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DMR hearing regarding dam removal on Monday, March 15th by Mali Obomsawin with Sunlight Media Collective
“THE ORIGINAL MEANING AND INTENT OF THE MAINE INDIAN LAND CLAIMS : PENOBSCOT PERSPECTIVES”
Penobscot historian Maria Girouard’s revelatory Master’s Thesis “THE ORIGINAL MEANING AND INTENT OF THE MAINE INDIAN LAND CLAIMS : PENOBSCOT PERSPECTIVES” examines the historical context in which the controversial 1980 Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act came to be from Wabanaki perspectives.
The Maine Legislature is resuming its consideration of “An Act To Implement the Recommendation of the Task Force on Changes to the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Implementing Act”. On Tuesday, May 4 at 9am, the Judiciary Committee will hold a public hearing on the bill, now numbered LD 1568.
July, 2020
- Sunlight Media Collective’s founding documentary The Penobscot: Ancestral River, Contested Territory (2015) updated:A new 7-minute update has been created and added to the original documentary video. The updated segment is titled “The Saga Continues” and briefs viewers on what has come to [ … ]
- Interview with Chief Kirk Francis of the Penobscot Nation with Sunlight Media Collective Meredith DeFrancesco & Dawn Neptune Adams July, 2020Sunlight Media Collective spoke with Penobscot Nation Chief Kirk Francis about the historic judicial review of the Penobscot River Case now underway. This En Banc Review will assess whether the [ … ]
- Penobscots Speak on Historic River Case Review by Court of Appeals:This summer, the US Court of Appeals vacated its opinion and granted a rare En banc review of its decision on Penobscot Nation vs. Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey, (previously [ … ]
- Mini-Lectures on How Disparate State Policies Invite Out of State Waste into Maine and How Landfill Leachate Threatens Health and Environment on the Penobscot RiverHillary Lister, longtime activist on waste impacts in Maine, founder and organizer with Don’t Waste ME, speaks prior to the Maine Board of Environmental Protection’s consideration of rule changes that [ … ]
- Juniper Ridge Landfill MegadumpOver 200,000 tons of out-of-state waste is disposed of at the Juniper Ridge Landfill megadump every year, a publicly owned, privately run landfill in Maine. The waste used to construct [ … ]