If you are like me, your knowledge of Henry VII and John Cabot’s charter to explore and claim New World lands is a little fuzzy. Thanks to John Dieffenbacher-Krall (Executive Director of MITSC) for sharing this history we all should know. Quotes are from John’s email to me of 7-30-2009 and a sermon he [...]
Doctrine of Discovery
August 1st, 2009 · 1 Comment
Tags: History · Sovereignty
Sovereignty: Micmac Victory and Turmoil
May 6th, 2009 · No Comments
Think for a moment about governments in distress, globally. There are contested elections, civil wars, usurpations of power, repressed and unrepresented populations, revolutions, invasions, rampant fraud, tyrannical leaders, cartels and pirates. Within Maine itself, tribal-state relations have, over the last year, come unraveled, a situation documented in MITSC’s archive of News.
The turmoil of nationhood [...]
Tags: LD291 · Sovereignty
