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• "If a library has a Maine history and government collection, it must own this book...A brief history A brief history of tribal representation, a list of the representatives, and an index enhance this book's educational value. Essential for Maine collections, it belongs in larger Native American and women's studies collections as well." —Multicultural Review
• "Loring takes the reader on a rare tour of the hallways and basement meeting rooms where laws are really made.... Loring's book should be on the shelf of every political science professor and student, legislator and tribal leader." —Native Peoples
• "...rich, insightful, and challenging.... Loring is by any measure a remarkable citizen who has served two nations with skill and distinction.... Legislators rarely, if ever, publish their thoughts of the history of their term, even when they are no longer active. That is what makes Loring's report and commentary (for it is enjoyable to read) such a good civics lesson...a book every concerned Mainer should read and think about...." —Maine Sunday Telegram
• "When I finished this book I remembered a Rwandan woman psychologist whose speech closed a Maine conference about survivors. She introduced a Rwandan dance group of young people and the whole, very serious audience, including survivors, got up to dance, too. The speaker said at the end of this dance, ‘People ask, why dance, when there is such a serious topic? I say, what better than for the people who expected to see you disappear, see you not only survive, but dance?’ This book is Representative Loring dancing, in the cool light of dawn, but on fire." —Victoria Mares-Hershey, writer, playwright
• "Donna Loring has committed a brave and generous act in sharing her thoughts and observations as the representative of the Penobscot Indian Nation in the Maine legislature. Written with unflinching honesty, Loring’s diary not only throws light on the legislative process, but also holds up a mirror to the dominant society’s entrenched thought patterns that have allowed the members of Maine tribal nations to remain ‘invisible in plain sight.’ Loring’s belief that understanding and communication through education will foster new harmonious relationships is the hope of indigenous peoples everywhere. In the Shadow of the Eagle places Maine's Indian tribes clearly within the global struggle of all indigenous peoples for their inherent rights of sovereignty, self-determination, human rights, and human dignity. It should be required reading for all legislators and throughout the state's school system." —Gale Courey Toensing, reporter, Indian Country Today
• "Loring's diary provides a fascinating insider's look at Maine's legislative processóin particular at the unique role tribal representativs have had in the legislature since the state's founding in 1820. Written with remarkable candor, grace, grit, and wit, it conveys her conviction that mutual education is the only acceptable means to establishing both the common good and justice for her people." —Bunny McBride, author of Molly Spotted Elk: A Penobscot in Paris