MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • October 10, 2021
Gov. Janet Mills has changed Oct. 11 to Indigenous Peoples Day, honoring Maine’s first native inhabitants. And, this past summer, Mainers also turned away replicas of Columbus’ ships out of respect for the state’s Indigenous inhabitants. So, how can Gov. Mills now stand behind the NECEC corridor, which has displaced and impoverished Quebec’s native people? If Mainers do not reject the corridor, the tribes will sue the province of Quebec because more than a third of the electricity will be produced from dams on land the tribes never ceded to the Canadian government. Mainers should vote “Yes” on Question 1 this November to reject the corridor and also honor the Indigenous people of Quebec … even if our governor will not. ~ Marjorie Monteleon, Southwest Harbor