Por: Portland Press Herald Nation October 10, 2022
Twenty-one years after Maine passed a law that requires schools to teach the history, government and culture of the state’s Indigenous people, a new report found that the requirement is not meaningfully enforced across the state and many school districts have failed to consistently include Wabanaki studies in their curriculum. The report was published Monday to mark Indigenous Peoples Day and is a collaboration between the Wabanaki Alliance,... + full article
Portland Press Herald USA Opinion October 12, 2022
For thousands of years before Europeans arrived, Indigenous people thrived within the borders of what we now call Maine. They continue today, in much smaller numbers, to be an inextricable part of the way of life here. Teacher Dev Bliss calls on a fourth-grade student during a... + más
Report finds Maine schools are failing to teach Wabanaki studies despite state law | Portland Press Herald
Commentary: Maine still treating Indigenous tribes like second-class citizens | Portland Press Herald
Portland Press Herald USA Nation October 10, 2022
Portland voters will consider in November whether to amend the charter to acknowledge the city sits on Wabanaki land. would revise the charter’s preamble to recognize the original inhabitants of this area. Land acknowledgments such as this one are becoming more common in the... + más
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Portland Press Herald USA Opinion October 10, 2022
The Indigenous tribes in Maine are second-class citizens. While 570 tribes across the country access beneficial laws passed by Congress, Maine’s tribes have been blocked from accessing many and must seek state permission to access others. Since the Maine Indian Claims... + más
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Portland Press Herald USA Nation October 09, 2022
Portland’s Cheverus High School is the first religious school in Maine to qualify for publicly funded tuition following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June. Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Portland Press Herald The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in a Maine school choice case this... + más
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Portland Press Herald USA Health October 08, 2022
A sign at the entrance of Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston in 2020 warns about the dangers of the influenza virus. Statistics on the flu from the Maine CDC show that the COVID-19 pandemic played a significant role in the decrease of confirmed cases over the last two... + más
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Portland Press Herald USA Opinion September 29, 2022
As a member of Christ Episcopal Church of Gardiner, I am keenly aware that our church members have worshiped, sung and prayed for the last 251 years on Wabanaki ancestral land. As a church, we endeavor to be good neighbors to the Wabanaki and all people. The 1980 Settlement Act... + más
Letter to the editor: Sen. King, Gov. Mills continue to sow tribes’ justified distrust | Portland Press Herald
Common Ground Country Fair, a celebration of rural living, returns to Unity | Portland Press Herald
The Boston Globe USA Nation September 22, 2022
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine is ready to fund tuition for some religious school students for the first time since a Supreme Court ruling in June ordered the state to treat those schools the same as other private schools regarding tuition reimbursement.Cheverus High School, a... + más
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