Blog: Voices of Decolonization

 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...

  We have held two of three regional events focused on Wabanaki Restorative Justice. In November at the Aroostook Band of Micmacs and in January at the Wabanaki Center in Calais, we offered the...

   Last summer Maine-Wabanaki REACH staff took part in Grants for Change, a unique participatory grant making and decision-making process sponsored by Maine Initiatives. This unique process engaged the broader Maine community and Maine-based...

The 3rd annual Wabanaki Wellness Gathering held at Motahkmikuk/ Indian Township this past October was a great success.  As with past wellness gatherings, we tapped into our own vast network of knowledge to learn...

 By Barbara Kates   My phone rings.  “Hello” I say, “This is Barbara.”  “Is this REACH – the people who teach about Indians?”, he asks.  I take a breath. “Are you calling about the...

 By Maria Girouard   Riding the wave of excitement created by the Women's March in Washington, we would like to recognize movers and shakers of contemporary Wabanaki history. Passamaquoddy women of Indian Township should be...