Learn more about the organization Wabanaki Public Health & Wellness and its services at an upcoming “Wabanaki Voices” discussion at noon on Tuesday, Nov. 30 in room 102 of the Science Building at the University of Maine at Machias. Lisa Sockabasin, co-director of Wabanaki Public Health & Wellness, will provide an overview of the organization’s […]
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University of Maine at Machias alumni will share their experiences in college, the workforce and their Native community, and give advice to current students during a virtual roundtable at 4 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 19, hosted by the Wabanaki Center at the University of Maine. “Wabanaki Voices: College, Community and Career Roundtable,” will feature panelists […]
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The Portland Press Herald highlighted the University of Maine Raymond H. Fogler Library’s “Native American Studies: Wabanaki Authorities in Fogler Library” list in an article about Native authors and their stories. The report also noted the book “Still They Remember Me: Penobscot Transformer Tales Volume 1,” co-authored by UMaine professor of English Margo Lukens. Centralmaine.com […]
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The Portland Press Herald noted that Darren Ranco, an associate professor of anthropology and chair of Native American Studies at the University of Maine, will serve as a judge for a climate-change themed art contest hosted by the Portland Museum of Art. Centralmaine.com shared the article.
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Radio-Canada reported on the first Young Franco-Americans summit, which Franco-American Programs at the University of Maine hosted Oct. 16.
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The Sun Journal, Centralmaine.com and The Irregular advanced an upcoming roundtable discussion about rematriation and Indigenous land concepts in the Land Back movement hosted by the University of Maine Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions. Learn more about the talk, which will be held from 3–4 p.m. Monday, Nov. 8 over Zoom and […]
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The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a roundtable discussion on rematriation and Indigenous land concepts in the Land Back movement from 3–4 p.m. Monday, Nov. 8. Panelists, which will include Darren Ranco, Mali Obomsawin and Sherri Mitchell, will discuss the roles that rematriation, Indigenous women […]
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The Sun Journal cited a May overdose report released by the University of Maine Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center in a story about the “Rally for Recovery Event” held Saturday in Lewiston. According to that report, as cited in the article, “there were 3,222 reported fatal and non-fatal drug overdoses in Maine between January and […]
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Slate published an article from Michael Socolow, an associate professor of communication and journalism at the University of Maine, about how the bygone notion of the iconic nightly news anchor gave its swansong during and after 9/11, when industry titans like Walter Cronkite, Chet Huntley, and David Brinkley delivered continuous coverage of the American tragedy. […]
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The Bangor Daily News published an op-ed from Michael Socolow, associate professor of communication and journalism and director of the University of Maine McGillicuddy Humanities Center, titled “Did Bangor Infect KISS? What a rock concert shows us about the COVID pandemic.”
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