Editing Abenaki (section)

====New Hampshire and minority recognition====
[[File:Keewakwa Abenaki Keenahbeh Oblique 20160911.jpg|thumb|A {{cvt|36|ft}} statue of ''Keewakwa Abenaki Keenahbeh'' in Opechee Park in [[Laconia, New Hampshire]]]]

New Hampshire does not recognize any Abenaki tribes.<ref name="State-Recognized Tribes"/> It has no federally recognized tribes or state-recognized tribes; however, it established the New Hampshire Commission on Native American Affairs in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |title=Commission on Native American Affairs |url=https://www.dncr.nh.gov/commission-native-american-affairs
|website=New Hampshire Department of Natural & Cultural Resources |access-date=March 20, 2022}}</ref> The various [[Cowasuck]], Abenaki and other Native and heritage groups are represented to the commission.

In 2021, a bill was introduced to the New Hampshire legislature to allow New Hampshire communities to rename locations in the Abenaki language.<ref name="lac">{{cite news |last1=Ramer |first1=Holly |title=Bill promotes Native American history through NH place names| url=https://apnews.com/article/new-hampshire-native-americans-language-concord-87c9e43b7247f677b38077fa13a4c2fe |work=Associated Press |issue=161 |date=January 21, 2021}}</ref> This bill did not pass.<ref>{{cite web |title=New Hampshire Senate Bill 33 (Prior Session Legislation) |url=https://legiscan.com/NH/votes/SB33/2021 |website=LegiScan |access-date=March 20, 2022}}</ref>