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Panel discussion to feature Indigenous Mid-Century Maine
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Indigenous Mid-Century Maine with panel discussion exploring cultural, political issues affecting indigenous communities
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B is for Barbara Smith
Feminist scholar, activist, public official and author Barbara Smith cofounded Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press, the first national publishing company run by and for women of color.
C is for Cecilia Chung
San Francisco civil rights leader and LGBTQ activist Cecilia Chung is a leader in the area of HIV/AIDS awareness and health advocacy. She is the founder of Positively Trans, a national network of people living with HIV.
D is for Donna Loring
Donna Loring is a member of the Penobscot Indian Nation in Maine and a champion of the state s indigenous people. She has served in the Maine state legislature and as a senior aide on tribal affairs to the governor.
Ten poets from the collection
Enough!
Poems of Resistance and Protest will join The Poets Corner to read on Sunday afternoon, April 11, from 4 - 5:30 p.m.: Claire Millikin, Donna Loring, Laura Bonazzoli, Katherine Hagopian Berry, Ellen Goldsmith, Lois Anne, Carol Bachofner, Meghan Sterling, Kathleen Ellis, and Myronn Hardy.
Register for this Zoom event on the website www.thepoetscorner.org/events
Enough! edited by Claire Millikin and Agnes Bushell, is an anthology of poems, by 27 Maine poets, who in the midst of a pandemic, of lockdowns and quarantines, of protests and death and struggle, took up their pens to give voice to what this time feels like.
Commentary: Permanent resolution is possible in Maine state and tribal relations
To show good faith in implementing its treaty obligations, the state must create a fifth constitutional office where tribal issues and concerns could be respectfully addressed.
By Donna LoringSpecial to the Press Herald
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The state of Maine needs a new beginning with the tribes. Maine recognized tribal sovereignty when it signed a treaty with the tribes required by Massachusetts in its articles of separation over 200 years ago. Truth be told, however, Maine did not sign that treaty with good-faith intentions.
The commitment of Maine’s government to tribal sovereignty varies according to who’s governor and in the Legislature. Penobscot Nation Chief Kirk Francis speaks at a 2017 hearing in Augusta. In the front row are Chief Brenda Commander, Houlton Band of Maliseets; Chief Edward Peter-Paul, Aroostook Band of Micmacs; Chief William Nicholas, Indian Township Passamaquoddy reservation; and C
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