Jun 30, 2023
JUNE 30, 2023AUGUSTA, ME – Today Governor Mills vetoed LD 2004, An Act to Restore Access to Federal Laws Beneficial to the Wabanaki Nations. LD 2004 was based on one consensus recommendation of 22 from the 2019 bipartisan Task Force on Changes to the Maine Indian...
Jun 28, 2023
QUICK TAKELD 2004, An Act to Restore Access to Federal Laws Beneficial to the Wabanaki Nations, is on Gov. Janet Mills’ desk! She hasn’t signed it yet, even though there was overwhelming support from Democrats, Republicans and Independents in the Maine Senate...
Jun 22, 2023
AUGUSTA, ME – The Maine Senate and House passed LD 2004, An Act to Restore Access to Federal Laws Beneficial to the Wabanaki Nations. LD 2004, which passed with supermajorities in both chambers, was based on one consensus recommendation of 22 from the 2019 bipartisan...
Jun 8, 2023
Sage Phillips, a Penobscot Nation citizen and graduate student at the University of Connecticut, has joined the Wabanaki Alliance staff as a 2023 Summer Fellow. Phillips is originally from Old Town, Maine, where she grew up close to her community and elders. As a 2021...
May 31, 2023
AUGUSTA, ME – The Maine Legislature’s Judiciary Committee held a public hearing on LD 2004, An Act to Restore Access to Federal Laws Beneficial to the Wabanaki Nations, today. LD 2004 will enable the Wabanaki Nations in Maine to have the same access to most...
Apr 4, 2023
On March 16, 2023, a joint session of the Maine Legislature convened for a historic State of the Tribes Address. On the same day, nearly 200 Mainers came to the State House for the Wabanaki Alliance Lobby Day. The media gallery below chronicles the State of the Tribes...
