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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Bilingual signage — English and Penobscot — now at UMaine
The project, now in its first phase with the installation of 10 signs across campus and internal signage throughout the halls of UMaine’s Wabanaki Center, developed from conversations between the UMaine Wabanaki Center and Wabanaki communities in Maine over the last few years regarding the relative invisibility of Indigenous people, places, history and languages at the university, and the specific need for Penobscot language signage on the Orono campus.
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Tribal sustenance fishing bill expected to become law
Lawmakers gave final approval last week to a bill regarded as a key step in resolving long-standing disputes between the state and tribal governments over sustenance fishing rights.
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EPA gets authority to revisit tribal water standards
The agency will review standards that were set late in the Obama Administration.
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Penobscot chief says tribe’s relationship with Maine at all-time low
LEWISTON — The chief of Maine’s largest Native American tribe said Thursday that its relationship with state government was at an all-time low. “I don’t know that it’s ever been good, but right now it’s as bad as I’ve ever seen it,” Penobscot Nation Chief Kirk Francis said in a presentation at the Lewiston Public […]
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Disagreements threaten uneasy truce between tribes, Maine
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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Maine police share latest ways young people hide their drug use from parents
OLD TOWN — Items with secret compartments that look like everyday products — a stack of poker chips, a lint brush, a highlighter — are what some youth are using to hide their drugs, a team of law enforcement told parents recently at a drug education forum. “These are the things that parents miss,” Deputy […]
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Decision on reopening Penobscot Narrows Bridge to be made Monday
VERONA ISLAND — A decision about whether to reopen the Penobscot Narrows Bridge will be made at about 8 a.m. Monday, according to the Maine Department of Transportation. The bridge was closed on noon Sunday to let air temperatures melt the remaining ice off the cables and pylons, according to information posted on the MDOT […]