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Happy Birthday REACH! Thank you Denise!

May 16, 2023

On May 16, 2018, Wabanaki REACH became an official non-profit organization so today is our 5th Birthday! To celebrate, we are honoring and showing gratitude to Denise Altvater, REACH co-founder, champion of truth, healing, and change and leader of the historic Maine Wabanaki-State Child...

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Native Children Are at the Heart of ICWA, by Erika Bjorum

May 04, 2023

In 2014, while I was pregnant with my first child, and for the final year of the Maine-WabanakiState Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), I was on the TRC’s researchstaff. Initially, I drove back and forth to the Maine State Archives in Augusta,...

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Native Children Are at the Heart of ICWA, by Erika Bjorum

May 03, 2023

In 2014, while I was pregnant with my first child, and for the final year of the Maine-WabanakiState Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), I was on the TRC’s researchstaff. Initially, I drove back and forth to the Maine State Archives in Augusta,...

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