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December 17th, 2015 | Tags: Janet Mills, Kirk Francis, William Schneider | Category: Community Rights, East-West Corridor, Features, First Nations, Legal, Maine, News, Penobscot Nation, Resources: Articles, Blog Spots, Letters, Statewide, Towns, other, United States | December 15, 2015 | by Kevin Miller | Portland Press Herald
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But U.S. District Judge George Singal clarifies that Penobscot tribal members’ sustenance fishing rights extend throughout the main stem of the Penobscot River.
A federal judge has ruled that the Penobscot Nation’s reservation does not extend to the waters of the Penobscot River, but the tribe’s members can conduct sustenance fishing on the river’s main stem. This is the East Branch. […]
Continue reading Judge rules Penobscot Nation reservation does not include river’s waters
September 7th, 2015 | Tags: Angus King, Bruce Poliquin, Chellie Pingree, DEP, EPA, Maine DEP, Maria Girouard, paul lepage, Penobscot, Penobscot Nation, Penobscot River, Susan Collins | Category: Action Alerts, Community Rights, East-West Corridor, Features, First Nations, Grassroots Movements, Legal, Maine, News, Penobscot Nation, Report, Resources, Resources: Articles, Blog Spots, Letters, Statewide, Towns, other, United States | Defending Water for Life in Maine and Stop the East-West Corridor are fully committed to supporting the Penobscot Nation in their fight to maintain their River. Below is an urgent update and call to action from Penobscot historian, activist, and founder of Dawnland Environment Defense, Maria Girouard:
From: Maria Girouard <sacredhomelands(at)gmail(dot)com>
Date: Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 8:15 AM
Dear Friends and Allies of the Penobscot River, Last week, Maine Governor Lepage escalated the river dispute between […]
Continue reading Escalation in Penbscot River Battle: ACT NOW
May 23rd, 2015 | Tags: bangor, flotilla, SEEDS for Justice | Category: Community Rights, East-West Corridor, Events, Features, First Nations, Grassroots Movements, Maine, Multimedia, News, Penobscot Nation, Photo, Resources, Resources: Articles, Blog Spots, Letters, Towns, other, Uncategorized, United States, Video |
On May 23, 2015, people converged on the Penobscot River in Bangor to show their support of the Penobscot Nation’s rights over its ancestral territory- the waters of the Penobscot River. The State of Maine issued a letter to the tribe in 2012, redefining the Penobscot’s territory to NOT include the River itself, a direct departure from historical treaties and previous interpretation of treaties and the Land Claims Settlement Act of 1980 by the State of Maine.
Around […]
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May 6th, 2015 | Tags: aroostook, Irving, mining | Category: Community Rights, Grassroots Movements, Maine, News, Statewide, Towns, other, United States | Link to Original Article
Op-Ed in the BDN by Dennis Chinoy | May 6, 2015
Contributed photo A screenshot from the website of Aroostook Resources, a firm that formed to mine in Aroostook County.
In December 2012, three lawyers from the legal firm Pierce Atwood published a somewhat self-congratulatory article in a mining journal. “About Face: How a mine moved toward operating in Maine” described how the authors helped craft a bill mandating relaxed mining regulations on […]
Continue reading Will legislators take mining ‘jobs’ bait this time around?
