Summary
Gov. John Baldacci's veto of Penobscot Nation plans to install slot machines on Indian Island has grabbed headlines. But tribal frustration with state officials goes way beyond gambling. The Legislature's failure to make meaningful updates to the tribes' status and a massive cut to the commission that provides the only formal link between the state and the tribes fueled that frustration. But severing tribal ties with the state won't help the situation, and will actually move both the state and the tribe in the wrong direction.
Rebuilding the Maine Indian State Tribal Commission, with both money and good will, is necessary to move both the tribes and the state forward.See the full content of this document
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Tribal Gamble
Earlier this month, Gov. Baldacci vetoed a bill to allow the Penobscot Nation to install 100 slot machines. The Legislature fail...
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