Wabanaki Alliance Board President, Ambassador Osihkiyol Crofton-Macdonald (Wolastoqey/Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians), has issued this call to action, urging folks to contact our Senators and Reps about protecting the federal funding of vital programs for Indigenous Nations around the country: - ThreadSky

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Wabanaki Alliance Board President, Ambassador Osihkiyol Crofton-Macdonald (Wolastoqey/Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians), has issued this call to action, urging folks to contact our Senators and Reps about protecting the federal funding of vital programs for Indigenous Nations around the country:

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wabanakialliance.bsky.social•14 days ago

“I am reaching out to you today with a call to action to help protect the federal functions and programs that are the basis of the trust responsibility from the United States government to federally recognized tribal nations."

wabanakialliance.bsky.social•14 days ago

"As the newly elected President of the Board of Directors for the Wabanaki Alliance and Tribal Ambassador for the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians, I am well aware of the struggle to have the sovereignty of the Wabanaki Nations in our homelands now called Maine recognized by our state government."

wabanakialliance.bsky.social•14 days ago

"I thank you for being in this work with us as we seek to amend the 1980 Maine Indian Land Claims & Implementing Acts through the state legislative process. Soon, we will have action to take in this new session and provide more information on specific bills we will need your support to help pass."

wabanakialliance.bsky.social•14 days ago

"We are always so thankful for our allies and friends, and we could not have made the progress we have made for our tribal communities without the network you all have helped us build."

wabanakialliance.bsky.social•14 days ago

"Today we ask you to answer the call of a larger coalition of tribes, the United Southern and Eastern Tribes (USET Sovereignty Protection Fund). The Wabanaki Nations that comprise the Wabanaki Alliance are all members of this coalition."

wabanakialliance.bsky.social•14 days ago

"We are boosting this message because it will have devastating impacts on our people if these cuts affect our federal programming."

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