Indigenous chief wants to take back Ben & Jerry's HQ built on "stolen" land
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Ben & Jerry's headquarters is in the western part of the historic territory of the Abenaki tribal confederacy but doesn't sit in any current tribal lands.
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Ben & Jerry’s headquarters is located on land originally controlled by a Native American tribe in Vermont, and the chief of this tribe expressed interest in reclaiming […]
Ben & Jerry's headquarters is in the western part of the historic territory of the Abenaki tribal confederacy but doesn't sit in any current tribal lands.
Chief Don Stevens said that if the ice cream maker is “sincere,” it should reach out to him as the company’s corporate headquarters is situated on Western Abanaki land.
"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."
