From Peace and Social Concerns Committee<\/p>\n\n\n\n
UPDATE: February 12, 2026:<\/strong> See the Wabanaki Alliance website for a summary of the bills and talking points: Important Wabanaki Legislation, January 23, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Wabanaki Alliance will be having a Lobby Day, likely in February, in conjunction with the P&SC will provide more information as we learn the dates and committees that will hold To support these bills contact your legislators. You can find them by going to LD 785 (previously LD 1626 in past legislature), <\/strong>which will incorporate all of the proposed LD 395 (previously LD 2004),<\/strong> which seeks to give the Wabanaki Nations access to all of the <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From Peace and Social Concerns Committee UPDATE: February 12, 2026: The date for the public hearings on the two big “sovereignty bills” has been announced. Thedate is: Thursday, February 19, 2026, 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. in the Judiciary Committeemeeting … Continue reading
The date for the public hearings on the two big “sovereignty bills” has been announced. The
date is: Thursday, February 19, 2026, 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. in the Judiciary Committee
meeting room, State House, Room 438.
10:00 a.m.: LD 395<\/strong>: “An Act to Restore Access to Federal Laws Beneficial to the
Wabanaki Nations”
1:00 p.m.: LD 785<\/strong>: An Act to Enact the Remaining Recommendations of the Task Force
on Changes to the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Implementing Act”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
LD 395: https:\/\/www.wabanakialliance.com\/ld-395-talking-points\/
LD 785: https:\/\/www.wabanakialliance.com\/ld-785-talking-points\/
These bills will be very similar to ones that have come up in previous sessions, so you can dust
off and update those previous testimonies!
To support these bills contact your legislators. You can find them by going to
www.maine.gov and type voter lookup into the search bar. Select Government: eDemocracy:
Voter Information Lookup and enter the name of your town<\/p>\n\n\n\n
hearings on the two most important bills coming before the legislature this session. We ask you
to contact your legislators in support of these bills. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
the hearings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
www.maine.gov and type voter lookup into the search bar. Select Government: eDemocracy:
Voter Information Lookup and enter the name of your town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
amendments to the 1980 Settlement Act that haven’t already been passed (which is the majority
of them recommended by a 2019 bipartisan task force); and,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
beneficial laws that have been passed for the other 571 federally-recognized Indigenous
Nations, but which have been denied to the Wabanaki since 1980)<\/p>\n\n\n\n