The Maine Indian Tribal-State Commission is looking for a new chairman.

Paul Bisulca, a member of the Penobscot Nation, left the unpaid post in January after four years. He said the state won't acknowledge tribal sovereignty and ignored the commission's work.

The commission was created by a state law that implemented a land claim settlement. Tribes appoint six representatives and the state appoints another six. The 13th person serves as chair.

The MITSC met on Monday and voted to send executive John Dieffenbacher-Krall to an event in New York City to discuss the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

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