“As long as the stories live, our spirits live”: University of Maine at Farmington holds panel discussion on Wabanaki struggles

As part of Indigenous Peoples Week, University of Maine at Farmington held a panel discussion Oct. 16 on the Wabanaki's current political struggles, the journey to date to assert sovereignty and efforts by others along the way.

Portland Museum of Art offering free admission Monday for Indigenous Peoples Day

Numerous special events are planned at the museum.

Indigenous-made films about reciprocity inspire conversation on climate

The films provide insights about how communities have thrived based on mutual actions since time immemorial

Photos: Androscoggin Historical Society displays artifacts of indigenous people

Visitors to the Knight House on Monday were shown replicas of items used by local indigenous people.

Report finds Maine schools failing to teach Wabanaki studies despite state law

The report was published Monday to mark Indigenous Peoples Day and is a collaboration between the Wabanaki Alliance, the Abbe Museum, the Maine Indian Tribal-State Commission and the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine.

‘We have not vanished’: Advocate for Taíno people, long said to have disappeared, tells their story

Priscilla Colon is part of group trying to preserve the language and culture of the Caribbean Indigenous people encountered by explorers in 1492.

Tribes mourn on Thanksgiving: ‘No reason to celebrate’

Thursday’s solemn National Day of Mourning observance in downtown Plymouth, Massachusetts, recalled the disease and oppression that European settlers brought to North America.

A sea of red at a teach-in for murdered and missing Indigenous women

UMF debuts new land acknowledgement statement during Indigenous Peoples’ Week

The new "Indigenous Land and Water Acknowledgement" features the University of Maine at Farmington's pledge for decolonization but also calls attention to the fact that the institution still needs to do much more, faculty and Wabanaki organizers say.

A walk along the Presumpscot River honors Wabanaki history

The sort of outdoor lesson provided by the Falmouth Land Trust on Indigenous Peoples' Day remains rare, but Wabanaki and conservation leaders hope that will change.