{"id":1045,"date":"2015-11-20T20:12:13","date_gmt":"2015-11-21T01:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devwp.tribalinformationexchange.org\/index.php\/2015\/11\/20\/truth-healing-and-systems-change-the-maine-wabanaki-state-child-welfare-truth-and-reconciliation-commission-process\/"},"modified":"2018-08-01T14:12:42","modified_gmt":"2018-08-01T19:12:42","slug":"truth-healing-and-systems-change-the-maine-wabanaki-state-child-welfare-truth-and-reconciliation-commission-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/index.php\/2015\/11\/20\/truth-healing-and-systems-change-the-maine-wabanaki-state-child-welfare-truth-and-reconciliation-commission-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Truth, Healing, and Systems Change: The Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission Process"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Main state child welfare staff understand ICWA requirements, yet their knowledge of Wabanaki history is limited because it has excluded the voice of the Wabanaki people. This article outlines the process taken by a group of Native people and state representatives to create a truth and reconciliation commission process in Maine, designed to reckon with this history as a way of improving the child welfare system and promoting healing for Wabanaki children and families. The governor of maine and the five tribal chiefs signed as equals to authorize the Commission to investigate whether or not the removal of Wabanaki children from their communities has continued to be disproportionate to non-Native children and to make recommendations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Main state child welfare staff understand ICWA requirements, yet their knowledge of Wabanaki history is limited because it has excluded the voice of the Wabanaki people. This article outlines the process taken by a group of Native people and state representatives to create a truth and reconciliation commission process in Maine, designed to reckon with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[49],"class_list":["post-1045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-resource-library","tag-sovereignty-collaboration"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Truth, Healing, and Systems Change: The Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission Process - Tribal Information Exchange | Capacity Building Center for Tribes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Center for Tribes designs &amp; delivers tools &amp; resources for American Indian &amp; Alaska Native child welfare professionals to support the well-being of tribal communities.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Truth, Healing, and Systems Change: The Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission Process - Tribal Information Exchange | Capacity Building Center for Tribes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Center for Tribes designs &amp; delivers tools &amp; resources for American Indian &amp; Alaska Native child welfare professionals to support the well-being of tribal communities.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/index.php\/2015\/11\/20\/truth-healing-and-systems-change-the-maine-wabanaki-state-child-welfare-truth-and-reconciliation-commission-process\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Tribal Information Exchange | Capacity Building Center for Tribes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-11-21T01:12:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-08-01T19:12:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cbctadmin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cbctadmin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/index.php\/2015\/11\/20\/truth-healing-and-systems-change-the-maine-wabanaki-state-child-welfare-truth-and-reconciliation-commission-process\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/index.php\/2015\/11\/20\/truth-healing-and-systems-change-the-maine-wabanaki-state-child-welfare-truth-and-reconciliation-commission-process\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cbctadmin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/#\/schema\/person\/97a3e1db29cb074dd2c51e238f86379c\"},\"headline\":\"Truth, Healing, and Systems Change: The Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission Process\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-11-21T01:12:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-08-01T19:12:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/index.php\/2015\/11\/20\/truth-healing-and-systems-change-the-maine-wabanaki-state-child-welfare-truth-and-reconciliation-commission-process\/\"},\"wordCount\":130,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Sovereignty &amp; Collaboration\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Resource Library\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/index.php\/2015\/11\/20\/truth-healing-and-systems-change-the-maine-wabanaki-state-child-welfare-truth-and-reconciliation-commission-process\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/index.php\/2015\/11\/20\/truth-healing-and-systems-change-the-maine-wabanaki-state-child-welfare-truth-and-reconciliation-commission-process\/\",\"name\":\"Truth, Healing, and Systems Change: The Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission Process - Tribal Information Exchange | Capacity Building Center for Tribes\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2015-11-21T01:12:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-08-01T19:12:42+00:00\",\"description\":\"The Center for Tribes designs & delivers tools & resources for American Indian & Alaska Native child welfare professionals to support the well-being of tribal communities.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/index.php\/2015\/11\/20\/truth-healing-and-systems-change-the-maine-wabanaki-state-child-welfare-truth-and-reconciliation-commission-process\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/index.php\/2015\/11\/20\/truth-healing-and-systems-change-the-maine-wabanaki-state-child-welfare-truth-and-reconciliation-commission-process\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/index.php\/2015\/11\/20\/truth-healing-and-systems-change-the-maine-wabanaki-state-child-welfare-truth-and-reconciliation-commission-process\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Truth, Healing, and Systems Change: The Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission Process\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/\",\"name\":\"Tribal Information Exchange | Capacity Building Center for Tribes\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Capacity Building Center for Tribes\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/CBCTLOGO.