Abenaki Place Names To Be Added at Parks
In The [Randolph] Herald, by Dylan Kelley
Published Oct. 29, 2020
According to a bill passed earlier this month signed into law by Gov. Phil Scott, all of Vermont’s state parks will soon be bearing alternate place names in the language of Vermont’s original inhabitants— the Abenaki.
The recently signed Act 174 requires the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation (FPR) to list the Abenaki place name on any relevant signs for sites within Vermont’s state parks.
Richard Menard, who serves as chief of the Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi, said the addition of Abenaki place names to park signage is long overdue.