MITSC played an essential role in the creation and initial implementation of the Wabanaki Studies Law (LD 291), An Act to Require Teaching of Maine Native American History and Culture in Maine's Schools. MITSC convened and staffed the meetings of the Wabanaki Studies Commission which produced a Final Report in 2003. Since that time MITSC has consistently prioritized and supported collaborative efforts to fully implement Wabanaki Studies statewide in Maine schools.
Twenty-one years after the Maine Legislature passed a groundbreaking law requiring all schools to teach Maine K-12 students about Wabanaki territories, economic systems, cultural systems, governments and political systems, as well as the Wabanaki tribes’ relationships with local, state, national and international governments, four organizations are releasing a report analyzing the law’s implementation thus far and suggesting ways to improve compliance at the state and local level.
