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Maine Indian Tribal-State Commission Annual Report 2013-2014 A Summary of the Activities of the Maine Indian Tribal-State Commission (July 1, 2013 – June 30, 2014) Prepared by John Dieffenbacher-Krall, Executive Director Maine Indian Tribal-State Commission (MITSC) P.O. Box 241 Stillwater, ME 04489 (207) 817-3799 Email: [email protected] www.mitsc.org December 2014 MITSC Commissioners Jamie Bissonette Lewey, Chair John Banks Matt Dana Gail Dana-Sacco Vera Francis Richard Gould Joan Nass H. Roy Partridge Robert Polchies Linda Raymond Brian Reynolds Table of Contents I. Executive Summary ...........................................................................................................1 II. Introduction ........................................................................................................................2 A. Purpose and Organization of This Report III. Overview of MITSC ...........................................................................................................2 A. Purpose and Responsibilities B. MITSC Members and Staff C. Funding IV. MITSC Activities ...............................................................................................................3 Reviewing Effectiveness of the Settlement Act MITSC Responds to Request for Input from UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples James Anaya ...................................................................3 MITSC Letter to Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (DIF&W) Commissioner Chandler Woodcock to Better Coordinate Rulemaking between the Commission and DIF&W ...........................................................................4 MITSC Letter to the Marine Resources Committee Chairs Concerning LD 1625, An Act To Clarify the Law Concerning Maine’s Elver Fishing License, and the Impact on Tribal-State Relations .........................................................5 Collaboration w/ the Wabanaki Center at the University of Maine and American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) Healing Justice Program in New England on Treaty Learning Series and Work to Hold Events at Sipayik 3/19/14 and UMaine 3/20/14 .......................................................................................................6 MITSC Report Assessment of the Intergovernmental Saltwater Fisheries Conflict Between Passamaquoddy and the State of Maine ............................................7 Reviewing Effectiveness of the Social, Economic, and Legal Relationship Between the Tribes and the State MITSC Participation in the Development of a Wabanaki Proposal to the State of Maine Re: Tribal Consultation .......................................................................................8 MITSC Work with the Maine Department of Corrections Concerning the Collection of Incarceration Data Applicable to the Wabanaki and Overall American Indian Corrections Population.......................................................................9 MITSC Letter to Governor Paul LePage Regarding the Elver Project ..........................9 — iii — MITSCMaine’s Work Elver Related Fishing to License,LD 1625, and An LDAct 1723,To Clarify An Act the To Law Improve Concerning Maine’sEnforcement Elver Fishing of Marine License, Resources and LD Laws 1723,…………………………………………. An Act To Improve Enforcement 9 ofMITSC Marine WorkResources with LawsExecutive ........................................................................................... and Legislative Branches of Maine State 10 MITSCGovernment Work withto Stop Executive Racialized and SpeechLegislative and BranchesCombat Intimidation of Maine State during Public GovernmentHearings, Work to Stop Sessions Racialized of Legislative Speech and Committees Combat Intimidation…………………………… during 10 PublicWork Hearings, on LD 1828, Work An Sessions Act To ofLimit Legislative Consent Committees Regarding Land ....................................... Transfers to the 11 Federal Government…………………………………………………………….. 