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July 11 Event to Celebrate Friendships and Alliances
The Wabanaki Alliance will host our second annual Nihkaniyane: Let’s Go Forward Together event, a celebration of our friendships and alliances, on the evening of Thursday, July 11th in the backyard at the Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor. Learn more and see the current Host Committee list.
Tribal Issues in the News
Read some of the latest news coverage of Wabanaki issues, including an editorial by the Bangor Daily News Editorial Board that celebrates Wabanaki veterans and stories about the new Wabanaki Alliance Media & Style Guide.
The Time-Honored Valor and Sacrifice of Wabanaki Veterans
This month’s Wabanaki Voices column focuses on the Wabanaki Confederacy’s long and storied history of military service. It was written by Donna Loring, who served in the Women’s Army Corp from 1967-1968 and former Maine House representative for the Penobscot Nation, and Donald Soctomah, who represented the Passamaquoddy Tribe in the Legislature from 2006-2010, serves as the Tribal Historic Preservation Officer for the Passamaquoddy Tribe, and founded the Passamaquoddy Cultural Heritage Museum.
Join the Wabanaki Alliance Coalition
More than 280 businesses and organizations that support Wabanaki inherent sovereignty have joined the Wabanaki Alliance Tribal Coalition! See the list of members and find out how your organization or business can help advance the work of the Wabanaki Alliance!
Wabanaki Alliance Endorses Candidates in Republican and Democratic Legislative Primaries
The Wabanaki Alliance has endorsed four legislative candidates in two State Senate and two State Representative seats.
Wabanaki Alliance Media & Style Guide
The Wabanaki Alliance has launched a new media and style guide with common sense approaches to writing accurately and respectfully regarding Wabanaki people, history, land, and culture.
Alliance Priority Bill LD 2007 Signed into Law
Gov. Mills has signed LD 2007 into law. The legislation reflects many of the criminal justice elements from the 2019-2020 bipartisan Task Force on Changes to the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Implementing Act.
Legislative Tracker: Priority Bills in the 131st Maine Legislature
The second half of the 131st Maine Legislature is underway and our bill tracker is back! Learn more about our priority bills and find out how you can take action to Stand with the Wabanaki!