The Ivory Billed Woodpecker was declared extinct in the US in 1988. Abenakis were declared extinct in Maine about 100 years earler. One of MB's things-to-do-if-elected to the Maine Legislature was to introduce a bill to recognize Maine Abenakis.
The media in Burlington covered a hearing on a bill introduced by Republican Senator Diane Snelling, daughter of Governor Richard Snelling, who ended Vermont's state recognition of the Mississquoi Abenaki, to again recognize, as a state, the Mississquoi Abenaki. Here's the story.
Here's the text of the bill in the current (2005 - 2006) legislative session: link.
Here's the text of the bill in the 2003 - 2004 legislative session: link.
Here's the text of bills in the 2003 - 2004 legislative session: link and link.
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Posted by EBW at April 29, 2005 10:30 AM | TrackBack