When tribal leaders spoke to a joint session of the Maine Legislature for just the second State of the Tribes address, they spoke to state lawmakers who are far more receptive to their main goal — greater self-governance — than those who preceded them.
William Nicholas, chief of the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Indian Township, addresses a joint session of the Maine Legislature on March 16. Those were the overarching themes from tribal leaders Thursday when they each spoke to a joint session of the Maine Legislature for just the second State of the Tribes address in state history. In many ways the address mirrored the first one that took place 21 years ago.
Loring’s remarks were a reference to Democratic Gov. Janet Mills. The governor was not mentioned during the tribal leaders’ speeches and she did not attend them in-person, citing an unspecified scheduling conflict. By contrast, tribal leaders repeatedly thanked Democratic House Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross, Senate President Troy Jackson and 2nd District U.S. Rep. Jared Golden, who attended the event Thursday.
However, last year the governor used two of those advancements as leverage to block a sweeping bill that the tribes viewed as finally delivering self-governance parity with their counterparts in other states. While Mills did not attend the address, she invited tribal leaders to meet with her afterwards. They declined.
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