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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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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Wabanaki Winter Market returns with in-person shopping and events
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Accelerated UMaine program helping state employees earn special education teaching credentials
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Calderwood featured on NBC Boston discussing climate change impacts on wild blueberry industry
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Socolow writes for Slate about ‘Oh, Yeah?’ button
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Portland Phoenix notes UMaine offshore wind development
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Brewer speaks to WABI about Georgia runoff election
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Maine Public features Grant as VIP caller on program about resilience
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HowStuffWorks features UMaine research in article about agrovoltaics
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Media report on UMaine liquid-coated air filter design
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.