Wabanaki

Published
April 6, 2022

Maine Voices: Sports betting bill is a win for the tribes in Maine

L.D. 1352 will provide the Wabanaki with greater economic opportunity, generate more revenue for the state and offer Mainers a more competitive regulated sports wagering industry.
Published
February 28, 2022

Biddeford group to erect statue to acknowledge pain inflicted on Maine tribes

It will depict Sachem Squando of the Saco Tribe, whose son was drowned by English sailors in 1675.
Published
February 27, 2022

Jim Fossel: Maine needs more competition in gambling

A sports betting monopoly for the Wabanaki tribes would be a bad deal for everyone.
Published
February 20, 2022

Our View: Maine should recognize inherent rights of Wabanaki tribes

Tribal sovereignty was bargained away unfairly more than 40 years ago, and the Indigenous people in the state continue to suffer for it.
Published
February 2, 2022

Maine Voices: People of faith urge legislators, Gov. Mills to support tribal sovereignty

L.D. 1626 is a necessary part of seeking reconciliation with the people of the Dawnland.
Published
December 4, 2021

Penobscots do not want ancestors’ scalping to be whitewashed

Members of the Penobscot Nation in Maine have produced an educational film addressing how European settlers killed Indigenous people during the British colonial era.
Published
November 24, 2021

Maine Voices: Mills should stress action, not words, in committing to tribal sovereignty

The Maine governor’s latest Indigenous Peoples’ Day message highlighted incremental fixes that don’t effect systemic change.
Published
November 21, 2021

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.
Published
November 21, 2021

The Maine Millennial: Tribes still fighting for their rights in Maine

A proposed state law would undo some of the damage that has been done to Native people by colonization.
Published
November 16, 2021

‘Native people are scared’: Invasive beetle found in Cumberland County threatens Wabanaki culture

The Wabanakis revere the brown ash tree, which is a target of the destructive emerald ash borer, and use the trees in their traditional basket making.