Foreword | p. xiii |
A Brief History of Indian Legislative Representatives in the Maine Legislature, by S. Glenn Starbird, Jr., 1983; updated by Donald Soctomah, 1999, and by Donna M. Loring, 2001 | p. xvii |
A List of Penobscot and Passamaquoddy Legislative Representatives | p. xxii |
Introduction: Now is the time to end our one-hundred-and-eighty-year silence | p. xxxi |
Setting the stage | p. 1 |
A nation is never conquered until the hearts of its women are on the ground.-Cheyenne proverb | p. 4 |
We fight and fight and fight and fight for every inch of respect and dignity due us as human beings | p. 10 |
"The town of Houlton bulldozed the tribe's tarpaper shacks without warning and in the middle of winter."-Chief Brenda Commander, Houlton Band of Maliseets | p. 17 |
...a program that was doing a great service to Maine's people of color and minority populations | p. 22 |
...she was insulted by the word but never felt empowered enough to say anything | p. 25 |
"Representative Loring, would you like to second that motion?"-Senator Susan Longley | p. 29 |
The "correction" bill will need active support if the legislature is going to salvage the integrity of its own process | p. 35 |
I must be honest and say I do not see a bright future for this bill. The gaming is going to kill it | p. 38 |
"They don't even celebrate Columbus Day!"-Barbara Walters, ABC "20/20" | p. 41 |
We needed to win this one for them | p. 47 |
"The governor and the legislature got ambushed by a small group of Indians."-Bangor Daily News | p. 50 |
Can we trust the legislative process to work the way we intended it to in the Land Claims Settlement Act? | p. 54 |
Today we made history | p. 57 |
When the smoke had settled, it was yet another Indian massacre | p. 58 |
"Donna, you kicked ass!" | p. 65 |
I'm not sure how this will play out, but I am sure that MITSC will never be the same | p. 68 |
"Wouldn't you be better off if you became one with the majority?" | p. 71 |
How ironic-Native presence is so prominent in the political system of this country and yet we are made invisible by it | p. 73 |
"If such a site were created we could have the Penobscots there one weekend, and the KKK demonstrating the next."-Paul Stern, Deputy Attorney General | p. 78 |
The whole situation was one of many political insults we suffer in the white man's world | p. 84 |
We tried to explain we had been cleared, but one of Al Gore's advance people threatened to have the Secret Service remove us! | p. 88 |
We are tribal citizens, but we are also Maine citizens without a vote or a voice for our tribes | p. 91 |
It is time for Maine state government to take a fresh look at Maine tribal governments | p. 98 |
Judge Crowley orders chiefs to jail for contempt | p. 101 |
The tribes were in full agreement | p. 106 |
"When you make a people invisible, you don't want to talk about their history." | p. 109 |
Indian governments need to be treated as such, with respect and dignity, and looked upon as assets, not liabilities | p. 112 |
This committee would recognize the unique relationship that exists between the tribes and the state, as well as facilitate knowing each other and each other's governmental responsibilities | p. 115 |
I'm not giving up, but I can see it's going to take another two years, minimum | p. 116 |
Tribal seats are contemplated in other states | p. 124 |
When the chair asked if anyone would be speaking against my education bill, one male voice said, "Not on your life, lady!" | p. 125 |
I feel like I'm swimming against the current, but then again, I've been swimming against the current all my life | p. 131 |
The Baxter students got their public apology from the State of Maine after thirty years, but what a tremendous price they had to pay for it! | p. 136 |
"Voices of change will never be silenced."-Elizabeth (Libby) Mitchell, former speaker of the house | p. 138 |
My goodness, I sound like a politician! | p. 144 |
It's tough to wait. This bill is probably the most important Indian bill that ever hit the legislature | p. 149 |
The Land Claims Settlement Act was supposed to affirm our sovereign rights, not deny them! | p. 156 |
"I don't drink beer, I don't play golf, but I sure would like to vote." | p. 159 |
The notes from my comrades made me feel very good, and for once, even if this is short-lived, I made a difference | p. 162 |
Education will help prevent hatred and prejudice. It will shine a light on that dark place where Indian people have been hidden for almost two hundred years | p. 165 |
Who are the real human rights abusers? All this time we thought it was China! | p. 176 |
Anita's Poem | p. 178 |
Judge Crowley's decision and the Maine Supreme Judicial Court's decision were dead wrong | p. 181 |
The World Trade Center and the Pentagon were attacked by terrorists | p. 184 |
The state is taking Maliseet children from their homes in record numbers-five times the national average | p. 189 |
...just think, for the very first time in Maine history the tribal chiefs would be addressing a joint session of the legislature! | p. 201 |
Judge Crowley just basically signed the paper companies' order and changed the dates | p. 206 |
"Kittery site would employ 4,000 and fetch $100 million a year for state."-Bangor Daily News | p. 215 |
On March 11, 2002, the legislature observed the "State of the Tribes" for the first time in Maine history | p. 229 |
I am proud of all the Wabanaki warriors who have served and who remain role models for future generations | p. 230 |
This cartoon was dehumanizing. Ironically, it was in the paper the day after the first-ever "State of the Tribes Address." | p. 235 |
"I am pleased to appoint you as house chair of the Casino Study Committee." | p. 240 |
Epilogue | p. 244 |
The Struggle Continues | p. 245 |
Acknowledgments | p. 255 |
Index | p. 258 |
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