Word: penobscot
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...focus of yesterday's protest included two bills that would eliminate the land claims of the Passama quoddy and Penobscot tribes in the state of Maine...
...proposals, approved by representatives of the White House and the Penobscot and Passamoquoddy Indian tribes, call in part for Congress to appropriate $25 million to the tribes in exchange for the Indians' agreement to relinquish claims to 7.5 million acres in one area of the state...
Rodriguez added that money involved with Penobscot and Passamoquoddy Indians would only be good for the next ten years. The type of lands the Indians do get will greatly determine the number of jobs and money available to the Indian reservations, he added...
...Maine Indian dispute is six years old, stemming back to 1972 when the Penobscot and Passamoquoddy tribes filed suit in federal court for more than 12 million acres of land...
Poor Nancy and Gregory Huber can't seem to get it right. Nearly 18 hours into New Year's Day 1977 they produced their first child, Stephanie Jean, in the Penobscot Valley Hospital in Lincoln, Me. Having taken up residence in Brattleboro, Vt., the couple staged a repeat performance last week: 7-lb. 11-oz. Shaun came into the world at 1:43 a.m. on Jan. 1, Vermont's first baby of '78. This unlikely event gave Stephanie an unusual birthday present and her parents some local celebrity...