To the Editor: Across the United States, Indigenous tribes have had a 30-year economic boon – well, everywhere except in Maine. Here, our legislators would rather take the most restrictive view of the 1980 Settlement Act that governs Wabanki Nations in Maine than allow the economic gains all other federally recognized tribes have recorded. The […]
“This has never been about getting special rights or taking anything away from the state. This is about parity with other tribes and being good partners with the state.”
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Participants in the Indigenous Peoples Day rally called for expanded sovereignty rights for tribal communities and passage of a ballot question next month to restore treaty language to copies of the state constitution.