Weaving a Story
We are very excited to annouce that this year one of our projects will be focusing on working with the Elders at EAAA. Together we will...
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Bringing the community together
The University of Maine Art Education Community Outreach program is an intercultural program that acknowledges and celebrates the diversity found within both the state of Maine and the country we call home. UMAECO prides itself in supporting all peoples and especially those from minority populations.
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The University of Maine recognizes that it is located on Marsh Island in the homeland of Penobscot people, where issues of water and territorial rights, and encroachment upon sacred sites, are ongoing. The Penobscot homeland is connected to the other Wabanaki Tribal Nations — the
Passamaquoddy, Maliseet, and Micmac—through kinship, alliances, and diplomacy. The university also recognizes that the Penobscot Nation and the other Wabanaki Tribal Nations are distinct, sovereign, legal and political entities with their own powers of self-governance and self- determination.
University of Maine, Land Acknowledgement Statement
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Recommended Reading
Past, Present and Future: Story Telling
Creating Community Through Story Telling
New Zealand Whanganui River Wanganui Rights
Holbrook School Students Create Change through Art
LD 914: An Act to Establish Indigenous People’s Day
Follow Our Progress
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