Maine Governor Spars with Indian Tribes over Sovereignty.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)Adams, Jim
Apache Tribe of Oklahoma Arapahoe Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming Aroostook Band of Micmac Indians of Maine Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana Augustine Band of Cahuilla Indians, California
ever-present danger of Indian attacks. The stretches of unoccupied land between thecolonieswere the hunting grounds of theNarragansettof easternConnecticutand westernRhode Island, thePequotof Connecticut, theWampanoagofPlymouthand its neighborhood, the Pennacook ofNew Hampshire, and theAbnakitribesofMaine....
In an attempt to share all the efforts of various Native Sons and Daughters / Adventure Guides / Indian Guide and Indian Princess / Island Nation programs throughout the U.S., Tribes and Nations are listed by state below Jump to State ...
Though many of these meetings were peaceful, the cultures more often clashed, resulting in hundreds of battles and skirmishes between the Indians and pioneers encroaching upon their lands, as well as conflicts between the tribes and the U.S. Army. Though confrontations with the Indians virtually ...
About the Algonquin Indians __ "Algonquins were once one of the most influential aboriginal tribes in all of North American history. Their people played decisive roles in the fur trade, in several wars and in the creation of the modern-day nations of Canada and the United States." A ...
There has been positive collaboration between the state of Maine and Wabanaki tribes to bring about lasting positive change. Since 1999, this effort has resulted in ICWA trainings for state workers, an Indian Child Welfare policy and a better working relationship. ...
tribes’ lands “by right of conquest” because of their alliance with the defeated French, and English settlement quickly spread along the Maine coast. During the Revolutionary War, the Penobscots and Passamaquoddies helped the Americans defend their eastern frontier, but the Indians’ loss of ...
Arguing that “birth in the United States does not by itself entitle a person to citizenship, the person must also be ‘subject to the jurisdiction’ of the United States.” It raised a case from 1884 that found members of Indian tribes “are not ‘subject to the jurisdiction’ of the Un...
Region Covered: Texas, Maine, South Carolina, New York, Louisiana, North Carolina, Connecticut, Florida, Mississippi, Rhode Island, Alabama, and Massachusetts Year founded: 1969 Member Tribes: 30 Annual Conference: March 16-19, 2020 USET Annual Meeting & Expo ...