I'm I'm University campus was a person who claimed to be from the Oglala Sioux tribe.

And still to this day actually claims to be from the Oglalasu tribe.

But I was a minor and I was a child and I remember this person asking us very intimate

questions about our experiences as indigenous youth who went through the public school system

or who had went through the reservation school system.

And so I want to think about this in a broad kind of holistic context and not to just say

that this is a problem at the university level, but it's also a problem that is affecting

our children as well because a lot of these people are in different institutions

at various sort of educational levels.

So without further ado, I want to introduce our esteemed panelists.

These panelists are very well prepared.

They're all doing individual presentations, so there'll be minimal sort of Q&A from me in response.

So I'm just going to introduce them in the order that they are speaking, and I'll introduce

the talk, the title of their talk that they will be giving.

So the first is Daniel G. Nolet, who's executive director of Odenak Abanaki Tribal Council.

His presentation is titled Overview of Abanaki History and Families.

The second is Jacques Watso, elected counselor Odinaki,

or Odinak Abanaki Tribal Council.

His talk is Origins of Vermont, quote,

Abanaki tribes, and quote, and state recognition.

The third is Tim Dula Bure, my friend to my French, who is a Vermont resident and

Odinac Abanaki citizen.

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