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Dems in #Maine’s #2ndDistrict race tackle #tribal topics in #PresqueIsleME
By Cameron Levasseur, May 13, 2026
"The four Democrats competing in a June primary to face former Gov. #PaulLePage for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District met Wednesday night in Presque Isle at a forum put on by the #WabanakiAlliance to discuss tribal sovereignty and other issues facing the state’s native population.
"Hosted by the #MikmaqNation, one of Maine’s four #WabanakiNations, the event lasted two hours and covered a broad range of topics, from #WaterRights to gaming legislation to the teaching of #NativeHistory in Maine’s schools.
"The candidates — State Auditor #MattDunlap, state Sen. #JoeBaldacci, former political operative #JordanWood and social worker #PaigeLoud — agreed on nearly everything, chiefly in their wholehearted support of #TribalSovereignty.
"#Sovereignty has dominated the political conversation around Maine’s tribes for years, with majority support for its expansion in the state legislature countered by opposition from the state’s executive leaders, including LePage and then Gov. #JanetMills.
" 'Only when I worked on these issues federally … did I understand how wrong Maine has been to its tribes and the need to rectify that #injustice,' Wood said.
If elected, all four said they would reintroduce a 2022 bill put forth by U.S. Rep. Jared Golden, to amend the #MaineIndianClaimsSettlementAct of 1980 and give the Wabanaki the same rights under federal law as the 570 #FederallyRecognizedTribes.
"Golden currently represents the 2nd District but abruptly announced last fall that he would not seek reelection. His bill failed in the Senate after it was blocked by Sen. #AngusKing, another Maine politician who has expressed skepticism at tribal rights expansions."Archived version:
https://archive.ph/zXhzT#MainePol #Elections2026 #TribalRights #Wabanakik #WabanakiSovereignty #LandBack #Dawnland #MaineSettlementAct #WaterIsLife #WabanakiConfederacy
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There will be a series of lectures in Wake County Public Library about the history of the Tuscarora Nation of North Carolina.
It looks interesting but I won't be able to join.
#Raleigh #NativeHistory
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FEARLESS, POETIC MEMOIR from a Cree, Salish, and Métis writer tells the story not only of her own traumatic family history, but of the brutal generational oppressions that cast painful shadows in too many Indigenous lives. B PLUS
https://houseofanansi.com/collections/new-releases/products/soft-as-bones
#book #Books #bookreview #bookreviews #bookstodon #nonfiction #memoir #memoirs #culturalhistory #indigenous #indigenoushistory #cree #métis #salish #nêhiyaw #nativehistory #SmallPressSunday
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Columbus Day honors a man who brought destruction—not discovery. Indigenous Americans lived for tens of thousands of years before his arrival triggered slavery, violence, and genocide. Here’s the truth.
#TruthAboutColumbus #IndigenousVoices #ColumbusMyth #DecolonizeHistory #NativeHistory #AncientAmericas #StopCelebratingGenocide #AncientHistory #Storytelling #DidYouKnow #HistoryFacts #DocumentaryShort #WeirdHistory -
Gerade lese ich, daß der März Verlag Berlin dieser Tage das absolut empfehlenswerte, zwischenzeitlich vergriffene Werk "Eine Geschichte des amerikanischen Volkes" von Howard ZInn neu herausbringt. Kauf- und Lesetipp!"In schlechten Zeiten hoffnungsvoll zu sein, beruht auf der Tatsache, dass die menschliche Geschichte nicht nur von Grausamkeit, sondern auch von Mitgefühl, Aufopferung, Mut und Freundlichkeit geprägt ist.
Wenn wir nur das Schlimmste sehen, zerstört das unsere Fähigkeit, etwas zu tun. Wenn wir uns an die Zeiten und Orte erinnern, an denen sich Menschen großartig verhalten haben, gibt uns das die Kraft zu handeln. Und wenn wir handeln, und sei es auch nur im Kleinen, müssen wir nicht auf eine große utopische Zukunft warten.
