VEAZIE -- On this Indigenous People's day, dozens gathered at the Veazie Salmon Club to celebrate the release of an audiobook that examines what has contributed to the decline of traditional fisheries and limited tribal peoples' access to them.

The Maine Indian Tribal-State Commission are spotlighting a report that aims to help protect Maine and Wabanaki People's fishing heritage.

"We need to do something now before we lose the fisheries entirely," said Jill Tompkins, Executive Director, Maine Indian Tribal-State Commission.

The report titled "Sea Run" was published in 2022 and is now being re-released as an audiobook narrated by Wabanki citizens.

"The report was so well done but it came out in 2022 without much fanfare and so it's like well how can you get that message spread because

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