Ben & Jerry's Backed Committing to Returning Stolen Indigenous Land to Its Rightful Owners and Its HQ Was Built on Abenaki Indian Territory
| Claim: | Ben & Jerry's Backed Committing to Returning Stolen Indigenous Land to Its Rightful Owners and Its HQ Was Built on Abenaki Indian Territory |
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| Finding: | On July 4, 2023, the official twitter account for Ben & Jerry's (@benandjerrys), posted a tweet regarding how the US exists on stolen indigenous land,... |
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1Ben & Jerry's backed committing to return stolen Indigenous land to its rightful owners
Verdict: True.
On July 4, 2023, the official twitter account for Ben & Jerry’s (@benandjerrys), posted a tweet regarding how the US exists on stolen indigenous land, and that we as a country should commit to returning it (complete tweet below).
In plain language:
Yes. On July 4, 2023, Ben & Jerry’s said the country should commit to returning stolen Indigenous land to its rightful owners.
2Ben & Jerry's headquarters was built on Abenaki Indian territory
Verdict: True.
Ben & Jerry’s Headquarters is in Vermont, and is located in a business park in southern Burlington, a city on the eastern bank of Lake Champlain.
The exact address is:
1281 Waterbury-Stowe Road
Waterbury, VT 05676
A map provided by Native Land Digital (a Canadian non-profit which documents historic territorial claims of Native American tribes), shows the area which they claim historically belongs to the Abenaki.
This location of the Ben & Jerry’s Headquarters combined with the information on the provided map, place their headquarters on Abenaki land (indicated by the blue area).
It is important to note that Ben & Jerry’s Headquarters is not on any modern day tribal lands, and that the Abenaki land is not federally recognized.
List of Federally Recognized Tribes
In plain language:
Yes. Ben & Jerry’s headquarters in Waterbury, Vermont, sits on land a Native Land Digital map marks as historic Abenaki territory. It is not on modern federally recognized tribal land.
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