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One example of an article from the Maine Indian Newsletter Volume 1, Part 10 that was released in May of 1967. The article is titled “Rampage on Ramparts” and is found on page four(4) of this edition. This article is addressing a segment of the Rampart magazine about the Passamaquoddy Indian. The article claims that much of this segment is true but “it is nevertheless misleading”(Maine Indian Newsletter). The writer of this article wants its readers to be fairly informed of what is being said about the Passamaquoddy Indian. The last paragraph of the article gives a great overall sense of the point that the writer is trying to make. The point that the writer is making is that “The article implies that everyone is against the Passamaquoddy Indian. This simply is not true. Anyone reading any issue of the Newsletter will find evidence to the contrary. While it is true that there is a prejudice against the Passamaquoddy it is just as true that there are many people sincerely dedicated to understanding the Passamaquoddy and in helping the Indian people alleviate some of the problems brought out by past inconsiderations.”

An example of an article more politically pointed found in the October 1967 edition of the Maine Indian Newsletter is titled "The Right to Be Indian" and is found on page nine(9). This article talks about "suffering the inequities of justice from the State courts"(Maine Indian Newsletter). It specifically addresses the death of Peter Francis that took place two years prior to the release of the article, where Francis was beaten and left in the road bleeding by Massachusetts hunters. The article claims that "the reluctance of Indians to accept the justice and legal process of the surrounding society is heightened by their treatment in the outside world".

A third article, found on page six(6) of the April 1968 edition of the Maine Indian Newsletter talks more about a specific issue and views on that issue and is also provided by an outside source. The article begins by saying "Indians have two ways of looking at the Cherokee Nation's new industrial site"(Maine Indian Newsletter). The article proceeds to discuss the pros of the project such as how they agree that it is "handsome", and it also discusses the cons such as how the economics of it will not fulfill the "deepest Indian needs".