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There are five hundred and seventy [tribes] across the rest of the country that are able to take advantage of federal laws that the tribes in Maine cannot take advantage of.

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Rick Bennett, at Maine Governor General Election Debate (Maine Public)

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Why we checked itSpecific numerical claim about federally recognized tribes outside Maine and an assertion that Maine tribes are uniquely excluded from federal tribal laws, both of which are verifiable.
What we foundThe core claim is accurate — Maine's tribes are uniquely excluded from federal Indian laws accessible to all other federally recognized tribes — but the figure of '570' understates the actual count of 574 (or 575 per the BIA's current website).
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