Pretty unusual for a small Maine town to be educating the state’s governor – except if it’s the indigenous-deaf Janet Mills.
The little town of Yarmouth just trumped Mills big time – by proudly endorsing a resolution honoring native Americans.
That would be the same indigenous class that Democrat Mills has gone out of her way – and not just once – to wash out of her hair.
In fact Mills now has a virtual history of stiff-arming Maine’s original tribal populations.
Mills last month vetoed a bill designed to protect tribal lands from “eminent domain.”
And two years ago she spiked a proposal allowing Maine tribes to benefit from the same federal laws other tribes enjoy.
But Yarmouth is schooling Maine’s alleged governor on what real leadership looks like.
The officials in that town are doing exactly what Aunt Janet should be – not only honoring native Americans but actually going out of their way to extend a special tribute to the original settlers of the community.
Yup, take that Janet Mills, you of the comedic “Office Of New Americans.”
Yarmouth councilors just adopted a resolution recognizing the Wabanaki people and their connection and stewardship to the land on which the town was built.
“It’s a meaningful step toward fostering understanding and respect for our region’s history and its original inhabitants,” Councilor Heather Abbott explained when the resolution was first being drafted.
The statement acknowledges that the land today known as Yarmouth was previously known as Westcustogo by the Abenaki and other tribes of the modern Wabanaki Confederacy who remain present in the community as caretakers for the land.
The resolution also concedes that the Wabanaki people suffered on the land under colonial powers.
“Let us respectfully acknowledge and act on this significant history and let us give thanks to the Indigenous people past and present for their stewardship and resilience,” the town statement reads.
“As a community, let us appreciate the current beauty that exists here and recognize that the social, health, and other benefits we appreciate are derived from these unceded ancestral lands of indigenous people.”
Just like that, Yarmouth, Maine taught Maine’s governor how to lead, to pay homage to the state’s original settlers, while Janet is worrying about making sure “New Americans” get their taxpayer-financed benefits.
Janet has a special affinity for “New Americans,” being one herself.
Despite being a native of Farmington, her family’s been around these parts only 150 years, compared to the indigenous tribes that settled in Maine 12,000 years ago.
