VEAZIE, Maine — Along the Penobscot River, once alive with salmon, community members gathered Monday where heritage, history, and healing meet.
The Maine Indian Tribal-State Commission marked Indigenous Peoples’ Day with the launch of "Sea Run," an audiobook that explores how generations of state and federal policies have restricted Wabanaki access to their traditional fisheries and how those limits have rippled through ecosystems and culture.
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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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