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 Tuition Waiver and Scholarship 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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UMaine Franco American Programs receives $350K from National Endowment for the Humanities
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UMaine supports teaching of Wabanaki Studies in K–12 schools
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Wabanaki Winter Market returns with one-of-a-kind artwork
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Canadian-American Center earns $1.55 million to preserve, add programs as National Resource Center on Canada
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Talty, Gill win 2023 Maine Literary Awards
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BDN notes UMaine role in climate change adaptation partnership
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Spectrum News quotes McCue-Quinn about Maine home prices
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Courier-Gazette, Lincoln County News share UMaine Extension call for Union Fair volunteers
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TV News Check notes Pelletier award from Umaine
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BDN shares Maine Business School ranking from Fortune
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News Center Maine notes UMaine Woodsmen Team
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Republican Journal notes Searsport students’ participation in UMaine Windstorm Challenge
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.