Letters the editor, also called LTEs, can be a powerful way to persuade legislators to pass LD 2007, a bill to restore the inherent right of the Wabanaki Nations in Maine to self-govern within their respective territories in accordance with the same federal laws that...
Legislators are considering LD 2007, a bill that draws on the consensus recommendations issued by a bipartisan task force to address long-standing issues with the 1980 Maine Settlement Acts (Maine Implementing Act, state legislation, which only took effect upon...
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Editorial note from the Bangor Daily News: Chief Kirk Francis has served 17 years as the executive leader of the Penobscot Indian Nation. Chief Clarissa Sabattis has served nearly seven years as the executive leader of the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians. Chief...
Penobscot Nation Tribal Ambassador and Wabanaki Alliance board President Maulian Bryant joined hundreds of Maine citizens and organizations urging the Maine Legislature and Governor Mills to support long overdue changes to the Maine Indian Claims Settlement...
UPDATE 2/27: More than 600 people submitted testimony in support of LD 2007! Read the public testimony here. Thank you! While we await the work session, now is the time to send your testimony to your legislators (find out how to do that here) and turn it into a letter...
In 2022, the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development, now the Project on Indigenous Governance and Development at the Harvard Kennedy School, published an insightful report on the economic impact of the 1980 Settlement Acts on the Wabanaki Nations and...
