Tribal Chief Responds To Ben & Jerry’s Call For U.S. To Return ‘Stolen Land’: You First

Tribal Chief Responds To Ben & Jerry’s Call For U.S. To Return ‘Stolen Land’: You First

Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream tweeted out one of their typically boneheaded left-wing messages on Independence Day, calling for the United States to return ‘stolen’ land to indigenous peoples.

The Hill reported:

Ben & Jerry’s calls for return of ‘stolen indigenous land’ in July Fourth message

Ben & Jerry’s called for the return of “stolen indigenous land” in its Fourth of July message, pointing to Mount Rushmore as the place to start.

The ice cream company said in a post on its website that the parades, barbecues and fireworks are displays typical of the holiday can “distract” from the “essential truth” of the birth of the United States — that it was founded by taking land from Indigenous populations.

“This 4th of July, it’s high time we recognize that the US exists on stolen Indigenous land and commit to returning it,” the company tweeted.

This 4th of July, it's high time we recognize that the US exists on stolen Indigenous land and commit to returning it. Learn more and take action now: https://t.co/45smaBmORH pic.twitter.com/a6qp7LXUAE

— Ben & Jerry's (@benandjerrys) July 4, 2023

Unfortunately for them, one native leader wants to take them up on this idea, starting with their property in Vermont.

Newsweek reports:

Indigenous Chief Wants To Take Back Ben & Jerry’s HQ Built on ‘Stolen’ Land

An Indigenous tribe descended from the Native American nation that originally controlled the land in Vermont the Ben & Jerry’s headquarters is located on would be interested in taking it back, its chief has said, after the company publicly called for “stolen” lands to be returned.

Don Stevens, chief of the Nulhegan Band of The Coosuk Abenaki Nation—one of four descended from the Abenaki that are recognized in Vermont—told Newsweek it was “always interested in reclaiming the stewardship of our lands,” but that the company had yet to approach them.

It comes after the ice cream company was questioned as to when it would give up its Burlington, Vermont, headquarters—which sits on a vast swathe of U.S. territory that was under the auspices of the Abenaki people before colonization.

It added that the “land back” movement was about “ensuring that Indigenous people can again govern the land their communities called home for thousands of years,” but focussed much of its statement on the taking of land from the Lakota in South Dakota…

Maps show that the Abenaki—a confederacy of several tribes who united against encroachment from a rival tribal confederacy—controlled an area that stretched from the northern border of Massachusetts in the south to New Brunswick, Canada, in the north, and from the St. Lawrence River in the west to the East Coast.

Their stupid tweet is already starting to affect their bottom line.

The Boston Herald reports:

Ben & Jerry’s stock melts down

It’s Bud Light 2.0. Or more precisely, $2.5 billion.

That’s the drop from its market capitalization before the cookies and cream hit the fan on July 4 after the Vermont-based Ben & Jerry’s slammed the U.S. over “stolen Indigenous land.” A call to boycott the pint-sized ice cream behemoth quickly followed.

The stock in Unilever PLC, the Dutch owner of Ben & Jerry’s, slipped to $51.31 a share, at market close Thursday.

This is not the first time that Ben & Jerry have been enveloped in this type of controversy. Like many leftists, the ice cream makers are notoriously anti-Israel.

Last year, they were trolled by thousands of Israeli students who suggested that Ben & Jerry should return their land to the Abenaki people:

“We have concluded that your company’s occupation of the Abenaki lands is illegal and we believe it is wholly inconsistent with the stated values that Ben & Jerry’s purports to maintain. Ironically, in July of the last year you announced that you would discontinue the sale of your products in Israel because you object to the Jewish State allegedly occupying Palestinian territories,” the letter to B&J’s chairperson, Anuradha Mittal said…

“Ben and Jerry’s has never even offered to provide compensation to this indigenous nation in Vermont,” the letter from the students’ group, which is a counterpoint to Students for Justice in Palestine, which promotes the BDS movement against Israel, said.

“Justice, morality and boycotts are not just slogans and antisemitic weapons for your food company to point at the Jewish community in Israel. Justice and morality must begin at home.”

Ben & Jerry refuse to do business with Israel. Why don’t they refuse to do business with the United States? Could it be because they really like all those American dollars that roll in from ice cream sales? Or used to, anyway.

They want America to give back stolen lands? Let them lead by example.

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— zerohedge (@zerohedge) July 7, 2023

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