Editor’s Note: This is the second part of a two-part series on the 1980 Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act, which marks its 25th anniversary today. Part one appeared in the Oct. 8 print edition of the Bangor Daily News, and also can be viewed at www.bangornews.com. Read More
Billy Phillips, a member of the Aroostook Band of Micmac Indians, was just a kid when President Jimmy Carter signed the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act of 1980. At age 11, Phillips – the Micmac’s future chief – didn’t see the historic agreement as about… Read More
Editor’s note: This is the first in a two-part series on the 1980 Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act, which marks its 25th anniversary on Oct. 10. Part two will appear Monday. To passers-by on the stretch of Route 1 along Lewy Lake, the pile of… Read More
Federal and state legislation enacted in 1980 provided the following settlement to the dispute over the legality of treaties signed two centuries ago in which Indians in Maine gave land to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and later the state of Maine. ? The claim of… Read More
1760: Treaty of Paris. British take formal control of land known as Maine, make treaty with Indians for protection. 1775: Massachusetts Provincial Congress enacts resolve forbidding trespass on lands claimed by the Penobscot Indian Nation. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]];… Read More