11 Work on LD 1828, An Act To Limit Consent Regarding Land Transfers Fulfillingto the FederalMITSC GovernmentResponsibility ........................................................................................... When the Passamaquoddy Tribe or Penobscot Nation 12 Seek to Add to Their Land in Trust Holdings Fulfilling MITSC Responsibility When the Passamaquoddy Tribe or Penobscot NationWork Seek with to Add Department to Their Landof Agriculture, in Trust Holdings Conservation & Forestry on the WorkPenobscot with Department Nation Gaining of Agriculture, Vehicular ConservationAccess to Trust & ForestryLand in Williamsburgon the PenobscotVia the KI Nation Multi Gaining-Use Trail Vehicular……………………………………………………… Access to Trust Land in 11 Williamsburg Via the KI Multi-Use Trail ....................................................................12 MITSC Organizational Development/Resources MITSC Organizational Development/Resources MITSCMITSC September September 30/October 30/October 1, 1,2013 2013 Retreat Retreat ............................................................ …………………………………1213 MITSC Outreach Maine Indian Tribal-State Commission Activity Report 2009-2012 ...........................14 Maine Indian Tribal-State Commission Activity Report 2009-2012 ……………13 MaineMaine Indian Indian Tribal-State Tribal-State Commission Commission Annual Annual Report Report 2012-2013 2012-2013 .............................……………..1314 rd 3rd3 TribalTribal Career Career & & College College Expo, Expo, Wabanaki Wabanaki Cultural Cultural Center, Center, 5/22/14 5/22/14 ......................…………1314 MITSC Report Assessment of the Intergovernmental Saltwater Fisheries Conflict MITSCBetween Report Passamaquoddy Assessment ofand the the Intergovernmental State of Maine…………………….………….1 Saltwater Fisheries 3 Conflict Between Passamaquoddy and the State of Maine ..........................................14 Appendices Appendices I. I. Letter,Letter, MITSC MITSC to the to UN the Special UN Special Rapporteur Rapporteur on the on Rights the Rights of Indigenous of Indigenous Peoples JamesPeoples Anaya, James 8/8/13 Anaya, 8/8/13 ...........................................................................15 II. II. NewsNewsRelease, Release, Maine Maine Indian Indian Tribal Tribal-State-State Commission Commission Documents Documents Humanitarian CrisisHumanitarianFaced by Wabanaki Crisis FacedTribes by Within Wabanaki the State Tribes of WithinMaine Duethe State to Maine of Maine Indian ClaimsDue Settlement to Maine Act Indian & Maine Claims Implementing Settlement Act Act; & CommissionMaine Implementing Calls for Act; Action To AddressCommission Human Calls Rights for Crisis,Action 8/9/13 To Address Human Rights Crisis, 8/9/13 .........29 III. News Article, “Maine Tribal-State Commission airs human rights concerns to III. UnitedNews Nations Article,,” Bangor “Maine Daily Tribal-State News, 8/13/13 Commission airs human rights IV. Newsconcerns Report, “ toMaine United State Nations,”-Tribal BangorCommission Daily Raises News, Human8/13/13 ..............................Rights Concerns 32 IV. with UnitedNews Report, Nations “Maine,” MPBN State-Tribal, 8/14/13 Commission Raises Human Rights V. NewsConcerns Article, “ Mainewith United Commission Nations,” Seeks MPBN UN, 8/14/13 Action .............................................. on State’s Tribal Human 34 Rights Violations,” Indian Country Today Media Network, 8/22/13 V. News Article, “Maine Commission Seeks UN Action on State’s VI. News Article, “MITSC reports humanitarian crisis in tribes,” The Quoddy Tides, Tribal Human Rights Violations,” Indian Country Today Media 8/23/13 Network, 8/22/13 ..............................................................................................37 VII. Op-ed, “A chance for Maine to lead on indigenous human rights,” Walter R. Echo- VI. Hawk,News Bangor Article, Daily “MITSC News, 9/2/13 reports humanitarian crisis in tribes,” The Quoddy Tides, 8/23/13 ...............................................................................40 — iv — ii VIII.VII. Letter,Op-ed, MITSC “A to chance Department for Maine of Inland to lead Fisheries on indigenous & Wildlife human Commissioner rights,” ChandlerWalter Woodcock, R. Echo-Hawk, 12/17/13 Bangor Daily News, 9/2/13 .........................................43 IX. VIII. Letter,Letter, MITSC MITSC to Marine to Department Resources of Chairs, Inland Senator Fisheries Christopher & Wildlife Johnson and RepresentativeCommissioner Walter Chandler Kumiega, Woodcock, 1/23/14 12/17/13..................................................46 X. News Release, Maine Indian Tribal-State Commission Urges