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Taxation And Doing Business In Indian Country, Erik M. Jensen Oct 2017

Taxation And Doing Business In Indian Country, Erik M. Jensen

Maine Law Review

Economic development on the lands of the American Indian nations has been spotty at best. Almost everyone knows the great success stories with Indian gaming, which has been furthered by federal legislation, but those economic benefits have not been felt uniformly. Some tribes have prospered because of this peculiarly favored form of enterprise; others have not and, in many cases, probably cannot. Substantial economic development in Indian country will not occur without significant infusions of outside capital, but investment by non-Indian and nongovernmental sources is risky, or is perceived to be so, which leads to the same practical result. This …


Waiting For Gluskabe: An Examination Of Maine's Colonialist Legacy Suffered By Native American Tribes Under The Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act Of 1980, Joseph G.E. Gousse Feb 2017

Waiting For Gluskabe: An Examination Of Maine's Colonialist Legacy Suffered By Native American Tribes Under The Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act Of 1980, Joseph G.E. Gousse

Maine Law Review

Legends of the Wabanaki people tell of a mythical demigod named Gluskabe. Immortalized through the cultural traditions of the Wabanaki—from the Mi’kmaq, Abenaki, and Passamaquoddy to the Maliseet and the Penobscot—Gluskabe appears as an integral component of each tribe’s variation of the Creation Myth, as well as numerous other tales and stories. Most prominently, Gluskabe is known for his role in creating the Penobscot River and divining proportion and harmony in the natural world, using his power to reduce the size of the once-giant land animals to establish the first village, legend holds that Gluskabe retired to the southernmost portion …