Esther Attean from the Muskie School of Public Service, Martha Proulx from Maine DHHS, and Denise Altvater, Director of the Wabanaki Friends Service Committee, who was taken as a child from her home, will focus on the Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and what it hopes to accomplish. 

Earlier this summer, the state signed a historic mandate aimed at coming to terms with Maine's bleak record concerning Native American children - many were forcibly removed from their homes and communities, and sent to boarding schools or foster homes.  

Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission 

Muskie School of Public Service

Wabanaki Friends Service Committee

DHHS

Every Child Matters

[The "Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission" episode originally aired on Maine Watch with Jennifer Rooks July 12, 2012.]

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