BONUS: Exploring our Responsibilities: Voting, Voices, & Visibility 

Calling all listeners to this BONUS Episode: Voting, Voices, & Visibility. Our conversation with Maine’s Secretary of State, Shenna Bellows provides our listeners with voting tips, important history about elections in Maine, and how to be ready for Election Day! Tomorrow is election day, an important day to celebrate democracy! Indigenous people have had a difficult history related to voting and visibility in this country. This history must be told, the truth telling is long overdue. The Aunties share stories and perspectives related to voting in Maine and their hopes for the future. The Secretary and the Aunties also discussed their upcoming race they will be running together, the Millinocket Marathon. The time spent together is a mix, of both difficulty and joy.  

Topics Discussed:

Shenna Bellows - Shenna Bellows 

Secretary of State - What is a Secretary of State?

Upcoming Sovereignty Episode (Featuring Maulian Bryant and Zeke Croft-Macdonald)

State House - Maine State House 

Hancock, Maine - Town of Hancock, Maine

Bill of Rights - Bill of Rights, U.S. Constitution

Legislative Debates Around Sovereignty - Maine Legislature to Debate Tribal Sovereignty

Citizenship Law (1924) in Maine - Coolidge Signs Indian Citizenship Act

Native Suffrage Granted (1954), Natives Gain Right to Vote in Local and State Elections (1967) - Native Americans' Long Journey to US Citizenship and Voting Rights

University of Southern Maine - University of Southern Maine

Maine Citizens Guide to Referendum Questions - Maine Citizen's Guide to Referendum Questions

Millinocket Marathon - Millinocket Marathon & Half: Race Overview

Katahdin Resorts/New England Outdoor Center - New England Outdoor Center

Julie Flynn - Julie Flynn: Deputy Secretary of State, Work Organizing Elections

Passamaquoddy Maple - Passamaquoddy Maple 

Passamaquoddy Wild - Passamaquoddy Wild Blueberry Co. 

A Taste of Two Worlds (Cookbook) - "A Taste of Two Worlds"

Wabanaki Tribal Nations:

Houlton Band of Maliseet Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians | Littleton, ME (maliseets.net)

Mi’kmaq Mi'kmaq Nation | Presque Isle, ME (micmac-nsn.gov)

Passamaquoddy Tribe Indian Township Passamaquoddy Tribe @ Indian Township | Peskotomuhkati Motahkomikuk

Passamaquoddy Tribe Sipayik Sipayik Tribal Government – Sipayik (wabanaki.com)

Penobscot Nation Penobscot Nation | Departments & Info | Indian Island, Maine

Special Thanks/Woliwon: 

Guest: Shenna Bellows

Producer: Gavin Allen

Podcast Team: Becky Soctomah Bailey, Macy Flanders