QUICK TAKEMaine legislators will vote as early as this Thursday to override Gov. Janet Mills’ veto of LD 2004, An Act to Restore Access to Federal Laws Beneficial to the Wabanaki Nations. Your legislators need to hear from you! Call them now and ask them to vote...
JUNE 30, 2023AUGUSTA, ME – Today Governor Mills vetoed LD 2004, An Act to Restore Access to Federal Laws Beneficial to the Wabanaki Nations. LD 2004 was based on one consensus recommendation of 22 from the 2019 bipartisan Task Force on Changes to the Maine Indian...
QUICK TAKELD 2004, An Act to Restore Access to Federal Laws Beneficial to the Wabanaki Nations, is on Gov. Janet Mills’ desk! She hasn’t signed it yet, even though there was overwhelming support from Democrats, Republicans and Independents in the Maine Senate...
AUGUSTA, ME – The Maine Senate and House passed LD 2004, An Act to Restore Access to Federal Laws Beneficial to the Wabanaki Nations. LD 2004, which passed with supermajorities in both chambers, was based on one consensus recommendation of 22 from the 2019 bipartisan...
Sage Phillips, a Penobscot Nation citizen and graduate student at the University of Connecticut, has joined the Wabanaki Alliance staff as a 2023 Summer Fellow. Phillips is originally from Old Town, Maine, where she grew up close to her community and elders. As a 2021...
AUGUSTA, ME – The Maine Legislature’s Judiciary Committee held a public hearing on LD 2004, An Act to Restore Access to Federal Laws Beneficial to the Wabanaki Nations, today. LD 2004 will enable the Wabanaki Nations in Maine to have the same access to most...
On March 16, 2023, a joint session of the Maine Legislature convened for a historic State of the Tribes Address. On the same day, nearly 200 Mainers came to the State House for the Wabanaki Alliance Lobby Day. The media gallery below chronicles the State of the Tribes...
The State of the Tribes address to the joint session of the Maine Legislature opened with the “Welcome Song,” sung by Passamaquoddy citizen Lauren Stevens. Click here to watch a video of the full address. In a momentous address to the Legislature, five...
