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Commentary: Maine Legislature should override Mills’ veto of tribal sovereignty bill

Por: Portland Press Herald Opinion July 02, 2023

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How is it that every other state in the country with Indian tribes can accommodate the tribes in their states as being under federal jurisdiction, but here in Maine, our governor and her legal counsel find it too difficult? A group from the Wabanaki Confederacy drums and sings last year before a news conference in support of the tribal sovereignty bills in front of the State House in Augusta in 2022. On Friday, Gov. Mills vetoed L.D. 2004, the... + full article



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