April 30th, 2015 | Tags: Bucksport, Maria Girouard, Penobscot | Category: Community Rights, Features, First Nations, Grassroots Movements, Legal, Maine, Multimedia, News, Penobscot Nation, Photo, Resources, Towns, other, United States | Article by Charles Eichacker | Ellsworth American | April 30, 2015
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March 17th, 2015 | Tags: DEP, Department of Environmental Protection, environmental protection agency, EPA, Indian Claims Settlement Act, Janet Mills, John Banks, Land Claims Settlement Act, Orono, Penobscot Nation | Category: Community Rights, East-West Corridor, Features, First Nations, Grassroots Movements, Legal, Maine, News, Penobscot Nation, Resources: Articles, Blog Spots, Letters, Towns, other, United States | Nok-Noi Ricker | BDN Orono resident and Penobscot Indian Nation member Maria Girouard speaks to the Orono Community Development Committee about withdrawing from a lawsuit the Penobscot have against the state over tribal waters. “I have a sense you don’t really understand the severity of the decision,” she told council members. “I’ve spent the good part of a year or so [educating people] and nobody has any idea that the state government is in this fight with the […]
Continue reading Orono panel endorses withdrawal from Penobscot Nation water rights lawsuit
February 5th, 2015 | Tags: DEP, Department of Environmental Protection, environmental protection agency, EPA, mpbn, Patty Aho, Penobscot, Penobscot Nation, Penobscot River, water quality standards | Category: Audio, Community Rights, East-West Corridor, Features, First Nations, Grassroots Movements, International, Legal, Legal Tools, Maine, Multimedia, News, Other, Penobscot Nation, Resources, Resources: Articles, Blog Spots, Letters, Towns, other, United States | Link to Original Article and Radio Program
By SUSAN SHARON • FEB 5, 2015 | Maine Public Broadcasting Network
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AUGUSTA, Maine – In a decision that is being welcomed as “historic” by Maine Indian tribes, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has asked the state of Maine to revise some water quality standards for tribal waters.
The decision comes during ongoing litigation brought by the state against the EPA. Maine’s […]
Continue reading EPA Decision: Maine Water Quality Standards Inadequate for Tribal Waters
January 8th, 2015 | Tags: Alliance for the Common Good, Rally for Unity, Rally of Unity | Category: Community Rights, Defending Water in the Media, East-West Corridor, Events, Features, Grassroots Movements, Maine, Multimedia, News, Photo, Resources, Resources: Articles, Blog Spots, Letters, Resources: Research, Reports, Alternatives, Towns, other, United States, Video | A tremendous showing for community and tribal sovereignty, and water protection
Augusta – Over a hundred Maine citizens and representatives from dozens of organizations joined forces at the State House’s Hall of Flags for the third annual Rally of Unity. The overarching theme for this year’s rally was protection of our water resources and respect for community and tribal sovereignty. Featured speakers included Shenna Bellows, former candidate for U.S. Senate and former Maine Senator Troy Jackson.
Other speakers shared the […]
Continue reading Alliance for Common Good hosts 3rd Annual Rally of Unity
September 27th, 2014 | Tags: campaign nonviolence, end violence, Peace and Justice Center of Eastern Maine | Category: Climate Change, Community Rights, Defending Water in the Media, Events, Features, Grassroots Movements, Maine, Multimedia, News, Photo, Resources, Towns, other, United States, Video | One week after hundreds of thousands took part in the People’s Climate Change demonstration in New York City, Mainers came together for a rally and march to connect the dots between climate destruction, poverty and war.
Defending Water for Life in Maine was one of 38 Maine cosponsors for the Peace and Justice Center of Eastern Maine’s “End Violence Together” event that was held on Saturday, September 27 on the Bangor waterfront as part of the national Campaign Nonviolence.
Continue reading End Violence Together event draws crowd in Bangor
September 8th, 2014 | Tags: Darryl Brown, Greater Franklin Development Corp., Greater Franklin Development Corporation | Category: East-West Corridor, Maine, News, Resources: Articles, Blog Spots, Letters, Towns, other | Monday, Sep 8, 2014 | Lewiston Sun Journal
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FARMINGTON — Greater Franklin Development Corp. has elected Darryl Brown as chairman of its board of directors.
The former vice chairman of the organization was elected unanimously at a special board meeting Aug. 20.
Brown has more than 40 years of experience in land use planning, soils evaluation and permitting at local, state and federal levels. As founder and owner of Main-Land Development Consultants Inc. in […]
Continue reading Darryl Brown to lead Greater Franklin Development Corporation
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