"We will continue to advocate for the betterment of tribal citizens next session, and the one after that, until the tribes in Maine are not treated less than other tribes across the country."
Homicide is the fourth-leading cause of death among Native American women between the ages of 1 and 19 years and the sixth-leading cause of death for ages 20 to 44, as of 2017 according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The news does not cover these murders and the federal government (FBI) does not bother to investigate them. The U.S. Supreme Court determined that Native American Tribes were “domestic, dependent nations” and that the federal government’s laws would apply except where tribal law applied much like state law.
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I stand in support of LD 2007: An Act Regarding the Criminal Jurisdiction of Tribal Courts and to Extend the Time for the Penobscot Nation to Certify its Agreement to Public Law 2023. This version of the of the bill, while more limiting in scope than the original draft, finds common ground concerning the jurisdiction