Indigenous Peoples of Vermont

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The most prominent early Indian tribes in Vermont were the Abénaki and Mahican. The western Abénaki Indians were composed of subdivisions including Sokoki, Missisquoi, and Cowasuck. Most of the Indian tribes have disappeared from Vermont through warfare, disease, or migration.

Tribes and Bands of Vermont
The following list of American Indians who have lived in Vermont has been compiled from Hodge's Handbook of American Indians... and from Swanton's The Indian Tribes of North America. Some may simply be variant spellings for the same tribe.


 * Abenaki
 * Mahican
 * Missiassik
 * Pennacook
 * Pocomtuc

Tribes Recognized by the State of Vermont

Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk Abenaki Nation, and Elnu Abenaki Tribe (See Nulhegan Abenaki Tribe of northeast Vermont.)

History

For the history of American Indians in Vermont, see:


 * Calloway, Colin G. The Western Abenakis of Vermont, 1600–1800. The Civilization of the American Indian Series, v.197. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1990. {{FHL|564399|item|disp=FHL book 970.3 Ab71cc; film 1598340, item5} This contains a chronology of the tribe and a good bibliography of sources.
 * Haviland, William A. The Original Vermonters. Hanover, New Hampshire: Published for University of Vermont by University Press of New England, 1981.  This history includes information on the Abénaki and Mahican tribes in Vermont, an index, and a bibliography.

Repositories
Additional sources on specific tribes can be found in the Family History Library Catalog by using a Subject Search under the name of the tribe, for example:

ABÉNAKI INDIANS
Other sources can be found in the Family History Library Catalog by using a Locality Search under:

VERMONT- NATIVE RACES


 * Vermont Historical Society

See Also:
Vermont-Military Records for a list of forts

Vermont-History

Vermont Indian Tribes - AccessGenealogy

Ne-DoBa - Topics relating to the Abenaki (a sub-group of the Wabanaki People). Learn more.

You can also find articles about Vermont Indians in Proceedings of the Vermont Historical Society, later called Vermont History. These periodicals and the Periodical Source Index (PERSI), which could be used to find articles on Indians, are discussed in Vermont Periodicals.