Wabanaki homeland in the 19th century. Map by Stephen Bicknell, formerly with the University of Maine Department of Anthropology.
We recognize that our house and small press are currently located on the unceded homeland of Wabanaki people in a state (Maine) where issues of water and territorial rights and encroachment upon sacred sites are ongoing. We recognize that Wabanaki (Maliseet, Mi’kmaq, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot) Tribal Nations are distinct, sovereign, legal, and political entities with their own powers of self-governance and self-determination. We acknowledge the trauma of physical and cultural genocide, and we respect the Wabanaki People are original stewards of this land. We have a responsibility to research, listen, learn, and build relationships while serving as the current stewards of this land. There is still so much work to be done.
Learn More
For more information about the Indigenous People’s original place names for Waldo County see this post on the Penobscot Bay Blog
For an archive of critical conversations surrounding truth, healing and change in the Dawnland see Dawnland Signals
For more information on work being done to improve the social and economic conditions of the Native American tribes in Maine visit Four Directions Maine, Wabanaki Reach and Racial, Equity and Justice
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Abbe Museum
The Hudson Museum
The Maine State Museum
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Toad Hall Editions supports the Wabanaki Women’s Coalition, an organization “working to increase the capacity of tribal communities to respond to domestic and sexual violence, and influence tribal, national, and regional systems to increase awareness, safety, justice, and healing.”