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The bill has the backing of Wabanaki leaders as well as the Mills administration and Maine's attorney general. But it represents a dramatically scaled-back version of the tribal sovereignty measure that was originally proposed.
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The potential compromise would not go nearly as far on tribal sovereignty as Wabanaki leaders say is needed. But they view it as solid, incremental progress on key issues.
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The landmark state law passed more than two decades ago mandates that Maine schools to teach Wabanaki history, economics and culture. But a report issued two years ago found the law had never been fully implemented and that the Maine Department of Education largely did not enforce it.
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The University of Southern Maine is giving a small nod to the fact that it sits on unceded Wabanaki land, funding a wall-sized mural created by Maine Mi’kmaq artist and alumna Marissa Joly.
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Leaders of the Wabanaki Nations gathered with supporters in Freeport on Thursday night for a “celebration,” one week after a high-profile bill was blocked by Gov. Janet Mills. But as tribal and legislative leaders made clear repeatedly, they viewed the recent vote as a temporary setback, not a defeat.
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The Maine House has voted to uphold Gov. Janet Mills' veto of a bill that was a top priority for leaders of the Wabanaki Nation.
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That vote could happen as early as Thursday. And the outcome is far from assured. So here’s a primer on the legislation, what’s at stake and the arguments from both sides.
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Gov. Janet Mills has vetoed a high-profile bill that aimed to allow Wabanaki tribes to access additional federal laws. The question now is whether tribal leaders and their allies can maintain enough support to override the governor.
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The Mills administration has not changed it’s opposition to a bill sought by Wabanaki tribal leaders despite recent changes to the proposal.
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How humans have changed the environment is one focus of the CODE RED exhibit. The other is on Indigenous wisdom. Indigenous people make up 4% of the world's population and steward 80%tof the biodiversity on just 20% of the land base. That's why the UN secretary general says they "hold many of the solutions to the climate crisis.