Maine's Bicentennial

We are pleased to present this special issue of Maine Policy Review, which focuses on the state’s bicentennial and allows us to ponder its future. A bicentennial necessitates that we not only commemorate noteworthy past achievements, but also consider the sobering lessons that history teaches us about our past and ourselves. The 18 articles and essays presented in this special issue serve as an important record of Maine’s past and a guide for Maine’s future.

All Items

• A Call for Repairing the Harms of Colonization: Maine’s Bicentennial as an Opportunity for Truth, Acknowledgment, Resistance, and Healing

  Erika Arthur, Penthea Burns (Author)

  17-22

• Contents

  Editorial Staff (Author)

  4–5

• Ed Muskie, Political Parties, and the Art of Governance

  Don Nicoll (Author)

  34-38

• Finding Inspiration (and Profit) in Maine’s Living Heritage: New Entrepreneurs Drawing upon the Past

  Kreg 9290424 (Author)

  111-120

• From Wilderness to Timberland to Vacationland to Ecosystem: Maine’s Forests, 1820–2020

  Lloyd Irland (Author)

  45-56

• Indigenous Voices Charting a Course Beyond the Bicentennial: Eba gwedji jik-sow-dul-din-e wedji gizi nan-ul-dool-tehigw (Let’s try to listen to each other so that we can get to know each other)

  Gail Dana-Sacco (Author)

  7-16

• Introduction

  Firooza Pavri, Linda Silka (Author)

  6

• Knowing about the Past vs Learning from the Past: We Need to Do Both to Create Effective Policy

  Linda Silka (Author)

  121-122

• Maine Conservation in an Age of Global Climate Change

  Richard Judd (Author)

  57-64

• Maine’s Changing Demographics: Implications for Workforce, Economy, and Policy

  Amanda Rector (Author)

  98-101

• Maine’s Public Reserved Lands: A Tale of Loss and Recovery

  Richard Barringer, Lee Schepps, Thomas Urquhart, Martin Wilk (Author)

  65-79

• Making Maine More Attractive to Young People

  Everett Beals (Author)

  123-125

• Progress for Young Mainers Paved by Education

  Michael Delorge (Author)

  126-127

• Race and Public Policy in Maine: Past, Present, and Future

  James Myall (Author)

  23-33

• Reflecting on Maine’s Changing Productive Coastal Region

  Teresa Johnson (Author)

  91-97

• The College Conundrum: Reanimating the American Dream for Maine Youth

  Neily Raymond (Author)

  128-129

• The Comedy of Maine’s Commons: Private Ownership as Economic Development

  Michael Cianchette (Author)

  80-82

• The Political Geography of Maine’s Economic Future: Cities and Their Metro Regions

  Joseph McDonnell (Author)

  102-110

• What Does the Future Hold for Maine’s Lobster Industry?

  James Acheson, Ann Acheson (Author)

  83-90

• “We are Maine”—Is There an Authentic Maine Public Policy?

  Mark Anderson, Caroline Noblet (Author)

  39-44