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The Penobscot Nation Criticizes Maine’s Attorney General for Siding with Another State Against Tribal Fishing Rights

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Allison Herrera and Mary Bishop, both Salinan Indians, look out at the Indian Cemetery at the San Antonio Mission in Lockwood, California. The cemetery was laid out in 1804 at the height of the mission building period in California. Missions were built by California Indians through force. The total number of California Indians laid out in this cemetery is unknown, although Mary said it was in the thousands. Image by Isaac Kestenbaum. California, 2017.
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The Penobscot River in Maine. Image by Isaac Kestenbaum. United States, 2018.
Penobscot Chief Kirk Francis. Image courtesy of Penobscot Nation Chief's Office.

The Penobscot Nation criticizes Maine’s Attorney General for siding with another state against tribal fishing rights.

 

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