Blog: Voices of Decolonization

by Barbara Will and Charlotte Bacon    This essay appeared in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution January 29, 2021 and is reprinted with permission. It has been six years since the historic Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare...

by Bennett Collins   We are so pleased to share this month's blog written by our dear friend and accomplice Bennett Collins who, along with his friend and research partner, Ali Watson followed the...

Part 1:  The Kennebec by Diane Oltarzewski  "Reverence brings healing. It is the fulcrum of the great turningof civilization toward reunion with nature." (Charles Eisenstein) Rivers are the veins of our Mother. They carry...

Tom Reynolds and the Paths Growing Awareness Can Take · by Gregory Brown ·   Finding the exact intersection of past experience, known skills, personal blind spots, and the desire to evolve and grow...

by Morgan Talty It’s winter, and at the beginning of the bridge to the Penobscot Nation, bolted to a cold streetlamp, is a red sign that reads: “CHECK POINT AHEAD: BE PREPARED TO STOP.”...

By Gregory Brown When it comes to the land, food, and medicine, what does it mean to be an expert? Colonial culture, in its nastiest, know-it-all ways and well-grooved system of exclusion, points to...

Text and Photos by Erica Buswell “Colonization established a system that paves the way for a privileged group to take control of a territory for the purposes of gaining wealth.  Colonization views the land,...

by Maria Girouard, Executive Director Wherever we go, Wabanaki REACH likes to make a point to acknowledge the land on which we gather, and the spirits of those who walked it before us.  Recognizing one’s...

by Olivia Eckert As I write this on Indigenous People’s Day, an officially recognized holiday in the state of Maine, I struggle to understand why I grew up being taught by my primary school...

by Meighan Strout When I first heard of the Wabanaki REACH Map Activity I was beyond intrigued. I had always been interested in learning about Indigenous history and attempting to decolonize my education, so...