Year: 2021

Kihtahkomikumon (Our Land) – #IsLandBack in Passamaquoddy Territory

Sunlight Media Collective October 21, 2021

In 2021, by an act of humanism, solidarity, and reparation, the Passamaquoddy tribe has...

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Sunlight Media Collective’s founding documentary The Penobscot: Ancestral River, Contested Territory (2015) updated:

Sunlight Media Collective October 1, 2021

A new 7-minute update has been created and added to the original documentary video....

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Defend Tribal Sovereignty: Justice for the River

Sunlight Media Collective July 29, 2021

Penobscot Nation and Other Affected Communities Speak Out at Public Hearing on Solid Waste Reform Bill

Sunlight Media Collective July 15, 2021

On Wednesday, April 3rd, the Maine Legislature’s Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources...

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Judiciary Committee’s public hearing for LD 2094: An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Task Force on Changes to the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Implementing Act”.

Sunlight Media Collective July 14, 2021

February 14, 2020. Video Excerpts: February 19, 2020. Video Excerpts: February 14, 2020. Transcripts:...

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Rally for the Penobscot River and Wabanaki Sovereignty

Sunlight Media Collective July 14, 2021

We have rescheduled the rally for August 1st! Please join us and invite as...

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Mini-Lectures on How Disparate State Policies Invite Out of State Waste into Maine and How Landfill Leachate Threatens Health and Environment on the Penobscot River

Sunlight Media Collective July 14, 2021

Hillary Lister, longtime activist on waste impacts in Maine, founder and organizer with Don’t...

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Governor Mills Vetoes Tribal Gaming Bill, Accentuating Inequality Between Wabanaki and Other Federally Recognized Tribes. Rena Newell Speech

Sunlight Media Collective July 8, 2021

In mid-June, the Maine State legislature passed LD 554, “An Act To Create Gaming...

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Yo-Yo Ma Joins Wabanaki Musicians at Sunrise to Perform a Concert For Healing: Recognition of Tribal Sovereignty at the Forefront of Morning’s Reflections

Sunlight Media Collective July 6, 2021

Hours before sunrise last Friday, an unlikely group gathered at the eastern edge of...

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Help Protect the Kennebec River:

Sunlight Media Collective June 24, 2021

DMR hearing regarding dam removal on Monday, March 15th by Mali Obomsawin with Sunlight...

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