Children’s Museum loses federal grant intended for Wabanaki history programs

The Portland museum is losing most of the grant funding it was awarded last year by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for a project that includes curricula support for teachers and programs for museum visitors.

Penobscot basket maker Theresa Secord wins $100,000 award

Secord was the founding director of the Maine Indian Basket Makers Alliance for 21 years, and her work is in private collections and museums across the country.

New leader of Wabanaki Alliance outlines priorities

In an interview with The Times Record, Maulian Bryant outlines plans for the Wabanaki Alliance — "the time for reclamation is now," and “as the tribal communities rise, we all rise.”

‘A River of Blood’: The violent history behind Kennebec River settlement

Gerard Gawalt shares how, although uncomfortable, facing decades of conflict between Abenaki and white settlers along the Kennebec River can help us better deepen our connection to people and place.

How to protect ash trees and preserve a Wabanaki tradition

Wabanaki tribes, scientists take drastic steps to save ash trees from invasive beetles

They are striving to protect the state's remaining brown ash trees, and hope to harvest enough healthy trees in the meantime to supply future tribal artisans.

Opening of Wabanaki welcome center near Katahdin delayed, but public will get a peek

The Tekαkαpimək Contact Station at Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument is open to visitors for limited hours this weekend.

Sweetgrass harvesting may return to Acadia

Gathering sweetgrass, which the Wabanaki have traditionally used in basket weaving and for ceremonies, has been outlawed in the national park since it was formally established in 1916.

What Maine can learn from Wabanaki environmental wisdom

Science is designed to be indifferent to values, but Indigenous knowledge seeks to reinsert them.

How Jeremy Frey changed the way the art world sees Wabanaki basketmaking

The Maine artist's solo show at the Portland Museum of Art – the first of its kind – represents a new perception of the art form.