Por: Portland Press Herald Opinion November 30, 2022
As a mother who has been trying to teach my children ways we can treat everyone with respect, dignity and equality, there is a new opportunity to model this – support our Wabanaki neighbors. The was sponsored by Rep. Jared Golden and has with bipartisan support. This common-sense legislation seeks to extend the benefits of federal laws enacted to support tribal communities within U.S. borders to our Wabanaki tribes, who have been excluded... + full article
Portland Press Herald USA Opinion October 24, 2022
Earlier this year, thousands of Mainers supported legislation to recognize the sovereignty of Wabanaki nations. To everyone involved, it was a huge disappointment that in the process without becoming law. That’s why we appreciate the bill U.S. Rep. Jared Golden to grant the... + más
Report finds Maine schools are failing to teach Wabanaki studies despite state law | Portland Press Herald
Our View: Wabanaki past and present an integral part of the Maine story | Portland Press Herald
Associated Press USA Health October 21, 2022
ADA, Okla. (AP) — Many of the 39 Native American tribes based in Oklahoma have played roles in state politics for decades, often behind the scenes. They became bigger, more outspoken players when voters approved Las Vegas-style gambling in 2004. The budgets of several major... + más
Op-Ed: Online gambling from Prop. 27 wouldn't solve a bigger issue for California's tribes | Los Angeles Times
California tribes will manage, protect state coastal areas | WPLG Local 10
Portland Press Herald USA Opinion October 12, 2022
For thousands of years before Europeans arrived, Indigenous people thrived within the borders of what we now call Maine. They continue today, in much smaller numbers, to be an inextricable part of the way of life here. Teacher Dev Bliss calls on a fourth-grade student during a... + más
Commentary: Maine still treating Indigenous tribes like second-class citizens | Portland Press Herald
Portland Press Herald USA Nation October 10, 2022
Twenty-one years after Maine passed a law that requires schools to teach the history, government and culture of the state’s Indigenous people, a new report found that the requirement is not meaningfully enforced across the state and many school districts have failed to... + más
Portland Press Herald USA Opinion October 10, 2022
The Indigenous tribes in Maine are second-class citizens. While 570 tribes across the country access beneficial laws passed by Congress, Maine’s tribes have been blocked from accessing many and must seek state permission to access others. Since the Maine Indian Claims... + más
Los Angeles Times USA Opinion September 30, 2022
As California voters weigh proposed measures to authorize sports betting, they are confronted with emotional appeals extolling the possible economic benefits for Indigenous people. Proposition 27 is one of two gambling initiatives on the state’s Nov. 8 ballot (the other is... + más
$400 million and counting: Record spending effort to bring legalized sports betting to California | ABC7
As streamers threaten boycott, Twitch takes action on some gambling content | Ars Technica
Portland Press Herald USA Opinion September 29, 2022
As a member of Christ Episcopal Church of Gardiner, I am keenly aware that our church members have worshiped, sung and prayed for the last 251 years on Wabanaki ancestral land. As a church, we endeavor to be good neighbors to the Wabanaki and all people. The 1980 Settlement Act... + más
Letter to the editor: Sen. King, Gov. Mills continue to sow tribes’ justified distrust | Portland Press Herald
Common Ground Country Fair, a celebration of rural living, returns to Unity | Portland Press Herald
About iurex | Privacy Policy | Disclaimer |