Maine led the country in enshrining the “right to food” in its state constitution. But the subjugation of the Wabanaki Nations has complicated that right for the original inhabitants of the land.
Anthony Sutton, assistant professor of Native American Programs and Cooperative Extension at the University of Maine, highlighted the differences between the traditional ways Indigenous communities use natural resources for food and cultural practices and the state’s current food sovereignty laws during his keynote speech at the Common Ground Fair in Unity on Friday.
