Native Americans and allies are encouraging voters to restore tribal treaties to printed versions of the Maine Constitution. A Penobscot Nation ambassador and the president of the Wabanaki Alliance tells a rally on Monday that the vote is about “transparency, truth and restoration of our history.” Maine inherited the treaties from Massachusetts when it became a state in 1820. The language still applies even though references were removed from the printed constitution more than 50 years later. Th
Several hundred people rally outside the State House in support of a statewide vote on an amendment to restore tribal treaties to printed versions of the Maine Constitution, on Monday, Oct. 9, 2023, in Augusta, Maine. John Dieffenbacher-Krall, executive director of the Wabanaki Alliance, addresses a rally in support of a statewide vote on an amendment to restore tribal treaties to printed versions of the Maine Constitution, on Monday, Oct. 9, 2023, in Augusta, Maine.
The group gathered for music and to listen to speakers before marching to the front of the State House to encourage support for the amendment, which is on the Nov. 7 ballot.Fire destroys Jamie Wyeth paintings, damages historic buildings, in Maine “To have a constitution in the state of Maine that has a whole section about the tribes being struck out, for absolutely no good reason, is unconscionable,” said Democratic Senate President Troy Jackson.
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