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Native American Student Association

Student Organization

Number of articles: 1

First Article: February 24, 2023

Latest Article: February 24, 2023

Fight for Indigenous Sovereignty in Maine: A Chance to Make Things Better

Maine’s federally recognized Tribes (Penobscot Nation, Passamaquoddy Tribe, Houlton Band of Maliseet and Mi’kmaq Nation) are currently “treated like second-class sovereigns,” according to Chief Kirk Francis of the Penobscot Nation. They have fewer legal rights and protections than any other Native peoples in the United States because of a pair of 1980 laws stripping them of their sovereignty.

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