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Gambling profits are causing political discord on Passamaquoddy reservation

Sipayik government has been split, driven apart by calls for transparency over the use of $26 million in sports betting revenue.

Elders say it’s not too late to save their mother tongue, and a younger generation is stepping up to help.

Tribal governments give away hundreds of turkeys each November.

A Passamaquoddy elder has led over 100 sweats for inmates since 2007.

by J. Craig Anderson November 5, 2025November 5, 2025

The governor has at times had a contentious history with the Wabanaki Nations.

Tribes are expanding pantry hours, adding workers and using alternative sources to stock their shelves.

The Maine Center for Economic Policy says the state should pay for the return, or offer co-management, of state land due to uncompensated theft.

Residents of Sipayik have endured discolored water and dangerous contaminants for decades.

The artifacts to be repatriated by the Rhode Island-based university’s museum were removed from burials in at least 9 locations in Maine.

Many of the objects sat unknowingly in a University of Maine collection for years because a loan to an archaeologist was never recorded.