Posted on 07/08/2023 10:18:52 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
An Indigenous tribe descended from the Native American nation that originally controlled the land in Vermont the Ben & Jerry's headquarters is located on would be interested in taking it back, its chief has said, after the company publicly called for "stolen" lands to be returned.
Don Stevens, chief of the Nulhegan Band of The Coosuk Abenaki Nation—one of four descended from the Abenaki that are recognized in Vermont—told Newsweek it was "always interested in reclaiming the stewardship of our lands," but that the company had yet to approach them.
It comes after the ice cream company was questioned as to when it would give up its Burlington, Vermont, headquarters—which sits on a vast swathe of U.S. territory that was under the auspices of the Abenaki people before colonization.
"The U.S. was founded on stolen Indigenous land," the company said in a statement ahead of Independence Day. "This year, let's commit to returning it."
It added that the "land back" movement was about "ensuring that Indigenous people can again govern the land their communities called home for thousands of years," but focussed much of its statement on the taking of land from the Lakota in South Dakota.
The acknowledgment of historic tribal lands is a contentious subject, pitting the claims of Native Americans, whose ancestors were subject to violent persecution and displacement, against the status quo of a modern nation with entrenched borders.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...
Maps show that the Abenaki—a confederacy of several tribes who united against encroachment from a rival tribal confederacy—controlled an area that stretched from the northern border of Massachusetts in the south to New Brunswick, Canada, in the north, and from the St. Lawrence River in the west to the East Coast.
This would put Ben & Jerry's headquarters, located in a business park in southern Burlington, within the western portion of this historic territory—though it does not sit in any modern-day tribal lands.
Throw in a Bernie Sanders mansion, too.
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The Chief is confused about who is liable to pay for historic wrongs.
Virtue signalling leftist / chosen ones are exempt.
Well hippies, put your money where your mouth is. Give those Indians back their stolen land your HQ is on. Fully as hell, some Indian calls their bluff.
Ben & Jerry’s should relocate their headquarters to Europe. And take Justin Trudeau with them while they’re at it.
It belongs to them....Let’s give it back!
Also, I think it would be fun to live in a place called “Cowasuck.”
“Where are you from?” would be my favorite question to answer.
Turn it into a casino resort,
with free ice cream for all.
Beds are burning!
What about the capital gains?
The B&J web site saying "Give Mt. Rushmore to the Indians" is still up!
The US Was Founded on Stolen Indigenous Land—This July 4, Let’s Commit to Returning It
I’d rather be from “Beefizgud”
Maybe every Indian can get a free ice cream cone>?
I was going to say “Put up or shut up f’in libtard losers,” but your formulation works too
And Gyorgy Schwartz, so he can be tried at The Hague!
Ben and Jerry speak with forked tongues.
The most they’ll be giving the Abenaki is a 50 cents off coupon for an $8 dollar pint of ice cream.
Let me guess Ben or Jerry have not commented on their own stolen land.
And I don’t think they will.
This is utter nonsense but it’s funny.
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