August 03, 2026

As recently as 400 years ago, Wabanaki people would routinely canoe roughly 9 miles down what is now called the Goose River from their fields and forests along its banks to its estuary, joining the Passagassawakeag River and ultimately widening into Penobscot Bay. There...

June 01, 2026

In November of 2024, I went out on the river so Jan could show me the “headwaters of the Stillwater River.” The name is a joke. The joke, for those who are unaware, is that there is no such thing as the Stillwater River...

May 04, 2026

“We’re here to keep stories.” – Joy Harjo, on the purpose of our lives Maria Girouard (Penobscot, former Wabanaki REACH director) understands the power of story. While organizing for the Maine-Wabanki Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), she witnessed how systems—like child welfare—require...