
Wabanaki leaders are endorsing proposals to add a new tribal representative to the Maine Legislature and to enhance tax exemptions for tribal members following lengthy negotiations with the administration of Democratic Gov. Janet Mills.
But the compromises fall far short of the broader sovereignty and self-governance goals that tribal leaders have been pursuing for years only to run into opposition from the Mills administration.
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The Maine Indian Tribal-State Commission (MITSC) is an inter-governmental entity created by the Maine Implementing Act of 1980. Six members are appointed by the State, two by the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians, two by the Passamaquoddy Tribe, and two by the Penobscot Indian Nation. The thirteenth, who is the chairperson, is selected by the other twelve.
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