HOULTON, Maine — A well-known, Bangor-born Wabanaki elder whose fiancee lives in Canada is raising the alarm about what they say has been harsh and disrespectful treatment by U.S. immigration officials when they have recently crossed the international border to see each other.

David Slagger, 63, a member of the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians and Woodstock First Nation in New Brunswick, has accused officials at the Houlton and Calais border crossings of, among other things, handcuffing his fiancee while she was crossing on Monday, mistreating his feathers and confiscating a ceremonial drum that he made and has used for 25 years.

Slagger now says he plans to sell his Monson home and permanently leave the U.S. over the treatment by border officials. He has shared his concerns with top off

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