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PublishedAugust 25, 2019
Maulian Dana: Many still silenced after women got the vote
Native Americans in Maine did not achieve full suffrage rights as citizens for many years after the right to vote was extended to women in 1920.
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PublishedJuly 22, 2019
Maine tribal leaders press for changes to 1980 settlement agreement
As the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act approaches its 40th anniversary, they say it has failed to respect tribal sovereignty and is holding them back economically.
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PublishedJune 10, 2019
Tribal sustenance fishing bill headed to Gov. Mills’ desk
The legislation would tighten Maine water quality standards in certain waterways with the long-term goal of protecting tribal members who exercise their sustenance fishing rights.
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PublishedMay 29, 2019
Mills, tribes take step toward ending years-long dispute over sustenance fishing
A bill would create a 'sustenance fishing' designation aimed at reducing pollution levels on waterways that are important to Maine's 4 tribes.
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PublishedApril 4, 2019
Bill would allow Maine tribes to hold trials for non-Indians in domestic violence cases
Other federally recognized tribes have had such power since 2013, but Maine's were excluded because of provisions in the 1980 Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act.
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PublishedMarch 24, 2019
Bill Nemitz: Skowhegan should listen to the real Indians
The town's bellowing die-hards aren't 'mighty' – they're just clueless.
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PublishedJanuary 30, 2019
Lawmakers endorse DEP nominee despite opposition from tribal members
Jerry Reid, Gov. Janet Mills' pick to be environmental commissioner, comes under fire from the Penobscot Nation for his role in water-quality cases as an assistant attorney general.
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PublishedJanuary 23, 2019
Mills appoints senior adviser for tribal affairs as state tries to improve relations
Donna Loring, a former police chief and Penobscot Nation representative to the Legislature, will serve as a liaison between the Mills administration and tribal governments.
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PublishedJanuary 20, 2019
‘New era’ looms for Maine and its tribes
The governor kindles hope, but tensions linger over the role she played as attorney general in regard to sovereignty issues.
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PublishedJanuary 7, 2019
Two suspected meth labs found in Maine, one of them after a death on Indian Island
Penobscot Nation Police discovered a lab Saturday when responding to a report of a death on the island near Old Town; the other lab was found Sunday in Bucksport.
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