[3] This organization should not be confused with the Ko'asek (Co'wasuck) Traditional Band of the Sovereign Abenaki Nation, an unrecognized tribe based in New Hampshire, or the many other groups who use the term Cowasuck.
"[2] Another version of the word, Cowasuck, was applied to a brook that was a tributary to the Sudbury River in Massachusetts.
[6] St. Mary's University associate professor Darryl Leroux's genealogical and historical research found that the members of this and the other three state-recognized tribes in Vermont were composed primarily of "French descendants who have used long-ago ancestry in New France to shift into an 'Abenaki' identity.
"[5] In 2002, the State of Vermont reported that the Abenaki people had migrated north to Quebec by the end of the 18th century.
[7] They participate in Abenaki Heritage Weekend, held at the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum in Vergennes, Vermont.