Indigenous Peoples Day evokes cultural pride, painful history for Maine’s Micmacs

by Melissa Lizotte
5 years ago
A mural representing symbols of Micmac culture is painted along a hallway of the Aroostook Band of Micmacs administrative offices in Presque Isle. The Micmacs are among the four Wabanaki tribes who will celebrate the first ever Indigenous Peoples Day in Maine on Monday. (Staff photo/Melissa Lizotte)
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