Unsettled Past, Unsettled Future: The Story of Maine Indians

by Neil Rolde

Overview

The headlines have been full of controversy over casinos, racinos, land claims settlements, and sovereign rights for Native Americans in Maine-and it's likely that we'll be talking about these complex issues for some time yet. A capable historian with an enjoyable narrative style, Neil Rolde puts these controversies in context by telling the larger story of Maine Indians since earliest times. There are many generous voices in this book, sharing their stories and hopes and fears. It's a privilege to listen to them and broaden our understanding of the issues faced by Native Americans in Maine.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781684751679
Publisher:	Down East Books
Publication date:	09/15/2023
Pages:	478
Product dimensions:	6.03(w) x 9.07(h) x 0.99(d)

About the Author

A former legislator and an award-winning historian,Neil Rolde is the author of Maine in the World: Stories of Some of Those from Here Who Went Away; Continental Liar from the State of Maine: James G. Blaine; Unsettled Past, Unsettled Future: The Story of Maine Indians; The Interrupted Forest: A History of Maine's Wildlands; and many other books. He lives in York, Maine.

Table of Contents

	Introduction	vii
Chapter 1	Indian Law 101	1
Chapter 2	Prelude	10
Chapter 3	The Real Land Claims Case Develops	19
Chapter 4	Into the Thick of the Lands Claims Issue	30
Chapter 5	The Actual Settlement: Procedures and Implications	45
Chapter 6	Looking Back, Way Back	55
Chapter 7	The People	67
Chapter 8	The People II	81
Chapter 9	Setting the Tone	91
Chapter 10	One Hundred Years of Warfare	102
Chapter 11	The Last Phase	119
Chapter 12	Yet a New War	135
Chapter 13	Postwar Under Massachusetts	156
Chapter 14	Maine in Charge	172
Chapter 15	The 1840s and 1850s	195
Chapter 16	Old John Neptune and Other Notables	212
Chapter 17	Elsewhere in Indian Country	232
Chapter 18	The Transition	248
Chapter 19	Just Before the Storm	283
Chapter 20	Aftermath I	302
Chapter 21	Aftermath II	320
Chapter 22	Looking Around I	337
Chapter 23	Looking Around II	366
Chapter 24	All Hell Breaks Loose in Maine Again	389
Chapter 25	The Referendum Rejected	407
Chapter 26	Indigenous Peoples	419
	Afterword	434
	Bibliography	441
	Index	452

Editorial Reviews

"The best study of the land claims settlement and Maine Indian politics in the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries."

Maine Sunday Telegram

"...Rich in anecdotes...emphasis on political matters throughout... covers the full extent of Indian history in Maine..."

Bangor Daily News