Maine Tribes seek authority to exercise VAWA '13 jurisdiction

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This story was filed on March 2, 2015

Because of the Maine Settlement Act of 1980, state law would have to change to facilitate tribal authority, and a bill has been introduced. Here’s the news article.read more

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