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The Maine House voted Thursday to give the state's tribes the same rights enjoyed by Native Americans elsewhere across the country, a first step in an effort to uphold the tribes' sovereignty.
The bill, which faces opposition from Democratic Gov. Janet Mills, passed 81-55 and now goes to the Senate.
The 81-55 tally marked the first legislative vote in the process of restoring rights forfeited in the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act of 1980.
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- The Maine House voted Thursday to give the state's tribes the same rights enjoyed by Native Americans elsewhere across the country,