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MONDAY, JULY 9, 2001

The Penobscot Nation and the Passamaquoddy Tribe of Maine are planning to take their attempt to control water quality of river near their reservations all the way to the Supreme Court.

The tribes are challenging a number of court decisions which are requiring them to turn over internal documents to three paper companies. The documents are correspondence with the federal government about water quality, which the tribes say is threatened by the paper companies.

The Environmental Protection Agency ceded control of water quality to the state earlier this year but is holding off on rivers in Indian Country.

Get the Story:
Stakes high for tribes in dispute over rivers (The Portland Press Herald 7/8)

Relevant Links:
The Penobscot Nation - http://www.penobscotnation.org
Passamaquoddy Tribe, Pleasant Point Reservation - http://www.wabanaki.com
Passamaquoddy Tribe, Indian Township - http://www.peopleofthedawn.com

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