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November 2023 News, Wabanaki Reach

Wabanaki REACH Newsletters

This month we offer the Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address, first published on our blog page on November 2, 2017.

The Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address is an ancient message of peace and appreciation of Mother Earth and her inhabitants. The children learn that, according to Native American tradition, people everywhere are embraced as family. Our diversity, like all wonders of Nature, is truly a gift for which we are thankful.

When one recites the Thanksgiving Address the Natural World is thanked, and in thanking each life-sustaining force, one becomes spiritually tied to each of the forces of the Natural and Spiritual World. …

October 2023 News, Wabanaki Reach

Wabanaki REACH Newsletters

This month we offer the essay "Human Resources to Growth and Support: A new take on Annual Performance Reviews (Vol. 2)," by Andrea Francis. "On our continued journey towards a more values-aligned Human Resources department, Wabanaki REACH is exploring new ways to take on traditional HR practices and disentangle them from the idea that humans need to be constantly productive.

See also: How REACH does HR (Vol. 1), by Andrea Francis

September 2023 News, Wabanaki Reach

Wabanaki REACH Newsletters

Truth, Healing, and Change in Wabanaki Territory, Resources for Learning and Teaching about Land Acknowledgments, dozens of essays in our Voices of Decolonization blog posts, a Literary Resource List, and so much more. We hope you will check them out at Educational Resources (wabanakireach.org).

August 2023 News, Wabanaki Reach

Wabanaki REACH Newsletters

This month we offer you the essay where the river widens by Beyond the Claims project coordinator, Kate Russell.

Wabanaki REACH has partnered with Threadbare Theatre Workshop to craft an original, community-devised play together– where the river widens– to be performed along the Penobscot River in September. This collaboration with the Wabanaki community is part of Wabanaki REACH's truth-telling initiative, Beyond the Claims– Stories from the Land & the Heart; an oral history project illuminating the Maine Indian land claims.

Limited Series-Human Resources to Growth and Support: How REACH does HR (Vol. 1), by Andrea Francis.

July News, 2023, Wabanaki Reach

Wabanaki REACH Newsletters

Voices of Decolonization blog: "Decolonizing Human Resource Policies for Nonprofits," by Andrea Francis.

June News, 2023, Wabanaki Reach

Wabanaki REACH Newsletters

Voices of Decolonization blog: "On the Anniversary of the Maine Wabanaki State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission," by Andrea Francis.

Happy Birthday Reach! Thank You Denise!, Wabanaki Reach

Wabanaki REACH Newsletters

Voices of Decolonization blog: "Happy Birthday REACH! Thank you Denise [Altvater]!" The "Honoring Denise" video can be viewed on our YouTube (00:02:20).

May News, 2023, Wabanaki Reach

Wabanaki REACH Newsletters

Interacting with Wabanaki-Maine History: Participate in this interactive experience in which we engage in a story of particular events in the history of 400 years of colonization of Wabanaki people by Europeans in this territory now called the state of Maine. Voices of Decolonization blog: "Native Children Are at the Heart of ICWA," by Erika Bjorum. (Indian Child Welfare Act).

April News, 2023, Wabanaki Reach

Wabanaki REACH Newsletters

Voices of Decolonization blog: "ICWA Under Attack: Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument for Haaland v. Brackeen," by Ryan Lolar, Indigenous Peoples Unit (IPU) Staff Attorney and Alida Pitcher-Murray, IPU Intern.

March News, 2023, Wabanaki Reach

Wabanaki REACH Newsletters

Voices of Decolonization blog, "My life today as a Person in recovery, I stand Proud," by Melody Paul, a poem about living in recovery.

February News, 2023, Wabanaki Reach

Wabanaki REACH Newsletters

Laughter is Good Medicine! Indian Radio Days: An Evolving Bingo Experience by LeAnne Howe and the late Roxy Gordon. Panel discussion with actors and playwright. Voices of Decolonization blog: "Shifting Our Idea of Impact: Decolonizing Program Evaluations," by Heather Augustine.

January News, 2023, Wabanaki Reach

Wabanaki REACH Newsletters

Forgiveness is a core cultural value of the Wabanaki and a message of forgiveness is traditionally shared at the start of the New Year. Voices of Decolonization blog, "Wabanaki Prayer," by Brian Altvater, Sr.

Wabanaki Reach Newsletter, Winter 2023, Wabanaki Reach

Wabanaki REACH Newsletters

The Winter 2023 cover story reflects on the year 2022. Headlines in this issue include:

• Nulasuweltom ~ I am grateful
• Beyond the Claims Update by Kate Russell, Beyond the Claims Project Coordinator
• Educational Programs Update by Heather Augustine, Community Education Development Coordinator
• Wabanaki Wellbeing Program Update by Brian Altvater, Wabanaki Wellness Coordinator
• Website Communications by Heather Newton Brown, Wabanaki REACH Volunteer