A new welcome center at the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument in Maine tells the story of the land from the ...

Maine’s governor has signed a bill making the state the first to prohibit public schools, colleges and universities from using Native American symbols as mascots. Gov. Janet Mills signed the ...

Payment said there are still 12 schools in the state who use Native American themed mascots. She continues to speak at school board meetings, but has focused the majority of her efforts on ...

Maine has banned the use of Native American mascots in its public schools and colleges, making it the first state in the nation to fully outlaw the use of such images by educational institutions ...

On Thursday, Maine Governor Janet Mills signed a bill to prohibit the use of Native American mascots in all public schools—including colleges and universities. The bill was passed unanimously in ...

Twenty organizations receive grants for their work on social justice. Following a daylong racial justice symposium at O’Maine Studios on June 13, Maine Initiatives threw its second annual ...

Native Americans did not receive official citizenship in Maine until 1964, and it was common for tribal affiliates to join the workforce as early as 13 years old. They were generally employed by shoe ...

For many reasons, not the least being the promise of better health care opportunities for Native Americans in Maine, new legislation in the next session, L.D. 2007, must be passed and any vetoes ...

Voters in Maine will likely be the ones to decide whether to restore long removed language about the state's obligations to Native American tribes to printed versions of its constitution. The ...

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.

L.D. 2007 must be passed with any vetoes overridden to improve access to health care and better well-being for the Wabanaki Nations. Fifty-two years ago, I graduated from the University of Maine ...