{"id":9,"date":"2011-02-03T17:09:25","date_gmt":"2011-02-03T17:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tribe.com\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2021-01-28T14:52:33","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T14:52:33","slug":"government","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.passamaquoddy.com\/?page_id=9","title":{"rendered":"Government"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Tribal Council, representing the tribal community, is the governing body for the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Indian Township.&nbsp; The &#8220;Sakom&#8221;, or Tribal Governor, is the Chief executive and official spokesperson for the Tribe.&nbsp; The Lieutenant Governor, or &#8220;Leptanet&#8221;, &nbsp;shall perform the duties and exercise the powers that may be delegated to him by the Chief.<\/p>\n<p>Tribal government is responsible for the administration of services and programs for the Passamaquoddy people. &nbsp;&nbsp;Federal social services, like SSI, operate under the management of the tribal office.&nbsp; Tribal personnel coordinate general assistance with food, heating and personal necessities for tribal members in need.&nbsp; Marriage, vehicle registration and other governmental services are accomplished under the auspices of the Tribal Clerks office.<\/p>\n<p>The tribal office is open for business Monday through Friday from 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM.&nbsp; Please call (207) 796-2301 or visit the office in person.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Tribal Council, representing the tribal community, is the governing body for the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Indian Township.&nbsp; The &#8220;Sakom&#8221;, or Tribal Governor, is the Chief executive and official spokesperson for the Tribe.&nbsp; The Lieutenant Governor, or &#8220;Leptanet&#8221;, &nbsp;shall perform the duties and exercise the powers that may be delegated to him by the Chief. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.passamaquoddy.com\/?page_id=9\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Government<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1613,"parent":0,"menu_order":11,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.passamaquoddy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.passamaquoddy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.passamaquoddy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.passamaquoddy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.passamaquoddy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.passamaquoddy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.passamaquoddy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.passamaquoddy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}