A new study finds that despite a 21-year-old law requiring all Maine K-12 schools to teach students about the Wabanaki Tribes school districts across the state, school districts have failed to include Wabanaki Studies consistently and appropriately in their curriculum...
Twenty-one years after the Maine Legislature passed a groundbreaking law requiring all schools to teach Maine K-12 students about Wabanaki territories, economic systems, cultural systems, governments and political systems, as well as the Wabanaki tribes’ relationships...
Passamaquoddy Tribes, Penobscot Nation Elect New Leaders The Passamaquoddy Tribe at Motahkmikuk, Passamaquoddy Tribe at Sipayik, and Penobscot Nation recently held successful elections. Chief William Nicholas was reelected to serve a fourth four-year term as the...
Stillwater, Maine — The Wabanaki Alliance today announced their endorsements of candidates for the Maine Legislature and their 130th Maine Legislature Scorecard. They also announced their decision not to endorse a candidate for Governor of Maine. Their decisions were...
The Wabanaki Alliance is expanding its staff, hiring four Voter Empowerment Coordinators to lead voter registration, education, and get out the vote efforts within the Houlton Band of Malisseet Indians, Mi’kmaq Nation, Penobscot Nation, and Sipayik communities for the...
As leaders of the Wabanaki Nations, we wish to provide the statement below regarding the Legislature’s work on restoring tribal sovereignty.The Legislature formed a bipartisan task force in 2019 to consider statutory changes that would comprehensively reform and...
UPDATE 4/25: LD 1626 has passed the Legislature and has been assigned to the Special Appropriations table to await final action. THE ISSUELD 1626 is a bill to restore tribal self-governance to the Wabanaki tribes in Maine. In March, a majority of the Judiciary...
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