 In 2006, the state of [[Vermont]] officially recognized the Abenaki as a people, but not a tribe.The state noted that many Abenaki had been assimilated, only small remnants remained on reservations during and after the [[French and Indian War]], and later [[eugenics]] projects further decimated the Abenaki people of America through forced [[sterilization (medicine)|sterilization]] and questionable "[[miscarriage]]s" at birth.As noted above, facing annihilation, many Abenaki had begun emigrating to Canada, then under French control, around 1669.