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Truth and Reconciliation

Adoption and Return with Sandy White Hawk

October 9, 2016 by ssradmin

Sandy White Hawk is Sicangu Lakota and a member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe who was separated as a child from her family and heritage when she was adopted at 18 months old by a white family. She is also one of five commissioners of Maine’s historic Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Sandy discusses the trauma …read more »

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Filed Under: Emotions, Family and Lifecycle, Social Justice Tagged With: Adoption, indigenous, native, Restorative Justice, Truth and Reconciliation, Wabanaki

Non-Native Allies

October 19, 2015 by ssradmin

This episode highlights the Maine-Wabanaki Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Safe Space Radio speaks with non-native allies who are working on how to best respond to the needs that the TRC brought to light, and why these issues matter to them personally.

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Filed Under: Conflict, Social Justice Tagged With: ally, apologies, community, maine, native, Restorative Justice, Trauma, Truth and Reconciliation, Wabanaki

The Education of a Child Welfare Worker with Penthea Burns

October 5, 2015 by ssradmin

Safe Space Radio talks with Penthea Burns, co-director of Maine-Wabanaki REACH, about her background in child welfare and the difficulty of deciding whether the benefits of removing a child from abuse outweigh the additional trauma of severing family and community ties. Penthea’s work on these issues in Wabanaki communities has led her to a deeper …read more »

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Filed Under: Family and Lifecycle, Social Justice Tagged With: Adoption, child welfare, Family, forced removal, indigenous, maine, native, Restorative Justice, Trauma, Truth and Reconciliation, Wabanaki

Adoption and Identity with George

September 23, 2015 by ssradmin

George’s biological parents are Passamaquoddy, but he was adopted at birth and raised by white parents in southern Maine. George describes how it felt to visit the reservation for the first time and meet his biological relatives. He talks about how he has grappled throughout his life with the question of whether he really is …read more »

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Filed Under: Emotions, Family and Lifecycle Tagged With: Adoption, Forced adoption, forced removal, indigenous, maine, native, Truth and Reconciliation, Wabanaki

The View From the Shore (Part 2) with gkisedtanamoogk

September 14, 2015 by ssradmin

This episode features part 2 of Anne’s conversation with gkisedtanamoogk, one of the five commissioners of the Maine State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission. In this conversation he talks more about the relationship between the government and the Wabanaki tribes, describes some of the main concepts of his spiritual worldview, and talks about the …read more »

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Filed Under: Family and Lifecycle, Social Justice Tagged With: colonial, colonizer, de-colonize, decolonize, indigenous, maine, native, Restorative Justice, spirituality, Truth and Reconciliation, Wabanaki

The View From the Shore (Part 1) with gkisedtanamoogk

September 7, 2015 by ssradmin

This episode of Safe Space Radio features gkisedtanamoogk, one of the five commissioners of the Maine Wabanaki State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission. He shares his reflections on the process now that the findings have been published, and we also speak about the gap between Native peoples’ views and those of mainstream America related …read more »

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Filed Under: Family and Lifecycle, Social Justice Tagged With: colonizer, decolonize, indigenous, maine, native, Restorative Justice, spirituality, Truth and Reconciliation, Wabanaki

Disrupting the Vicious Cycle with Sandy White Hawk

March 2, 2015 by ssradmin

Maine Wabanaki Truth and Reconciliation Commissioner Sandy White Hawk discusses the ways in which centuries of removing native children from their families have created a pattern of trauma and corresponding struggle that has made ongoing removal of children more likely. She talks about alternative approaches that support families in difficulty and expresses her hopes for …read more »

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Filed Under: Conflict, Family and Lifecycle, Social Justice Tagged With: Adoption, childhood trauma, Forced adoption, identity, indigenous, native, Parenting, Restorative Justice, Truth and Reconciliation, Wabanaki

Intergenerational Trauma with Sandy White Hawk

February 22, 2015 by ssradmin

In Safe Space Radio’s second conversation with Maine Wabanaki Truth and Reconcilitation Commissioner Sandy White Hawk, she talks about intergenerational trauma and helping white people better grasp what it means to lose your culture.

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Filed Under: Conflict, Family and Lifecycle, Social Justice Tagged With: childhood trauma, Forced adoption, identity, indigenous, native, Restorative Justice, TRC, Truth and Reconciliation, Wabanaki

Being Out Adopted with Sandy White Hawk

February 16, 2015 by ssradmin

Maine Wabanaki Truth and Reconciliation Commissioner Sandy White Hawk talks about being taken for adoption by a white missionary family who believed they were saving her from the poverty of the reservation. She describes the power of being reunited with her tribe at 35, and the deep feeling of belonging and safety she felt as …read more »

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Filed Under: Conflict, Family and Lifecycle, Social Justice Tagged With: Forced adoption, identity, indigenous, maine, native, Parenting, Restorative Justice, Truth and Reconciliation, Wabanaki

The Work of Healing with Esther Anne and Stephanie Bailey

February 5, 2015 by ssradmin

Maine Wabanaki REACH staff members Esther Anne and Stephanie Bailey discuss the experience of giving statements to the Maine Wabanaki Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the hopes they had about what may come of it, and the anxiety of making painful stories public.

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Filed Under: Conflict, Mental Health, Social Justice Tagged With: Forced adoption, identity, indigenous, native, Restorative Justice, Truth and Reconciliation, Wabanaki

Breaking the Silence with Maria Girouard, Esther Anne, and Stephanie Bailey

February 2, 2015 by ssradmin

This episode of Safe Space Radio features Maria Girouard, Esther Anne, and Stephanie Bailey of Maine Wabanaki REACH. They discuss the process of gathering the untold stories of the many people affected by the longstanding practice of removing native children from their families and their tribes.

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Filed Under: Conflict, Family and Lifecycle, Social Justice Tagged With: Adoption, childhood trauma, Forced adoption, identity, indigenous, maine, native, Restorative Justice, Truth and Reconciliation, Wabanaki

Wabanaki History in Maine with Maria Girouard and Esther Anne

January 26, 2015 by ssradmin

This episode of Safe Space Radio features Maria Girouard and Esther Anne of Maine Wabanaki REACH. They discuss the history of federal and state policies toward Native Americans here in Maine. We focus on the many attempts throughout the years to erase Wabanaki people and their culture, including the practice of removing native children from …read more »

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Filed Under: Conflict, Social Justice Tagged With: Adoption, childhood trauma, community, Forced adoption, identity, indigenous, maine, native, organization, Truth and Reconciliation, Wabanaki

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