Blog: Voices of Decolonization
Making History Matter in Divided Times
June 15, 2021
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...
Read More ShareDecolonization Means Playing Bingo
June 02, 2021
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...
Read More ShareRestoring the Stream of Life in Our Rivers
May 06, 2021
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...
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April 01, 2021
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...
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March 04, 2021
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.”...
Read More ShareThe Art of Rematriation
February 04, 2021
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...
Read More ShareShifting to a Culture of Decolonization in Conservation Communities
January 07, 2021
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,...
Read More ShareAcknowledging the Land
December 03, 2020
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...
Read More ShareComing to Understand My Whitewashed Education
November 05, 2020
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...
Read More ShareIncorporating Indigenous Education Into Schools
October 01, 2020
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...
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