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The family philanthropic organization of Burt's Bees Inc. co-founder Roxanne Quimby has just given over 700 acres of ancestral lands in northern Maine to the Penobscot Nation, one of the state's five tribal communities.

Questions about who holds Maine lands and the claims of indigenous peoples who long stewarded the lands have racked the state for years.

Lucas St. Clair, Quimby’s son and president of Elliotsville Plantation Inc., commented on the recent return of the parcel in Williamsburg by saying, “While this is not the start or the end of a long journey of reparation, it is what I can do now and what I hope to do more of while encouraging others to join us.” 

Should Maine and Maine businesses do more to return land rights in the state to its indigenous peoples?
Yes (62%, 206 VOTES)
No (38%, 128 VOTES)
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Sponsored By: OTELCO

The family philanthropic organization of Burt's Bees Inc. co-founder Roxanne Quimby has just given over 700 acres of ancestral lands in northern Maine to the Penobscot Nation, one of the state's five tribal communities.

Questions about who holds Maine lands and the claims of indigenous peoples who long stewarded the lands have racked the state for years.

Lucas St. Clair, Quimby’s son and president of Elliotsville Plantation Inc., commented on the recent return of the parcel in Williamsburg by saying, “While this is not the start or the end of a long journey of reparation, it is what I can do now and what I hope to do more of while encouraging others to join us.” 

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  • November 4, 2020

    The reparations were done years ago, and agreed to by the tribes. The terrible part is how the govnernment does not allow the indigenous people to own their own land on the reservations. They cannot sell their land, and thus, cannot take a loan out against their land, which keeps them from being able to thrive in today's society. The government needs to stop treating them so poorly.

  • November 3, 2020

    This issue was settled 40 years ago. All Maine tribes agreed to the land claims deal.

  • November 3, 2020

    The whole idea of reparations is silly. I am of Irish and Scottish descent, and chances are good that my ancestors were forced off their land by the English. However, I have no expectation of reclaiming that land. And, for that matter, some of my ancestors are English. So, should I receive reparations or pay reparations? I live in the present and take responsibility for what I do now, not for what my ancestors did.

  • November 2, 2020

    We are living in the present and not in the past with only the future to look forward to. Reparations a democratic ploy to use identity politics for virtue signaling and will not address anything positive in the future.

  • November 2, 2020

    This was settled by Congress in 1980 with the Maine Indian Land Claims act. Singed into law by Jimmy Carter, $81.5 million paid to the tribes, $256.7 million in 2020 dollars. If private individuals want to buy land on the open market and give it to the tribes, that is there right to do so. The US government made reparations and the tribes agreed to the settlement.