Die Zukunft ist eine unendliche Folge von Geschenken, und jetzt so zu leben, wie wir denken, dass Menschen leben sollten, trotz allem Schlechten um uns herum, ist selbst ein wunderbarer Sieg."
#CapitalismIsADeathCult #Buchtipp #Literatur #Arbeiterbewegung #NativeHistory #Blackhistory
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On Florida’s Mound Key, the Calusa people harvested deadly burrfish—fish too toxic to eat. Why? New research hints at ritual, toolmaking, or medicine—but the true reason remains unsolved.
#CalusaMystery #AncientFlorida #ToxicFish #NativeHistory #Burrfish #SmartHistory #ArchaeologyFinds #Storytelling #DidYouKnow #AncientHistory #HistoryFacts #DocumentaryShort #WeirdHistory
Read More: https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology-ancient-places-americas/calusa-burrfish-0021800 -
Today in incredible history of Turtle Island that I never knew anything about..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVUKTGRAvFY
#History #TurtleIsland #NorthAmerica #caddo #CaddoPeople #archaeology #nativeHistory #nativePlants
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Tribal Army (@tribalarmyofficial.bsky.social)
https://bsky.app/profile/tribalarmyofficial.bsky.social/post/3ln2isdpjwk2n
> These are the true faces of North America. Apaches, Sioux, Cherokees, Cheyennes, Arapaho, Blackfeet, Navajos—great Indigenous nations with rich cultures and deep wisdom. Yet, history books barely mention them. Let us remember, honor, and amplify their legacy. #IndigenousVoices #NativeHistory
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But he said something that I now believe is a Republican talking point, and it is dangerous AF y'all. And you need to pay attention.
He was responding to a question from George Stephanopoulos. S. asked Vance since he's been mentioned as a potential running mate for Trump, would he have certified the 2020 election.
After a truly dizzying logical fallacy laden response, he quoted Andrew Jackson.
3/?
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Did you know that the US military once massacred up to 300 Native Americans in South Dakota? 133 years ago today on 29 December 1890 the US Calvary troops entered a camp where the Lakota people lived at Wounded Knee Creek in an attempt to disarm them, which ended in a bloodbath. By the time the shooting stopped a few hours later, there were bodies strewn everywhere including those of babies and women.
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Not Yours to Reclaim: A Review of <i>Reclaiming Two-Spirits</i>
Gregory D. Smithers' Reclaiming Two-Spirits tells important stories, but he wasn't qualified to write the book in
https://sheseeksnonfiction.blog/2023/10/08/not-yours-to-reclaim-a-review-of-reclaiming-two-spirits/
#Antiracism #BookReviews #Books #LGBTQ+Equality #SocialJustice #bookreview #bookreviews #Books #indigenoushistory #indigenouspeoplesday #nativehistory #nonfiction #nonfictionbook #nonfictionbookreview #two-spirits -
Two related questions for #histodons who study #nativehistory #envhist:
1. What is the historical consensus on John Muir? Several scholars (albeit not historians) have written columns arguing that Sierra Club was wrong to call out his racism, which baffles me.
2. To what degree can we connect Muir to removal of Native peoples from national parks? Is it likely they would have been removed for white settlers if not for the parks?A hiker friend who is a fan of Muir is interested in learning more, and while I've read Spence's Dispossessing the Wilderness, I don't know about recent responses by historians to the debate on this.
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“I just want people to #understand where #Indigenous people are coming from, why people feel #hurt ” said Longboat, a #MohawkCollege insurance #student who was recently named #StudentOfTheYear by #CooperativeEducation & #WorkIntegrated #Learning #Canada .
“I just want my kids to grow up in a world where people understand.”
#TruthBeforeReconciliation #NativeCanada #FirstNations #Mohawk #Reconciliation #accountability #NativeHistory #CulturalGenocide #NativeCanadian