Welcome
Welcome to Native American Programs at the University of Maine! Here, you can access information about Native American Studies, the Wabanaki Center, the Native American Waiver and Education Program, and information about University of Maine programs that promote, support and provide educational opportunities for and about Wabanaki peoples across the State of Maine and beyond!
Northeastern Americas native populations in the news
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Newsom, UMaine students and Wabanaki partners aid effort to protect Acadia’s Indigenous archaeological sites from climate change
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McGillicuddy Humanities Center welcomes newest cohort of undergraduate fellows
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New Wabanaki basketry lexicon will give Indigenous communities a say in cultural representation
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Wabanaki Winter Market returns to UMaine Dec. 9
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College of Education and Human Development recognizes academic excellence
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Klimis-Zacas receives national recognition for research on health benefits of wild blueberries
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Climate Reanalyzer cited by Axios to illustrate sea surface temperatures
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‘Maine Calling’ features Waring as a panelist for Earth Day show
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Walker interviewed for recurring UMaine segment on Fox 22
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Glover featured on ‘Maine Calling’ segment about social contracts
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O’Reilly co-authors opinion article in Sports Business Journal
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Celebrate sustainability with Earth Week 2024 at UMaine
UMaine and Penobscot Nation MOU
UMaine and Penobscot Nation to sign MOU focused on managing tribe’s cultural heritage
University of Maine Land Acknowledgement
The University of Maine recognizes that it is located on Marsh Island in the homeland of the Penobscot Nation, where issues of water and territorial rights, and encroachment upon sacred sites, are ongoing. 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.