Wabanaki Tribes Back Pingree, Hoping to Break Decades-Long Sovereignty Stalemate
Maine’s Wabanaki tribes are aligning with gubernatorial nominee Hannah Pingree, hoping the partnership will finally secure the sovereignty rights tribal leaders have sought for decades. Pingree said she has been in direct contact with tribal leaders and pledged to work with them to extend rights that have long been denied to Maine’s tribes.
✍️ Reported by Stewart Huntington
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@robingile4301
July 21, 2026 at 7:18 pm
Time for a change, and women are leading it, mostly.
@MichaelJWhitman
July 21, 2026 at 7:18 pm
Tribes need better lawyers
@chiefjoseph8154
July 21, 2026 at 7:18 pm
So……Voting Democrat will fix this? Lol.
@SunbearMoonpie
July 21, 2026 at 7:18 pm
Exactly the Maine tribes are not receiving Equal Protection Under the Law. It's long past due that the Maine tribes have their Sovereignty Recognized.
@Charlie-d3b8n
July 21, 2026 at 7:18 pm
Hooka hey, maine native nations !
@AWFULWORKPLACES
July 21, 2026 at 7:18 pm
Public Schools in Law should Teach The Native American Languages
@heatherilse4510
July 21, 2026 at 7:18 pm
May it be so.
@Haqq787
July 21, 2026 at 7:18 pm
Trump hait les tribus indiennes !!! Trump le grand raciste👿👹 sioniste !!! Il fera tout pour s'opposer…..
@TracyDarby-i7p
July 21, 2026 at 7:18 pm
I support you. Ms. Pingree. I encourage you to address the precious minerals on your land. It is the answer to everything.
@Bigpork00
July 21, 2026 at 7:18 pm
LMAOOOO after all these centuries they still think whites want to help them even when every problem they have was created by whites 🤦♂️
@brucelachniet8698
July 21, 2026 at 7:18 pm
Chief Wabiwindego (Wabi Windego), 1779–1837, 4th great-grandfather — 1836 Treaty of Washington, first-class payment tier
Chief Addison "Flying Hawk" Potts Ahgosa, 1794–1881, 3rd great-grandfather — founder of Ahgosatown/Peshawbestown, 1836 treaty signer, namesake of Ahgosa's Trail on period survey maps
Chief Paul Ance, 1781–1855, 2nd great-grandfather — confirmed as "Ainse, of Michilimackinac" on the 1836 treaty and its supplemental article
Chief Louis McSauba (Mick-saw-bay), 1827–1897, great-grandfather — 1855 Treaty of Detroit and 1856 Northport ratification signer, alongside Ahgosa
@redwindwalker6576
July 21, 2026 at 7:18 pm
Hold her to her promise. Land back!!!
@wiltonhudgens221
July 21, 2026 at 7:18 pm
Right on. Representative Pingree is one of only 58 representatives that voted "nay" against H.R.8034. She voted against further support for the genocidal regime controlling Israel when hundreds betrayed their constituents.
To find out how your local representatives voted on H.R.8034…
https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024152
@Warrior_Resisting_Colonialism
July 21, 2026 at 7:18 pm
Horrible thumbnail, ICT. We don't belong to the settler colonial racist state of Maine. Please don't call us Maine tribes. There's no such thing. Maines tribe are European settlers. We need to move beyond the term tribe also. We're a modern nation, just like the rest of the world. The white settlers don't call themselves tribes, neither should we. We're Indian Nations of Turtle Island. Let's decolonize and reject the Eurocentric terms, ok?
@Chickaddd
July 21, 2026 at 7:18 pm
she will have my vote
@sylviewalker7560
July 21, 2026 at 7:18 pm
Finally.
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