The sort of outdoor lesson provided by the Falmouth Land Trust on Indigenous Peoples’ Day remains rare, but Wabanaki and conservation leaders hope that will change.
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Maine plans to transfer parcel of land back to Passamaquoddy tribe
The land is a 3.2-acre waterfront parcel in the Washington County town of Meddybemps.
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Passamaquoddy tribe reacquires island stolen more than 150 years ago
Pine Island, also known as White’s Island, was illegally taken from the tribe in the mid-19th century. Conservation groups helped get it back.
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Bills on tribal sovereignty issue likely delayed until next year
Leaders of tribal nations in Maine say the state has failed to recognize their sovereignty and want an overhaul of the landmark 1980 agreement with the state.
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Donna Loring, retired tribal affairs adviser to Gov. Mills, says a sovereignty deal can be reached
The Penobscot elder, politician and writer is encouraged by symbolically important progress, but she says the heavy lifting lies ahead.
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Native Mainers plan to reflect, educate on Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Maine is one of 14 states and the District of Columbia that now observe Native American or Indigenous Peoples’ Day instead of, or in addition to, Columbus Day.
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Mills, tribes take step toward ending years-long dispute over sustenance fishing
A bill would create a ‘sustenance fishing’ designation aimed at reducing pollution levels on waterways that are important to Maine’s 4 tribes.
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Mills appoints senior adviser for tribal affairs as state tries to improve relations
Donna Loring, a former police chief and Penobscot Nation representative to the Legislature, will serve as a liaison between the Mills administration and tribal governments.
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‘New era’ looms for Maine and its tribes
The governor kindles hope, but tensions linger over the role she played as attorney general in regard to sovereignty issues.
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Passamaquoddy Tribe says it will stick with hemp, not grow marijuana
AUGUSTA — A Maine tribe has ruled out growing medical marijuana for now and will stick to pursuing growing hemp. The Passamaquoddy Tribe says it had cut off all contact on the marijuana idea last fall with Monarch America, a Littleton, Colorado-based company that said it was close to building a Maine cultivation facility with […]