A tribal chief with links to the Native American nation that originally inhabited the land in Vermont where Ben & Jerry’s is headquartered said he’s interested in getting the land back after the ice cream company called for the return of “stolen” lands.
Don Stevens, chief of the Nulhegan Band of The Coosuk Abenaki Nation, which is descended from the nation that once controlled parts of modern-day Vermont, told Newsweek in a recent interview that the nation has always been “interested in reclaiming the stewardship of our lands.”
Ben & Jerry’s has not yet approached the nation, per the report, even though the ice cream company said in a statement ahead of Independence Day that the United States was founded on land stolen from Indigenous peoples and that called for a commitment to giving it back….