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Coverage dated May 30, 2023

Bipartisan bill would allow tribes in Maine to benefit from federal law, stops short of sovereignty

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AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — New legislation would allow Native Americans in Maine to benefit from federal laws despite terms of a land claims settlement, providing...

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  1. Bangor Daily News

    Bill would extend benefits of federal laws to Maine tribes (opens Bangor Daily News)

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    That bill still stops short of granting the Wabanaki tribes full sovereignty.

  2. WHDH Boston

    Bipartisan bill would allow tribes in Maine to benefit from federal law, stops short of sovereignty (opens WHDH Boston)

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    AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — New legislation would allow Native Americans in Maine to benefit from federal laws despite terms of a land claims settlement, providing...

  3. Fox News

    Maine bipartisan legislation would allow Native Americans to benefit from federal laws despite land settlement (opens Fox News)

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    A new bipartisan proposal that was introduced by Maine's Democratic House Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross would allow Native Americans in Maine to benefit from federal law.

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