PLEASANT POINT (AP) — Eighty-one years after a neglected tribal water supply caused a devastating outbreak of typhoid fever and a century after the state outlawed spearfishing of the salmon that fed their ancestors, Native American tribes who trace their history back millennia say their trust in the government of Maine is at an all-time […]
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Maine American Indians, fishing for millennia, regroup as latest effort for state pact fades
BANGOR, Maine (AP) — Marie Harnois stands on the banks of the Penobscot River at dusk, swirling a dip net under the water, fishing for eels — something her ancestors in the Passamaquoddy tribe have done for thousands of years. Fishing has been a way of life for Maine’s American Indians since time immemorial — […]
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Passamaquoddy, Penobscot tribes withdraw from Legislature
“We have gone to great lengths to demonstrate good faith and cooperation, only to be lied to,” Fred Moore, tribal chief of the Passamaquoddy at Pleasant Point, said during a rally held outside the State House. “We have gotten on our knees for the last time,” Kirk Francis, chief of the Penobscot Nation, said. “From […]
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Ex-Passamaquoddy finance director sentenced to 18 months
BANGOR — The man who was charged with stealing $20,000 from the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point while he worked as their finance director was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Tuesday at U.S. District Court. He also was ordered to pay $22,571 to the tribe. Charles Fourcloud, 59, of California pleaded guilty in […]
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Wabanaki-state child welfare panel says truth sought for tribal members
LEWISTON — Two architects of the Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission told a large audience at Bates College on Wednesday that state policy has for decades stripped the Native American children of their culture, language, family and community. Esther Attean and Denise Altvater, both members of the Maine Passamaquoddy Tribe, said the […]
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Maine Native American Summer market at Sabbathday Lake Saturday
NEW GLOUCESTER — Forty Maine Wabanaki artists will travel to the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village for the sixth annual Maine Native American Summer Market and Demonstration on Saturday, Aug. 23. The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. under a large tent at 707 Shaker Road, rain or shine. Admission is free. […]
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$800,000 federal grant to aid at-risk children awarded to Passamaquoddy Tribe
PRINCETON — The Passamaquoddy Tribe has been awarded the first of what could be several federal grants totaling millions of dollars aimed at coordinating and bolstering services to at-risk children. The $800,000 grant from the Center for Mental Health Services, part of the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Administration of the U.S. Department of […]
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Ex-Maine tribal official pleads not guilty
BANGOR — The former finance director of the Passamaquoddy Indian Tribe has pleaded not guilty to stealing $20,000 from the Maine tribe. Charles Fourcloud was ordered detained at his arraignment Monday in U.S. District Court in Bangor on charges of theft from an Indian tribal government and three counts of embezzlement from an Indian tribal […]
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Former Maine tribal representative among 8 men caught harvesting elvers in New York
PORTLAND (AP) — New York Department of Environmental Conservation officers have arrested a former Passamaquoddy tribal representative to Maine’s Legislature and seven other people on charges of illegally harvesting baby eels from a creek on Long Island’s East End. Frederick J. Moore III, of Perry, and others surrendered April 8. Authorities charged them with lacking […]
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Passamaquoddy fishermen gets swipe cards needed for elver fishing
WHITING (AP) — Fishermen in an American Indian tribe may now pick up electronic swipe cards that will allow them to fish for elvers in Maine and record sales of the baby eels. The fishing season for elvers started on April 6, but the Passamaquoddy fishermen are getting the cards just now. The cards are […]