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Volume 29, Issue 2 (2020) Maine's Bicentennial

Front Matter

Introduction
Firooza Pavri and Linda Silka

Thanks to MPR Donors

Essays

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

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

Making Maine More Attractive to Young People
Everett Beals

Progress for Young Mainers Paved by Education
Michael P. Delorge

The College Conundrum: Reanimating the American Dream for Maine Youth
Neily Raymond

Articles

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

Race and Public Policy in Maine: Past, Present, and Future
James Myall

Ed Muskie, Political Parties, and the Art of Governance
Don Nicoll

From Wilderness to Timberland to Vacationland to Ecosystem: Maine’s Forests, 1820–2020
Lloyd C. Irland

Maine Conservation in an Age of Global Climate Change
Richard Judd

Maine’s Public Reserved Lands: A Tale of Loss and Recovery
Richard Barringer, Lee Schepps, Thomas Urquhart, and Martin Wilk

What Does the Future Hold for Maine’s Lobster Industry?
James Acheson and Ann Acheson

Reflecting on Maine’s Changing Productive Coastal Region
Teresa R. Johnson

Maine’s Changing Demographics: Implications for Workforce, Economy, and Policy
Amanda K. Rector

The Political Geography of Maine’s Economic Future: Cities and Their Metro Regions
Joseph W. McDonnell

Finding Inspiration (and Profit) in Maine’s Living Heritage: New Entrepreneurs Drawing upon the Past
Kreg Ettenger 9290424

Commentaries

“We are Maine”—Is There an Authentic Maine Public Policy?
Mark Anderson and Caroline L. Noblet

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

Back Matter

Reviewers for MPR Volume 29