Letters the editor, also called LTEs, can be a powerful way to persuade legislators to pass legislation. If you’ve never written an LTE before, don’t worry. Writing LTEs is how many people take their first steps into action on issues they care about. Get started with...
The December Wabanaki Voices column was written by Maulian Bryant, a citizen of the Penobscot Nation and executive director of the Wabanaki Alliance. Wabanaki voices is a monthly column in the Bangor Daily News opinion section that shares tribal perspectives. Read all...
The Wabanaki Alliance tracks legislation related to the Wabanaki Nations during each legislative session. Below are the nearly 20 bills we tracked during the 131st Maine Legislature — many of which are now law! Find details on all the bills we tracked in 2023 and 2024...
Shown (l-r) are Beth Ahearn, Carol Wishcamper, Mi’kmaq Nation Vice Chief Richard Silliboy, and Rena Newell. Ahearn, Wishcamper and Newell were honorees at the 2024 Nihkaniyane: Let’s Go Forward Together celebration. Thank you! We are so grateful to...
Note: Read the full testimony HERE and watch a recording of the hearing a HERE. WASHINGTON, DC — Wabanaki Alliance Executive Director Maulian Bryant testified along with other Indigenous women leaders to the Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related...
As members of the Board of the Wabanaki Alliance in our homelands now called Maine we wish to acknowledge the sincere and thoughtful apology from President Joe Biden for the atrocities committed against Indigenous children, families, and communities under the United...
The November Wabanaki Voices column was written by Donna Loring, a Penobscot Nation Tribal Elder, Vietnam Veteran, and Wabanaki Alliance Board Member. She formerly served as a Penobscot Nation Tribal Representative to the Maine Legislature and advisor to Gov. Angus...
Congressman Jared Golden (center) at the State of the Tribes address in March 2023 at the Maine State House. Photo credit: Wabanaki Alliance. The Wabanaki Alliance has enthusiastically endorsed Congressman Jared Golden for re-election in Maine’s second...
