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Mazipskoik (Missisquoi) Native Village and Jesuit Mission

Mazipskoik (Missisquoi) Native Village and Jesuit Mission is a Vermont historical marker in Swanton, Franklin County.

Route 7 at Monument Road, Swanton

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The Abenaki village of Mazipskoik (transliterated as Missisquoi) was a focal point of the northern Lake Champlain region from the ancient past through the late 1700s. French settlers began living among the Abenaki in the 1740s and a Jesuit mission was briefly established in the village. Colonial warfare and land claims resulted in the Abenaki losing much of their land by 1798, but the Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi survived. Many Abenaki live proudly in the area to this day. French translation on other side Le village abénakis de Mazipskoik (dont Missisquoi est la translitérration) a été un lieu central de la région nord du lac Champlain depuis des temps anciens jusqu’à la fin des années 1700. Les colons français commencent à vivre parmi les Abénakis dans les années 1740 et une mission jésuite est brièvement établie dans le village. Les guerres coloniales et les revendications territoriales font perdre aux Abénakis une grande partie de leurs terres en 1798, mais la nation abénakise de Missisquoi survit. Aujourd’hui encore, on compte de nombreux Abénakis fiers de vivre dans la région.

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Vermont (Carey, 1823), 1823, covering the location of Mazipskoik (Missisquoi) Native Village and Jesuit Mission, with a pin at the marker's coordinates
Vermont (Carey, 1823), 1823, covering this location. Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.
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Marker data: Vermont Division for Historic Preservation

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