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PublishedNovember 22, 2023
Professor, tribal leader bring context to ‘First Thanksgiving’ story
The popularized version of the meal shared by Indigenous people and English settlers in 1621 is based on a real event, but also has fed into long-held myths about native people and colonialism, scholars say.
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PublishedNovember 1, 2023
31,000 acres of ancestral land could be returned to Penobscot Nation
The prospective deal would increase tribal trust holdings by a third and secure public access to Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument from the south.
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PublishedAugust 26, 2023
Hundreds join in with joy as Wabanaki Marketplace resumes at Shaker Village
Maine's tribes were celebrated Saturday as artists showed off speciality foods, hand-crafted baskets, jewelry, and a performance of drumming, song and dance.
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PublishedMay 19, 2023
Former Penoboscot Nation chief brings art of basketmaking to Brunswick students
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PublishedFebruary 23, 2023
Baxter’s terms complicate tribes’ wish for role in Katahdin oversight
The tribes of Maine want a formal role in managing this sacred site, but strict rules on how the donated land must be governed don't allow for the expansion of the authority board.
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PublishedDecember 20, 2022
Electoral protections advance but tribal sovereignty provision left out of massive federal bill
The omnibus spending bill must pass the Senate and House to become law before the new Congress convenes on Jan. 4.
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PublishedDecember 8, 2022
Harvard study finds sovereignty constraints on Maine tribes caused them enormous economic damage
The Harvard Kennedy School study found Maine tribes' economies grew by only 9 percent since 1989, far below the U.S. tribal average of 61 percent.
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PublishedNovember 27, 2022
‘No hunting ground left — the moose, the deer and beaver are all gone’
A newly discovered 1839 letter spotlights the poverty and powerlessness of a Penobscot Nation trying to survive.
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PublishedNovember 10, 2022
FBI seized apparent Native American scalp from Fairfield auction house, document shows
Agents were acting on a tip when they searched Poulin's Antiques & Auctions Inc. in May and confiscated what they believe to be a human scalp, according to an FBI affidavit unsealed this week.
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PublishedSeptember 15, 2022
Prospects fade for federal bill to expand rights of Maine tribes
The House passed Rep. Jared Golden’s bill to automatically include Maine’s tribes in any new federal Indian laws, but it appears to have stalled in the Senate.
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