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Wabanaki: A New Dawn now available for online viewing
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October 19, 2009 |
| MITSC have posted Wabanaki: A New Dawn online. |
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Wabanaki Bates-Bowdoin-Colby Collaborative
Written by Gale Courey Toensing
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October 19, 2009 |
| The Wabanaki/Bates, Bowdoin, and Colby Collaborative brings three of the most prestigious liberal arts colleges in the country together – Maine’s Bates, Bowdoin and Colby colleges – and the four Wabanaki tribes – the Penobscots, the Maliseets, the Passamaquoddy and the Micmacs – in a unique two-way educational partnership that aims to increase the number of Indian students attending colleges while expanding knowledge and understanding about Maine’s indigenous people in the college communities. |
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Four tribes from Maine to share culture at UMA
Written by Lynn Ascrizzi
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October 13, 2009 |
| The four tribes in Maine — Penobscot, Passamaquoddy, Micmac and Maliseet — collectively called “Wabanaki” or “People of the Dawn Land” — will be represented at Wabanaki Perspectives and Human Awareness, whose goal is to generate greater awareness of the depth, beauty and relevancy of the tribal culture in our state. |
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An education in the ways of the Wabanaki
Written by Matthew Stone
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October 5, 2009 |
| The University of Maine at Augusta is hosting "Wabanaki Perspectives and Human Awareness," which runs October 13 - 16. Each day will feature a mix of discussion panels, presentations, demonstrations and hands-on activities. |
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Stockton squashes request for right to rename roads
Written by Steve Fuller
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June 25, 2009 |
| Residents who attended the town's annual meeting June 20 voted down an article that would have given owners of any privately owned road the exclusive right to name or rename that road. |
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Maliseets mark Native American Veterans Day
Written by Jen Lynds
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June 23, 2009 |
| A solemn crowd gathered at the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians’ reservation Monday afternoon as the tribe marked Native American Veterans Day in the state. |
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Penobscot D-Day veteran Shay lauded in France
Written by Abigail Curtis
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June 23, 2009 |
| Charles Shay caught his first glimpse of France over the side of a World War II landing craft during the first wave of the Allied invasion of France on D-Day 65 years ago.
Last week, Shay returned from an epic trip to France which encompassed a visit to the baron’s ancestral home in Bearn, as well as a stop at the D-Day memorial ceremony in Normandy. |
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Penobscots celebrate day for Native American vets
Written by Abigail Curtis
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June 23, 2009 |
| They fought in all of the wars of this country, even though they weren’t recognized as full American citizens until 1964.
So it is high time to celebrate Maine’s first Native American Veterans Day, Penobscot Indians said at a veterans recognition dinner held Friday night at the Penobscot Nation Community Building on Indian Island.
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In Maine, Residents Battle Over a Four-Letter Word: 'Squa'
Written by Philip Shishkin
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June 18, 2009 |
| Out of Deference to Tribes, State Outlaws It in Names of Public Places, Prompting a Squall |
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This offensive names law should settle 'squaw' issue for good
Written by Editorial staff Sunday Telegram
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June 14, 2009 |
| No Native American child should have to visit a place, travel a public road or see a name on a map that either by intent or indifference contains an ethnic slur against them.
That's what the state wanted nine years ago when the original legislation was passed, and that's what should finally be achieved by this latest version of the law.
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House honors Sockalexis cousins
Written by Kevin Miller
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June 11, 2009 |
| Representatives of the Maine’s American Indian tribes are ramping up their campaign to gain public recognition and respect for two cousins from the Penobscot Nation who they claim have been largely forgotten or ignored by sports historians.
That campaign moved to Augusta on Wednesday when the House approved two resolutions honoring Louis and Andrew Sockalexis for their historic athletic feats during the late 1800s and early 1900s.
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New law expands ban on ‘squaw’
Written by Kevin Miller
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June 9, 2009 |
| Gov. John Baldacci on Monday signed a bill that expands Maine’s prohibition on use of “squaw” in official place names to close what supporters said was a loophole in the law. |
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Naming of places using Indian slur targeted
Written by Glenn Adams
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June 9, 2009 |
| Gov. John Baldacci on Monday signed a bill to tighten a nine-year-old law that bars the use of the word "squaw" for official place names. The word is offensive to Native Americans, who say it's degrading to women. |
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Maine man’s story reflects horror of war, honor of sacrifice
Written by Abigail Curtis
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June 6, 2009 |
| Though Shay made a pilgrimage of sorts to Omaha Beach in 2007, he has never been to one of the official celebrations in the 65 years since the invasion. That is changing today, with Shay’s presence at a commemoration ceremony in Normandy which is also being attended by President Obama, President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, and other remaining veterans who can make the voyage. Attendees will pay tribute to the veterans and fallen soldiers at the beaches and the cemeteries filled with acres of white crosses. |
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Maine author to speak at Baseball Hall of Fame
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May 27, 2009 |
| Maine author Ed Rice is going to the Baseball Hall of Fame, where he will moderate a panel addressing the role of Native Americans in Major League Baseball. |
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On the signing of Maine’s Native American Veterans Day law
Written by Charles Shay
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May 22, 2009 |
| As one of the last surviving Maine Indian combat veterans who served our country in the second World War, I was grateful for the opportunity to witness Gov. Baldacci signing legislation formally establishing Native American Veterans Day in Maine. |
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Wabanaki veterans honored with Native American Veterans Day
Written by Gale Courey Toensing
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May 22, 2009 |
| Veterans who are tribal members of the Wabanaki Confederacy will be recognized each year on a newly designated Native American Veterans Day.
The State of Maine has officially designated June 21 as Native American Veterans Day.
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Governor Signs Bill Establishing Native American Veterans Day
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May 1, 2009 |
| June 21 has been officially designated as Native American Veterans Day. |
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"I'm going to Colby"
Written by Gerry Boyle
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May 1, 2009 |
| Wabanaki students get taste of college through the Early College Awareness program, an initiative of the Wabanaki/Bates, Bowdoin, and Colby Colleges Collaborative |
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Colby students visit Beatrice Rafferty
Written by Lora Whelan
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April 10, 2009 |
| During a recent Thursday morning, students at Beatrice Rafferty met with Colby College students for a morning of activities centered on early college awareness. The program, Wabanaki/Bates, Bowdoin and Colby Collaborative Early Awareness Program, encourages Wabanaki students in late elementary and junior high school to attend college. |
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Encouraging Tribal Youth To Consider Higher Education
Written by Anne Ravana
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April 3, 2009 |
| Students from Colby, Bates and Bowdoin colleges are collaborating with Maine's Wabanaki Indian tribes to encourage tribal youth to plan for higher education, and put these private Maine colleges on their radar. Educators say that Native American students make up only a very small percentage of most college campuses, and that early interaction is key to raising aspirations. |
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Colby students pitch college to Indian kids
Written by Diana Graettinger
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March 26, 2009 |
| Bangor Daily News reporter Diana Graettinger sits in on Colby College Early College Awareness Team visit to the Indian Township School on March 25, 2009. |
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Judiciary hears overview of Maine tribe relations
Written by Meg Haskell
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March 20, 2009 |
| Members of the Legislature’s Judiciary Committee on Thursday got an overview of the legal relationship between the state of Maine and the American Indian tribes whose presence here predates the arrival of European explorers. |
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