Native American delegates in the Maine legislature

[Bandit3 the Worker]

I read that Maine is the only one of the 50 states that gives its Native American tribes delegates in the state legislature. How exactly does this work? Wouldn't Native Americans and reservations already be counted when apportioning legislators? Or is this in addition to the legislators they would already receive?

If it's the latter, I'd like to see how similar concepts can be used in other states (for instance, to balance the lack of representation for urban areas).

[MaxQue]

They are non-voting, but they can vote in committees and can sponsor bills.

[Ebsy]

Aren't the delegates refusing to sit due to some disagreement with LePage?

[Kevinstat]

Aren't the delegates refusing to sit due to some disagreement with LePage?

Two of the three (the Penobscot and Passamaquoddy delegates, but not the one from the Houlton band of Maliseet Indians which gained representation beginning in 2012 under a law passed in 2009 or 2010), last I knew.  And it's not just with LePage.  Janet Mills, the Democratic AG, has been on the opposite side as the tribes on some legal issue.