A new welcome center at the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument in Maine tells the story of the land from the perspective of its original inhabitants — the Native Americans who comprise the Wabanaki Confederacy
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Passamaquoddy clean water bill gets strong bipartisan support
The Mills administration has expressed concern about the scope of the bill, which appears to have enough support to overcome a possible veto.
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Advocates rally for safe drinking water for Passamaquoddy Tribe
Proposed legislation would give the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point more control over their drinking water supply.
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Chris Newell resigns after 18 months as Abbe Museum director
The first tribal member to lead the museum of Wabanaki art, history and culture cites personal reasons and returns to his family and consulting work in Connecticut.
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Maine plans to transfer parcel of land back to Passamaquoddy tribe
The land is a 3.2-acre waterfront parcel in the Washington County town of Meddybemps.
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Molly Neptune Parker, famed Passamaquoddy basket maker, dies at 81
Known for fancy baskets distinguished by their fine weaving techniques, she was named a National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage fellow in 2012.
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Maine charity working to preserve languages worldwide
Rockland activists, whose work is featured in new Netflix documentary airing Friday in Camden, seeks social justice by preserving, fostering rare languages.
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Maine Lawmakers reviewing 1980 agreement take up tribal gambling
One of 22 proposed changes to the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act would allow Maine’s tribes to operate casinos under the same federal law that governs tribal gambling nationwide.
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Governor, attorney general urge caution on changes to 1980 state-tribal agreement
Gov. Janet Mills, in particular, raised concerns that the proposed changes could end up ‘breeding confusion and extensive litigation at a time when we have finally begun to move past these.’
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Gov. Mills grants full pardon to late tribal attorney Donald Gellers
Maine’s first known posthumous pardon brings closure to a 1968 case that was one of the most sordid in the state’s legal history.