State, Wabanaki tribes to sign mandate, look into history of harmful child welfare practices • Bangor Daily News, June 28, 2012
Governor LePage and Wabanaki Tribal Nations to Commence Signing of Mandate for Truth and Reconciliation Process • Calais Advertiser, July 5, 2012.
First-in-nation Truth and Reconciliation Mandate Signed • The Penobscot Times, July 5, 2012.
NE Publishing stories covering the Mandate Signing in the Star-Herald, Aroostook Republican, and Houlton Pioneer Times • July 11, 2012.
Tribes, state sign mandate for truth, reconciliation process • The Quoddy Tides, July 13, 2012.
LePage, Tribes to Explore Child Welfare Abuses • Bangor Daily News, May 25, 2011
Maine, Tribes Examine Past Child Welfare Practices • Associated Press (AP), May 25, 2011
Maine, Tribes Agree to Examine Past Child Welfare Abuses • MPBN, May 25, 2011
State, Indians to Assess Child Welfare Abuses • Portland Press Herald, May 25, 2011
Tribes, state ink truth and reconciliation agreement • Penobscot Times, June 2, 2011
State and tribes agree to explore abuses in child welfare system • The Quoddy Tides, May 27, 2011
Truth and Reconciliation (editorial) • Times Record, June 2, 2011
Wabanaki Tribes, Maine Sign Historic Foster Care TRC • Indian Country Today, June 8, 2011
Television
Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission
http://www.mpbn.net/Television/LocalTelevisionPrograms/MaineWatch/tabid/477/ctl/
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WABI-TV Ch. 5 coverage: http://www.wabi.tv/news/20503/governor-signs-pact-with-native-officials • or to download a transcipt of the broadcast, click here
WLBZ-TV Ch. 2 coverage: http://www.wlbz2.com/news/article/160320/3/Gov-tribal-leaders-look-into-state-welfare-system • or to download a transcipt of the broadcast, click here
WVII-TV Ch. 7 coverage: http://www.wvii.com/stories.html?sku=20110524161621 • or to download a transcipt of the broadcast, click here
Radio
MPBN: Maine signs Historic ‘Truth and Reconciliation’ Agreement with Indian Tribes
http://www.mpbn.net/Home/tabid/36/ctl/ViewItem/mid/3478/ItemId/22562/Default.aspx
MPBN: Sociologist: Maine’s Truth and Reconciliation Effort Deserves Global Attention
http://www.mpbn.net/Home/tabid/36/ctl/ViewItem/mid/3478/ItemId/22563/Default.aspx
Native News: If you go to http://www.nativenews.net/ and click on the listen slot (third selection down on the left) and then select Tuesday, you can hear the story filed by Meredith DeFrancesco.
WERU 89.9 FM, RadioActive, Maine Wabanaki Truth and Reconciliation Process, 5/26/11 • http://archives.weru.org/radioactive/radioactive-52611
WERU, 89.9 FM, Wabanaki Windows, Truth and Reconciliation Commission for Native People Here in Maine, 11/16/10
http://archives.weru.org/wabanaki-windows/wabanaki-windows-111610
“Truth and Reconciliation Commission for Native People Here in Maine.” Wabanaki Windows radio program, WERU, 11/16/10. Host: Donna Loring. Guests: Ester Attean (Muskie School of Public Service), Denise Altvater, (Directs the Wabanaki Friends Service Committee)
What is the definition of a truth and reconciliation commission? What will the T&RC accomplish? Who will be participating in the process?
http://archives.weru.org/wabanaki-windows/wabanaki-windows-111610
This TRC process is unique in that parties on both sides have come together with the best interest of Wabanaki children and families at heart. It is a model of collaboration that can be replicated in other areas of tribal-state relations in Maine and has the potential to be a model for other states as well.
Chief Kirk Francis, Penobscot Indian Nation
