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The analysis, called "One Nation, Under Fraud: A Remonstrance," traces the history of how Maine mistreated and exerted control of the Wabanaki tribes, and also uncovers new documents describing how that control continued over decades.
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State lawmakers returned home to their districts late Monday night without taking action on the bill that seeks to overhaul the complex and turbulent relationship between state government and Indian tribes in Maine. But the tribal sovereignty bill is still technically alive and could come up for a vote when lawmakers return for a veto session on May 9.
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Gov. Janet Mills is urging lawmakers not to pass a tribal sovereignty bill, saying she wants to avoid a “confrontation” over the issue as her administration continues to work with tribal leaders.
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Leaders of the Wabanaki Nation in Maine held a rally at the State House on Wednesday to both celebrate progress on several bills important to their communities and to keep pressure on Gov. Janet Mills as well as lawmakers to enact the measures.
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The leaders of the four Wabanaki Indian tribes in Maine appeared jointly before members of Congress for the first time in more than 40 years on Thursday, testifying in support of a bill that they said is necessary to restore their tribal sovereignty.
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Tribal leaders and their many supporters regard 2022 as a potential make-or-break year to dramatically re-write a 1980 agreement that they say has severely harmed their communities.
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To make the film, co-directors Maulian Dana and Dawn Neptune Adams took their children and other family members to Boston's Old State House to read the death warrant that was issued for their Penobscot ancestors in 1755. Their research has found that there were nearly 70 government-issued bounties for indigenous people in what is now New England.
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A Wabanaki artist and basket maker received his fourth overall Best in Class prize at last weekend’s Santa Fe Indian Market in New Mexico, the largest and most prestigious Indigenous art show in North America.
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The U.S. is about to undertake a national investigation into hundreds of American Indian boarding schools that operated for more than a century and served to "kill the Indian to save the man."
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This is a rebroadcast of an earlier show (original air date November 30, 2020); no calls will be taken.The four Wabanaki tribes in Maine—Micmac, Maliseet,…