Blog: Voices of Decolonization

By Jeffrey Hotchkiss, REACH Volunteer   April 2017 Awakening is hard Imagine someone yanks off the covers flings me through the open window into the cold deep snow face first bleeding from the holes...

By, Barbara Kates Maine-Wabanaki REACH Community Organizer I am learning about decolonization- wondering what does decolonization mean for Wabanaki people; for me, as someone who is not Native; and for my community.  I realize...

By Maggie Edmondson, Winthrop Friends Meeting Picture shows children in Kickapoo Village, Oklahoma, circa 1980. Friends ran Indian day schools and boarding schools here in about 30 locations. Photo used with consent from "Towards...

Since 1997, Wabanaki people from all over the State and the Maritimes have gathered each Spring to connect and celebrate being Wabanaki. The Annual Spring Social is sponsored by Wabanaki Health and Wellness, which...

From REACH - With Love. We are proud to announce that Sandy White Hawk has been named the 2017 Champion for Native Children by the National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA).  NICWA describes Sandy...

 By Esther Anne, Co-Director Maine-Wabanaki REACH On April 4, 2017 at 10:30 in the morning, wherever you are, please pause for a few moments to focus on, reflect and pray for the health, safety,...

LD 914: An Act to Establish Indigenous People’s Day By Penthea Burns & Diane Oltarzewski   LD 914: An Act to Establish Indigenous People’s Day, sponsored by Representative Scott Hamann of South Portland with eight...

By Maria Girouard, Coordinator of Health, Wellness, & Self-Determination  Wishing to recognize Wabanaki women during March - Women’s History month, I was stuck as to where to begin.  What could I possibly say that...

By Rev. Myke Johnson https://findingourwayhome.blog/wanting-to-be-indian/ Myke Johnson is minister at the Allen Avenue UU Church in Portland, blogs at findingourwayhome.blog and recently published Finding Our Way Home: A Spiritual Journey into Earth Community. Her book...

From, lentenlamentations.org "THIS DAY IN HISTORY: MARCH 1, 1823-- Doctrine of Discovery Written into U.S. Law"  March 1, 1823 marked the first day after the landmark Supreme Court case, Johnson v. McIntosh, which made the...