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DoomsdaysCW<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AshTree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AshTree</a> Protection Collaboration Across <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wabanakik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wabanakik</a>"Ash trees, in particular brown ash (used interchangeably with black ash, Fraxinus nigra), are a cultural keystone species for Wabanaki communities and a crucial part of wetland ecosystems in the Northeast. The spread of the invasive forest pest EAB has caused 99% brown ash tree mortality in other areas of Turtle Island, and will have a considerable effect on ecosystems and traditions as it spreads through the Dawnland."Partners of the Ash Protection Collaboration Across Wabanakik’s (APCAW) have been working for 20 years to prepare for the onset of EAB in Northeastern forests. We are committed to identifying research-informed strategies to protect the future of ash in the Dawnland that align with Wabanaki priorities. The purpose of this website is to share practical knowledge with those who seek to take actions to maintain ash on the landscape. If you’d like to receive event announcements in your inbox, sign up for our newsletter here. Read on to find information about the cultural importance of ash, seed collection efforts, and emerald ash borer (EAB) management.Why are we called the Ash Protection Collaboration Across Wabanakik?"Our name emerged from collaborative conversations about the goals of our shared work. We decided to use the word <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wabanakik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wabanakik</a> to refer to the place where we are located in an effort to center Wabanaki language and ways of knowing. Wabanakik is a term with slightly different meanings in each eastern <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Algonquin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Algonquin</a> language, but can be understood in English to mean either 'in the location of the land which is referred to as the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Dawnland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dawnland</a>' or 'in the location of the People of the Dawn.' Wabanakik stretches from Newfoundland in the north, to mid-Maine in the south, and parts of Quebec in the west."APCAW members acknowledge that we are located in the homeland of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WabanakiConfederacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WabanakiConfederacy</a>, which includes the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Abenaki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Abenaki</a>, Maliseet, Mi’kmaq, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot Tribal Nations. Wabanakik has a ongoing legacy of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#colonialism</a>, of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StolenLand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StolenLand</a>, broken treaties, forced removal and genocide of Wabanaki peoples which have fragmented Wabanaki relationships to land. The People of the Dawn maintain a sacred relationship with brown ash trees since time immemorial. APCAW’s work is to center, protect, and restore this ongoing relationship between Wabanaki peoples and ash ecosystems.Who are we?"The Ash Protection Collaboration Across Wabanakik (APCAW) is a group of Indigenous and non-indigenous researchers, Tribal members, and forest caretakers working together to bring more awareness of the cultural and ecological significance of ash trees and efforts to conserve them. APCAW continues the initiative set forth by the EAB and Brown Ash Taskforce, which began in the early 2000s to facilitate the collaborative capacity of Wabanaki basketmakers, Tribal Nations, state and federal foresters, and others to prevent, detect, and respond to the EAB. APCAW gives platform to the work of a broad range of partners, including:• University of Maine School of Forest Resources • Tribal Nations <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MikmaqNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MikmaqNation</a>, Presque Isle <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HoultonBand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HoultonBand</a> of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maliseet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Maliseet</a> Indians, Houlton <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PassamaquoddyTribe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PassamaquoddyTribe</a> at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndianTownship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndianTownship</a> Passamaquoddy Tribe at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PleasantPoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PleasantPoint</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Sipayik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sipayik</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PenobscotNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PenobscotNation</a>, Indian Island• Wabanaki basketmakers and the Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance• State and Federal Forestry Agencies USDA APHIS State of Maine Department of Agriculture & Forestry State, Private, and Tribal Forest Service• Conservation organizations and seed saving organizations The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WildSeedProject" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WildSeedProject</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineLandTrustNetwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MaineLandTrustNetwork</a>Learn more (includes links to resources): <a href="https://umaine.edu/apcaw/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://umaine.edu/apcaw/</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Maine</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MFS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MFS</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EAB</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EmeraldAshBorer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EmeraldAshBorer</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AshTree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AshTree</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AshTrees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AshTrees</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/APCAW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#APCAW</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/InvasiveSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InvasiveSpecies</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wabanaki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wabanaki</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTheForests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ProtectTheForests</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MaineNews</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Maine</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveTheTrees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SaveTheTrees</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WabanakiCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WabanakiCulture</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WabanakiBasketry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WabanakiBasketry</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WabanakiTradition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WabanakiTradition</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Forestry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Forestry</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ProtectTheSacred</a>

