BANGOR DAILY NEWS • February 26, 2024
A sweeping sovereignty proposal for Native American tribes in Maine may become narrower as part of a compromise meant to avoid another veto from Gov. Janet Mills, several tribal leaders and representatives said Monday. While not all details are available on the potential tweaks, tribes “are almost at consensus” with Mills and Attorney General Aaron Frey’s office on changes to the 1980 settlement that saw tribes relinquish a claim for more than two-thirds of the state’s land in exchange for becoming regulated like cities and towns, Corey Hinton, a Passamaquoddy attorney, said.