Passamaquoddy Tribe

The Maine Public Utilities Commission will adjudicate a disagreement over whether a rooftop solar program violates state rules.

Eastern Maine Electric Cooperative says the Indian Township federally funded rooftop solar plan violates state rules

The Environmental Protection Agency is distributing some $300 million to projects aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions in Tribal and territorial communities.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has chosen seven projects in Maine as the recipients of the latest round of federal infrastructure and inflation reduction funding.

The bill, LD 2004, states that any laws passed by Congress pertaining to other federally recognized Indian tribes would also apply to the Passamaquoddy Tribe, the Penobscot Nation, the Mi'kmaq Nation and the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians.

Federal officials from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management were in Bangor this week to gather feedback from state officials, fishermen and tribal members about potential offshore wind development projects that may be sited in the Gulf of Maine.

Rena Newell, the current tribal representative for the Passamaquoddy at Pleasant Point, will become the new chief. Chief Kirk Francis was elected to a sixth term as the Penobscot Nation's top leader, and Chief William Nicholas will return for a fourth term at the Passamaquoddy tribe at Indian Township.

The St. Croix River, also known as the Schoodic River, flows through the homeland of the Passamaquoddy people between Maine and the province of New Brunswick. It once teemed with millions of migratory fish. Then came a series of dams that blocked the fish from their spawning grounds, and years of conflict over river management.

The program brought together musicians and storytellers of Wabanaki, Congolese, and Puerto Rican heritage.

In this week's Pulse: The status of the tribal sovereignty bill and its political implications.