The tribes of Maine want a formal role in managing this sacred site, but strict rules on how the donated land must be governed don’t allow for the expansion of the authority board.
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Electoral protections advance but tribal sovereignty provision left out of massive federal bill
The omnibus spending bill must pass the Senate and House to become law before the new Congress convenes on Jan. 4.
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Harvard study finds sovereignty constraints on Maine tribes caused them enormous economic damage
The Harvard Kennedy School study found Maine tribes’ economies grew by only 9 percent since 1989, far below the U.S. tribal average of 61 percent.
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‘No hunting ground left — the moose, the deer and beaver are all gone’
A newly discovered 1839 letter spotlights the poverty and powerlessness of a Penobscot Nation trying to survive.
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FBI seized apparent Native American scalp from Fairfield auction house, document shows
Agents were acting on a tip when they searched Poulin’s Antiques & Auctions Inc. in May and confiscated what they believe to be a human scalp, according to an FBI affidavit unsealed this week.
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Prospects fade for federal bill to expand rights of Maine tribes
The House passed Rep. Jared Golden’s bill to automatically include Maine’s tribes in any new federal Indian laws, but it appears to have stalled in the Senate.
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Morgan Talty makes a riveting debut with this short story collection set in the Penobscot Reservation
The ‘achingly moving’ linked stories are narrated by a character named Dee, variously a child, tween, teen and adult.
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Rep. Golden’s bill to expand rights of Maine tribes passes U.S. House
Gov. Janet Mills opposes the measure by her fellow Democrat to automatically include Maine’s tribes in any new federal Indian laws.
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U.S. Supreme Court denies Penobscot Nation appeal over namesake river
A federal judge previously ruled that the reservation includes islands of the river’s main stem, but not the waters.
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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 […]