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Daily News   Ordered By: DateSourceTitleAuthor 5 picked for group to examine child welfare practices that split Nativ Written by Nick McCrea from Bangor Daily News December 18, 2012 During a 12/18/12 news conference held at Indian Island, the Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth & Reconciliation (TRC)Selection Panel announced the names of the five TRC Commissioners - Matt Dunlap, gkisedtanamoogk, Gail Werrbach, Sandra White Hawk, and Carol Wishcamper. A step toward better care for Wabanaki children, community healing Written by Erin Rhoda from Bangor Daily News December 18, 2012 The injustice of what happened to many American Indian families in Maine can be overwhelming. But there is also hope, which comes from the collaboration of entities that were long foes: the state and Wabanaki tribal governments. On Tuesday, they took an encouraging step along what will be a long road of relationship-building and, hopefully, improvements to the child welfare system.

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