Indigenous Chief Wants Ben & Jerry’s to Return ‘Stolen’ Land on Which Its HQ Sits

Ben & Jerry's, a brand of Unilever, is seen on display in a store in New York on March 24, 2022. Andrew Kelly/Reuters

A tribal chief with links to the Native American nation that originally inhabited the land in Vermont where Ben & Jerry’s is headquartered said he’s interested in getting the land back after the ice cream company called for the return of “stolen” lands.

Don Stevens, chief of the Nulhegan Band of The Coosuk Abenaki Nation, which is descended from the nation that once controlled parts of modern-day Vermont, told Newsweek in a recent interview that the nation has always been “interested in reclaiming the stewardship of our lands.”