DoomsdaysCW<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wabanaki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wabanaki</a> Nations, allies celebrate progress in continued fight for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sovereignty</a>Emma Davis Fri, July 12, 2024"[The alliance] honored the contributions of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RenaNewell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RenaNewell</a>, former <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Passamaquoddy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Passamaquoddy</a> Tribal Representative to the state Legislature and former chief of the reservation at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Sipayik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sipayik</a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BethAhearn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BethAhearn</a>, who this year retired as director of government affairs for Maine Conservation Voters, a nonprofit focused on protecting the environment and one of the earliest members of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WabanakiAlliance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WabanakiAlliance</a>. "Newell, who currently serves as interim associate director of the Wabanaki Alliance, said it is not the work of one individual that brings success but the relationships people have with one another that allow for collective learning and movement forward together."During her time in the State House, Newell led efforts to expand Tribal-State coordination, including paving the way for greater sovereignty for the Passamaquoddy two years ago. Newell sponsored legislation that provided tribal members at Sipayik, also known as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PleasantPoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PleasantPoint</a>, more power to regulate local <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DrinkingWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DrinkingWater</a> by, among other means, removing barriers in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SettlementAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SettlementAct</a> that had prevented the tribe from fully accessing federal funds and remediation resources that were available to other federally recognized tribes."Read more: <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/wabanaki-nations-allies-celebrate-progress-113944863.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.yahoo.com/news/wabanaki-nations-allies-celebrate-progress-113944863.html</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WabanakiConfederacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WabanakiConfederacy</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WaterIsLife</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Maine</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmericans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NativeAmericans</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PassamaquoddyNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PassamaquoddyNation</a>

DoomsdaysCW<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WabanakiREACH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WabanakiREACH</a> Celebates <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OralHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OralHistory</a> Exhibit Opening with Gathering at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SipayikMuseum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SipayikMuseum</a>wikhikonol: stories + photos at the Sipayik Museum, 59 Passamaquoddy Rd., <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PleasantPoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PleasantPoint</a>, Maine. Exhibit runs June 20 through October at the Sipayik Museum, Point Pleasant Peninsula.6 June 2024 SIPAYIK | PLEASANT POINT, ME (June 4, 2023)– "Wabanaki REACH has partnered with the Sipayik Museum to present wikhikonol, an oral history exhibit featuring <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/stories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stories</a> alongside <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wabanaki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wabanaki</a> artists <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NolanAltvater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NolanAltvater</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MayaAttean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MayaAttean</a>. The exhibit, which opens June 20 with a celebratory gathering, is part of Wabanaki REACH’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/truthtelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#truthtelling</a> initiative Beyond the Claims– Stories from the Land & the Heart."Wabanaki REACH has recorded and preserved over forty personal oral history interviews from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wabanaki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wabanaki</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Maine</a> communities in hopes to illuminate the humanity behind the Maine Indian land claims era and demystify the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineIndianClaimsSettlementAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MaineIndianClaimsSettlementAct</a> of 1980. The organization has been focusing its efforts on building an accessible archive of interviews, creating educational resources for the greater community, and making space for healing and truth-telling to happen."wikhikonol marks Wabanaki REACH’s second public offering related to the project following where the river widens, an original community-devised play performed on Indian Island last fall. "wikhikonol features text and audio of stories that emerged in the interviews, complemented by photographs of Wabanakik and its people. Beyond the Claims is led by Wabanaki ways of being and knowing to further Wabanaki REACH’s crucial work of bringing truth, healing, and change to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Dawnland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dawnland</a>."'Our intentions were to create a deeper understanding of the Maine Indian <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandClaims" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LandClaims</a>, a tumultuous period in tribal-state history that still impacts the Tribes today. We wanted to capture stories from people with lived experiences during this time, uplift stories that exemplify the Wabanaki people's unique relationship to their homelands, and create tools for learning and understanding so we can ultimately move toward a more just and understanding future together', said <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MariaGirouard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MariaGirouard</a>, Executive Director of Wabanaki REACH."Wikhikon is the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Passamaquoddy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Passamaquoddy</a> word originally used for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/birchbark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#birchbark</a> maps but now refers to book, image, map, or any written material. For this exhibit, it can be understood as a visual tool for storytelling that offers spaces for relations and understandings to emerge from the Land and from the people who are connected to it. It is a term that challenges and resists dominant, western understandings of stories and the Land and the relationships in which they attempt to force Wabanaki people into."Nolan Altvater said, 'This exhibit is a celebration of the myriad relations that Wabanaki people have with our homelands. The stories blur the lines between image and word while inviting the audience to critically think and learn with the literacies of our land beyond the claims of the settlement act'.<a href="https://www.wabanakireach.org/press_release" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.wabanakireach.org/press_release</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmericanHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NativeAmericanHistory</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WabanakiHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WabanakiHistory</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WabanakiAlliance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WabanakiAlliance</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Maine</a>

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