Blog: Voices of Decolonization

At the seating ceremony for the Maine Wabanaki-State Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Reverend Robert Grove-Markwood offered this prayer: “May we find love at the heart of the truth that is found... May the truth...

Throw away this worn out mapWe’ll chart a new courseTrue to our bearings in this life-worldOur burden-treasures from how we were raisedTaughtSeen They are our super powersThey gather in our hands nowCourse in our...

Traditionally, the strawberry ceremony is for girls after their first menstrual cycle. However, today it is offered to folks who identify as two spirit and to those who didn’t have the opportunity to participate...

by Esther Anne, Policy Associate II, Catherine Cutler Institute, University of Southern Maine and REACH volunteer and Amanda Hollander, Training Specialist, Office of Child and Family Services State of Maine, and REACH volunteer.  ...

  Some First Nation Chiefs are victims of shenanigans, not unlike the swindle behind the purchase of Manhattan. The federal government needs the support of Indigenous peoples to expand nuclear power generation capacity in...

  Oh grandfather, great spirit, my grandfather I come to you with open arms and a hungry spirit Our people have lost the ways of old Teachings you taught us to be one with natureWith the powers...

  Penobscot people have long been steadfast stewards of the fisheries within their homelands. At times this stewardship has involved defending, fighting and protecting the "resources," the ancient relatives, from degradation and harm. Other...

 Before colonization, the Wabanaki region was rich in food; Wabanaki Tribes had excellent knowledge of their environment and knew where to find each resource, when it was abundant, and in what quantities. They utilized...

  Lynn Amakehs (butterfly) Mitchell, Passamaquoddy citizen and Maine Indian Education Facilities Manager, is deeply committed to preserving her community's culture. Her unwavering dedication has earned her different awards, recognizing her service to her...

  “It wasn't me,” said the child caught red-handed. That's true – it wasn't me. I wasn't even born yet. Not until more than six decades after December 29, 1890. But it was still...