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/CBCTLOGO.png\",\"width\":826,\"height\":568,\"caption\":\"Capacity Building Center for Tribes\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCm-aSseF9Pws34aVB6qks_A\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/#\/schema\/person\/97a3e1db29cb074dd2c51e238f86379c\",\"name\":\"cbctadmin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ca4b846749a33bac18335360481e13f0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ca4b846749a33bac18335360481e13f0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cbctadmin\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/index.php\/author\/cbctadmin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Truth, Healing, and Systems Change: The Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission Process - Tribal Information Exchange | Capacity Building Center for Tribes","description":"The Center for Tribes designs & delivers tools & resources for American Indian & Alaska Native child welfare professionals to support the well-being of tribal communities.","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Truth, Healing, and Systems Change: The Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission Process - Tribal Information Exchange | Capacity Building Center for Tribes","og_description":"The Center for Tribes designs & delivers tools & resources for American Indian & Alaska Native child welfare professionals to support the well-being of tribal communities.","og_url":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/index.php\/2015\/11\/20\/truth-healing-and-systems-change-the-maine-wabanaki-state-child-welfare-truth-and-reconciliation-commission-process\/","og_site_name":"Tribal Information Exchange | Capacity Building Center for Tribes","article_published_time":"2015-11-21T01:12:13+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-08-01T19:12:42+00:00","author":"cbctadmin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cbctadmin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/index.php\/2015\/11\/20\/truth-healing-and-systems-change-the-maine-wabanaki-state-child-welfare-truth-and-reconciliation-commission-process\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/index.php\/2015\/11\/20\/truth-healing-and-systems-change-the-maine-wabanaki-state-child-welfare-truth-and-reconciliation-commission-process\/"},"author":{"name":"cbctadmin","@id":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/#\/schema\/person\/97a3e1db29cb074dd2c51e238f86379c"},"headline":"Truth, Healing, and Systems Change: The Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission Process","datePublished":"2015-11-21T01:12:13+00:00","dateModified":"2018-08-01T19:12:42+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/index.php\/2015\/11\/20\/truth-healing-and-systems-change-the-maine-wabanaki-state-child-welfare-truth-and-reconciliation-commission-process\/"},"wordCount":130,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/#organization"},"keywords":["Sovereignty &amp; Collaboration"],"articleSection":["Resource Library"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/index.php\/2015\/11\/20\/truth-healing-and-systems-change-the-maine-wabanaki-state-child-welfare-truth-and-reconciliation-commission-process\/","url":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/index.php\/2015\/11\/20\/truth-healing-and-systems-change-the-maine-wabanaki-state-child-welfare-truth-and-reconciliation-commission-process\/","name":"Truth, Healing, and Systems Change: The Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission Process - Tribal Information Exchange | Capacity Building Center for Tribes","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/#website"},"datePublished":"2015-11-21T01:12:13+00:00","dateModified":"2018-08-01T19:12:42+00:00","description":"The Center for Tribes designs & delivers tools & resources for American Indian & Alaska Native child welfare professionals to support the well-being of tribal communities.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/index.php\/2015\/11\/20\/truth-healing-and-systems-change-the-maine-wabanaki-state-child-welfare-truth-and-reconciliation-commission-process\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/index.php\/2015\/11\/20\/truth-healing-and-systems-change-the-maine-wabanaki-state-child-welfare-truth-and-reconciliation-commission-process\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/index.php\/2015\/11\/20\/truth-healing-and-systems-change-the-maine-wabanaki-state-child-welfare-truth-and-reconciliation-commission-process\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Truth, Healing, and Systems Change: The Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission Process"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/","name":"Tribal Information Exchange | Capacity Building Center for Tribes","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/#organization","name":"Capacity Building Center for Tribes","url":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/CBCTLOGO.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/CBCTLOGO.png","width":826,"height":568,"caption":"Capacity Building Center for Tribes"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCm-aSseF9Pws34aVB6qks_A"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/#\/schema\/person\/97a3e1db29cb074dd2c51e238f86379c","name":"cbctadmin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ca4b846749a33bac18335360481e13f0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ca4b846749a33bac18335360481e13f0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cbctadmin"},"url":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/index.php\/author\/cbctadmin\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1045"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1045"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1594,"href":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1045\/revisions\/1594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tribalinformationexchange.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}