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 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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Where do the stories of Native Americans come from? Who tells them, and why?
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Study asks what personal and professional factors help mitigate teacher burnout
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Mainebiz selects Dagher as 2023 Mainebiz Business Leaders of the Year
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Rubin speaks to News Center Maine about climate impact of transportation
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BDN shares UMaine Learning With AI initiative
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Foster cited in Country Living about growing lavender
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The Weather Network cites UMaine Climate Reanalyzer data
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Ellsworth American boosts UMaine Extension food preservation workshop
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Mount Desert Islander shares UMaine Extension Master Gardener berry workshop
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.