By Aimee Dolloff - Bangor Daily News
VEAZIE - Tribal officials and Gov. John Baldacci have agreed to disagree on some issues, but parties from both sides are confident they can move forward in ways that will help the entire state prosper.
"Obviously we can’t solve everything here today, but the issues are on the table," Penobscot Indian Nation Chief Kirk Francis said Thursday after the 2007 Annual Assembly of Governors and Chiefs.
He was one of four Wabanaki chiefs from the Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, and Maliseet tribes who attended the assembly that brought together representatives from the Maine Indian-Tribal State Commission, Baldacci and state officials.
The event, hosted by the Penobscots at the Veazie Salmon Club, is an effort to continue building relationships between state and tribal governments, to provide updates on several projects and to talk about future goals of all parties.
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