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The Pa.6.6amaquoddy and Penob~c..at T1tibe.6 neq~ilLe youn
.~.o.oi~tanc..e to ne.oolve the pltoblem 06 6unding thtln polic..e depantmentJ in Fiic..al Yean 7979.
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Sinc..e ea1tly 1974, the Law En601Lc..ement A.o.ol~tanc..e Adminl~tJta:tion
ha.o 6unded the PenobJc..ot and the two Pa.6.6amaquoddy Law En6onc..ement P1tog1Lam.6. LEAA'.6 polic..le.o allow.o :them to 6und polic..e
depaJt:tmen:t.6 601L only :thnee yealL~. Bec..au.6e we have no otheJt
6unding .ooulLc..e, they have agJteed :to c..ontinue thellL .ouppon:t thlLough
thi.o 6i.o c..al y ealL. ·
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by LEAA,and the BIA'.6 Ea.otenn A4ea 066ic..e and Law En6o4c..ement
Vlvi~lon that no 6und.o aJte alloeated at will be 661Lthc..oming
in ·Fl.oc..al · YeaJt 7979. The State 06 Maine will al.oo, not 6und
the total c..o.o:t o 6 oun polic..e .6 eiz.vic..e.6. With no ounding .oou.nc..e.6
in .olght 6on FiJc..al YeaJt 7979 601t ouJt polic..e, we intend :to Jteque.ot,
•text wee~, 06 the Senate Subc..ommittee on the Vepafttmen:t 06 Inte1Llo1t,
and Related Agenc..ie.6 an add-on appltopniation 06 $180,000 to Sund
the Pa/.}Jamaquoddy and Pe.nob.6eot Polic..e Ve.paJttme.nt.6. A.o a matte.It
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expe.nditune.o u.nden the. John.6on-O 'Malley Ac..:t.
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By the tenm.6 06 ouJt Joint Me.moJtan-dum 06 UndeJtJ:tan.ding wlth
the White Hou.oe Wonk GJtoup on ouJt land c..lalm, :the. c..Jtiminal julLl.6dlc..tlon oveJt ouJt Tnibe..o will Jtemain with the State 06 Maine 601t a~
lea.ot the ne.xt :two yean.o. G)Jv.en thil.} .6ituation, by all appe.ananee.6,
.t he BIA Lo unwilling to p1tovlde. 6u.nd,!> undeJt :the. nonmal polic..y.
In R..i.ght 06 the e.xt1taondlna1ty ,5i.tu.ation that we ane in, we. nee.l
�that a hpec.ial add-on appll.op~iation hpec.i6ica.lly pll.oviding 6undh
6on ou,1. po.C.ic.c., thJz.ough the B1A ill both app!T..opJr..iate. and e.!l .6e.ntia.l
and we. ahk that you huppoJr..t ouJz. Jz.eque.ht. Thank you.
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Tim Vollman.
Gove1tno'1.. Nic.holah Sa.pie!
Gove'1..no'1.. F'1..a.nc.ih Nlc.holah
Gove'1..no'1.. John Steve.nh
Senato'1.. Edmund Muhkie. (Ehtelle. La.vole.)
Senato'1.. William Hathaway (Betty Boyington)
Rep!T..e~entative. William C~he.n (Cynthia. Hilton)
RepJz.e.~entative Va.vid Eme.Jr..y (CaJz.olyn Nightingale.)
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Letter from Andrew Akins (Penobscot-Passamaquoddy Tribal Planning Board) to Forrest Gerard (BIA, Department of Interior) (04/11/1978)
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Joint Memorandum of Understanding
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Suzan Harjo
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MEMORANDUM
September 5, 1979
TO:
Jim Case
FROM:
Estelle Lavoie
RE:
Summary of my June 27 meeting with representatives
of the Micmac and Maliseet Tribes.
.
On Wednesday morning, June 27 ,. I met with several representatives of the Micmac and Maliseet Tribes of Aroostook County
to discuss their desire to obtain federal recognition and with
it, federal funds, and their land claim for Aroostook County.
Present were Maynard Polchies, President of the Association of
Aroostook Indians, Inc., John Joseph, James Tomah, Jim Wherry,
John Stevens -- former Passamaquoddy tribal governor who has
been hired to assist on this endeavor, and Gregory Buesing of
the Federal Regional Council in Boston.
Several factors prompt them in pursuing a settlement with
the federal government:
1) The state's withdrawl of funding and services, presently
totaling $500,000 beginning next fall;
2) The April 1, 1980, statute of limitations on the filing
of claims under the Nonintercourse Act;
3) The refusa~ of the present Passamaquoddy leadership to
cut them in on any settlement they may get out of their land
claim;
4) A statement, in the Joint Memorandum of Understanding,
which would preclude any further claims to the land claimed
by the Penobscots and Passamaquoddies.
Background
There are today approximately 1500 Micmac and Maliseet
Indians scattered in Maine. While there is no reservation or
land area set aside for them, the largest group of Maliseet Indians
numbers 300 to 400, lives in a particular section of Houlton, and
calls itself the Houlton band. The Maliseets, which are somehow
related to the Passamaquoddies in terms of blood line and lineage,
say they have a land claim to most of Aroostook County, potentially
three million acres. Because their chiefs spoke along with the
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Jim Case
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Passamaquoddy chiefs at the time the now-famous 1800 treaties
were.signed, they believe they also have a valid claim to federal
s .e rvices. The Micmacs have no land claim and the Bureau of
Inqian Affairs would apparently be reluctant to give them services
under any condition.
While the major Indian land claim was brewing during the mid1970's, the Passamaquoddy leadership at that time, including
John Stevens, apparently told the Micmacs and Maliseets that they
would share some of the proceeds of their land claim settlement
once it was finalized and suggested that their northern brothers
remain quiet during the course of negotiations. The new
Passamaquoddy governors are no longer promising anything, and the
Aroostook Indians, who are quite poor, are naturally concerned
about their future well-being since the state is also cutting off
all services.
In order to protect themselves, the Aroostook Indians have done
some historical research on their origin and done some genealogical
studies. Attached is a copy of their report. It was obvious to
me, during the course of the meeting, that the tribes really were
not · sure how to proceed and had done very little in terms of
substantive legal research. They do not want to sue the
Passamaquoddies and Penobscots for land. On the other hand, they
know they will be totally destitute without any kind of state or
federal assistance.
They wanted to know Senator Muskie's thoughts on their report and to have his guidance.
I simply replied that an additional
land claim would not make matters easier and that Muskie really
had no opinion on their report.
When pressed for their precise claims, they replied:
1)
Federal services;
2) A non-residential land base, for social and cultural
purposes primarily, They have not identified any tracts
of land, and gave a preliminary figure of 10,000 acres.
I will add in closing that, at the time of the meeting, these
Indians had no legal counsel. Tom Tureen has told them that he
(and the Native American Rights Fund) would be in conflict if he
represented them as well as the other Maine tribes. While the
Micmacs and Maliseets are quite poor and said they couldn't afford
to hire counsel, they have obviously discovered a means to obtain
legal representation.
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Gregory Buesing
James Case
James Tomah
James Wherry
John Joseph
John Stevens
Maliseet
Maynard Polchies
Micmac
Senator Edmund Muskie