Background: split into career and bg, add information from cite about report← Previous revisionRevision as of 21:47, 12 October 2026 Line 29: Line 29: ==Background== ==Background== Sherry Gould is a member of the [[Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk Abenaki Nation]].{{Cite news |last=Barnett |first=Julia |date=22 May 2023 |title=Review of genealogies, other records fails to support local leaders' claims of Abenaki ancestry |url=https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2023-05-22/review-of-genealogies-other-records-fails-to-support-local-leaders-claims-of-abenaki-ancestry |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260515172013/https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2023-05-22/review-of-genealogies-other-records-fails-to-support-local-leaders-claims-of-abenaki-ancestry |archive-date=15 May 2026 |access-date=23 September 2026 |website=New Hampshire Public Radio |location=Manchester, NH |language=English}}{{Cite news |last=Barnett |first=Julia |date=20 March 2025 |title=House bill sparks controversy over Abenaki identity and NH Native American Commission |url=https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025-03-20/house-bill-sparks-controversy-over-abenaki-identity-and-nh-native-american-commission |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260910104516/https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025-03-20/house-bill-sparks-controversy-over-abenaki-identity-and-nh-native-american-commission |archive-date=10 September 2026 |access-date=23 September 2026 |website=New Hampshire Public Radio |location=Manchester, NH |language=English}} Gould said she concluded her mother's family was [[Abenaki]] after finding newspapers discussing them living a "''gypsy''"{{sic}} lifestyle during the 1800s-1900s. She successfully petitioned New Hampshire to change her mother's birth certificate from "white" to "Native American". Sherry Gould is a member of the [[Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk Abenaki Nation]].{{Cite news |last=Barnett |first=Julia |date=22 May 2023 |title=Review of genealogies, other records fails to support local leaders' claims of Abenaki ancestry |url=https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2023-05-22/review-of-genealogies-other-records-fails-to-support-local-leaders-claims-of-abenaki-ancestry |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260515172013/https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2023-05-22/review-of-genealogies-other-records-fails-to-support-local-leaders-claims-of-abenaki-ancestry |archive-date=15 May 2026 |access-date=23 September 2026 |website=New Hampshire Public Radio |location=Manchester, NH |language=English}}{{Cite news |last=Barnett |first=Julia |date=20 March 2025 |title=House bill sparks controversy over Abenaki identity and NH Native American Commission |url=https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025-03-20/house-bill-sparks-controversy-over-abenaki-identity-and-nh-native-american-commission |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260910104516/https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025-03-20/house-bill-sparks-controversy-over-abenaki-identity-and-nh-native-american-commission |archive-date=10 September 2026 |access-date=23 September 2026 |website=New Hampshire Public Radio |location=Manchester, NH |language=English}} Gould said she concluded her mother's family was [[Abenaki]] after finding newspapers discussing them living a "''gypsy''"{{sic}} lifestyle during the 1800s-1900s. She successfully petitioned New Hampshire to change her mother's birth certificate from "white" to "Native American". ⚫ She was formerly the chair of the New Hampshire Commission on Native American Affairs.{{Cite news |last=Staff |date=9 March 2023 |title=Series Shares Indigenous, Scientific Views of American Abenaki Heritage - The White River Valley Herald |url=https://www.ourherald.com/articles/series-shares-indigenous-scientific-views-of-american-abenaki-heritage/ |access-date=11 October 2026 |website=The White River Valley Herald}} Separate genealogical studies by genealogist Dominique Ritchot, former [[Vermont Abenaki]] Douglas Buchholz, [[NHPR]], and [[Vermont Public]] conclude she has no connection to the Abenaki. Separate genealogical studies by genealogist Dominique Ritchot, former [[Vermont Abenaki]] Douglas Buchholz, [[NHPR]], and [[Vermont Public]] conclude she has no connection to the Abenaki. ==Political career== ⚫ Gould was formerly the chair of the New Hampshire Commission on Native American Affairs.{{Cite news |last=Staff |date=9 March 2023 |title=Series Shares Indigenous, Scientific Views of American Abenaki Heritage - The White River Valley Herald |url=https://www.ourherald.com/articles/series-shares-indigenous-scientific-views-of-american-abenaki-heritage/ |access-date=11 October 2026 |website=The White River Valley Herald}} She contributed to a report recommending [[physician assistants]] have the requirement of supervision by [[physicians]] removed. It also recommended the modernization of their practice laws, which the report said which improve patient care.{{Cite web |last=Brierly |first=Aimee |date=5 November 2024 |title=Bipartisan, bicameral study committee report speaks to the need to remove supervision requirements for PAs |url=https://www.aapa.org/news-central/2024/11/bipartisan-bicameral-study-committee-report-speaks-to-the-need-to-remove-supervision-requirements-for-pas/ |access-date=12 September 2026 |website=AAPA |language=English}} == References == == References ==