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June 1st, 2015 | Tags: Henry Bear, Maine constitution | Category: Community Rights, Features, First Nations, Legal, Maine, News, Passamaquoddy, Penobscot Nation, Statewide, United States | Publication of the redacted passages, many involving the state’s treaty obligations to its Indian tribes, has been banned for 139 years. BY COLIN WOODARD STAFF WRITER cwoodard@pressherald.com | @WoodardColin | 207-791-6317
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INDIAN ISLAND — One hundred and thirty-nine years ago, 2,100 words of Maine’s Constitution vanished from circulation, although they remained in effect.
The sections, which included the treaty obligations with Indian tribes that Maine agreed to assume as a condition […]
Continue reading Legislation would put hidden sections of Maine’s constitution back into print
May 27th, 2015 | Tags: Billy Nicholas, Fred Moore, Henry Bear, Kirk Francis, Wayne Mitchell | Category: Audio, Community Rights, Features, First Nations, Grassroots Movements, Legal, Maine, Multimedia, News, Passamaquoddy, Penobscot Nation, Resources, Statewide, United States |
Photo by A.J. Higgins MPBN
On Tuesday, May 26, Penobscot and Passamaquoddy leaders pulled their representatives from the Maine Legislature as part of a decision to work together, and follow their own leadership within their territories from here on out. It was an historic moment of bravery and leadership by the Tribes.
Here are two articles: MPBN, Tribes Pull Reps from Maine Legislature as Sovereignty Issues Come to Boil
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The Guardian, Two Native […]
Continue reading Tribes pull Reps. from Maine Legislature and go their own way
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