating it did not recognize groups representing themselves as Abenaki in Vermont.
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