LEWISTON — The Great Falls Forum on Thursday, March 16, will feature Penthea Burns and Barbara Kates from Maine Wabanaki REACH. The program will take place from noon to 1 p.m. in Callahan Hall at the Lewiston Public Library. The presentation is titled “Truth, Healing and Change: Why Maine Needed a Truth and Reconciliation Commission.” […]
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Shakers and Wabanaki: Parallel paths of culture
NEW GLOUCESTER — Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village played host for the eighth year to the Native American Summer Market and Demonstration on Saturday, and more than 24 different vendors and entertainers shared their works and educated others about their culture. The streets were lined with cars as hundreds of people gathered to see the items […]
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Wabanaki-state child welfare panel says truth sought for tribal members
LEWISTON — Two architects of the Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission told a large audience at Bates College on Wednesday that state policy has for decades stripped the Native American children of their culture, language, family and community. Esther Attean and Denise Altvater, both members of the Maine Passamaquoddy Tribe, said the […]
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Casco Bay Lines christens new ferry during snowstorm
PORTLAND — After waiting nearly 22 months since its keel-laying, Casco Bay Lines officials weren’t going to reschedule the christening of their new ferry for any reason. So on Thursday afternoon, when schools, businesses and government buildings across the state were closed because of what forecasters labeled the biggest snowstorm of the season thus far, […]
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Maine’s own Thanksgiving story: how the Indians saved 18th century shipwreck victims
BRISTOL — Every American kid knows the story of Thanksgiving, as told and retold in elementary schools across the land. There’s the Mayflower, the Pilgrims, the winter of hardship, the helpful American Indians and the triumphant and thankful meal at the end of that first year. The story has become part of the national mythology, […]