A federal judge previously ruled that the reservation includes islands of the river’s main stem, but not the waters.
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Posted inThe Forecaster
Prince Memorial Library conversation explores Native issues
Native activist Barry Dana will discuss his connection to the earth, his work for Native sovereignty, and the relationship between the Wabanaki people and the state of Maine during a conversation April 28 at Prince Memorial Library in Cumberland. Dana currently lives in Solon and grew up on Indian Island in the Penobscot River, near […]
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Posted inMaine, Nation & World
Congress hears Rep. Golden’s bill to allow Maine tribes to benefit from future federal Indian laws
Several members of the House indigenous affairs subcommittee were perplexed by the limits the 1980 Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act imposed on the tribes.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Bills to advance, constrain tribal land rights presented to state lawmakers
Tribes support bill to create process for tribal access to state-owned sacred areas, reject bill constraining where they can acquire new trust lands
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Governor supports limited expansion of tribal rights, while casino interests cry foul
Tribal representatives support the governor’s plan but emphasize that they do not see it as a substitute for a more sweeping tribal sovereignty package Gov. Mills opposes.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Bill to restore tribal sovereignty gets overwhelming public support, but Gov. Mills wants targeted approach
There was near-unanimous support for L.D. 1626 among those giving testimony, while details of the governor’s alternative plan emerged behind the scenes.
Posted inMaine
Lawmakers reconsider decades-old restrictions on Maine tribes’ sovereignty, long a flashpoint
Hearings on bills to overturn restrictive provisions of the historic 1980 land claims settlement acts with Maine’s tribes to be held Tuesday.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Rep. Golden introduces bill to allow Maine tribes to benefit from future federal Indian laws
The 1980 Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act excludes the state’s tribes from most federal laws benefiting Indian nations in the United States.
Posted inGreg Kesich, Op-eds, Opinion
The View From Here: Native history is American history
The new film ‘Bounty’ places a genocidal policy against the Penobscot Nation in the context of Revolutionary New England.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Review
Book review: In a small Maine town, an act of arson leads to division and tragedy
Gregory Brown’s debut novel, ‘The Lowering Days,’ intertwines family drama with big questions of colonialism, ownership and environmentalism.