More than 200 people rallied and marched at the State House on Indigenous Peoples’ Day in support of Question 6. Photo: Anne Henshaw Maine voters overwhelmingly passed Question 6 yesterday, approving the amendment to the Maine Constitution with 74% of the vote. The...
More than 200 people rallied and marched at the State House on Indigenous Peoples’ Day in support of Question 6. Find more photos and links to media coverage in the galleries below. Photo: Anne Henshaw Over 200 people rallied outside the State House on...
Photo (l-r): Senate President Troy Jackson, Maliseet Chief Clarissa Sabattis, Sen. Rick Bennett, Penobscot Nation Chief Kirk Francis, Rep. John Andrews, House Minority Leader Billy Bob Faulkingham, Maliseet Tribal Ambassador Osihkiyol Crofton-Macdonald, Passamaquoddy...
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...
Joseph P. Kalt, principal co-author of a report by the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development on the Wabanaki Nations, led a briefing on the report for the Maine Legislature. In a March 9 briefing to the Maine Legislature, a Harvard researcher told...
An article in The Conversation, an independent news organization, highlights elements of a recent report from the Harvard Kennedy School that determined the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act has seriously limited the economic growth potential of the Wabanaki Nations,...
(L-R) Chief Edward Peter Paul, Mi’kmaq Nation; Chief William Nicholas, Passamaquoddy Tribe at Motahkmikuk; Chief Clarissa Sabattis, Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians; and Chief Kirk Francis, Penobscot Nation deliver testimony before a Congressional subcommittee...
