"Last month, I travelled to the Pleasant Point Reservation near Perry, Me., to speak to people in the Passamaquoddy community and surrounding area about a controversial proposal: An Oklahoma-based company called Quoddy Bay LNG wants to lease land from the Pleasant Point Reservation to build a liquefied natural gas facility.
The reservation is home to about 1,000 Passamaquoddy people. Tribal members live in Pleasant Point and in Indian Township, another reservation located north of Calais. And several tribal members live across the border in and around the area of St. Andrew�s, N.B.
In 2003, Pleasant Point Reservation council representatives approached Quoddy Bay LNG with an offer to lease tribal land to build the LNG facility. At the time, the company was looking for a location to build a liquefied natural gas operation in New England. A year later, the reservation held a referendum on whether or not to host the LNG plant. A majority of tribal members voted in favour of the facility being built in their community."
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Maureen Googoo: Taking sides in Passamaquoddy LNG dispute
(The Chronicle Herald 4/14)
Relevant Links:
Pasamaquoddy Tribe, Pleasant Point Reservation - http://www.wabanaki.com
Passamaquoddy Tribe of Indian Township - http://www.passamaquoddy.com
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