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Producers/Hosts: Maria Girouard, Esther Anne Engineer: Jeffrey Hotchkiss Critical conversations of truth, healing, and change in the Dawnland: Wabanaki REACH‘s Truth Telling Initative -What Wabanaki REACH’s truth-telling project is about and what groundwork has been done -What the learning curve has been like and what experience the guests bring to the project -What the project hopes to accomplish Guests: Kate Russell, Wabanaki REACH Project Coordinator and Stephanie Bailey, Passamaquoddy from Motahkmihkuk and Project Story Collector. About the hosts: Esther Anne, is a Passamaquoddy from Sipayik who lives on Indian Island and serves on the Wabanaki REACH Board of Directors. Maria Girouard, Penobscot from Indian Island, is Executive Director of Wabanaki REACH, a statewide organization working toward truth, healing, and change in the Dawnland. Maria is a tribal historian with a Master’s Degree in History from the University of Maine and a special interest in the Maine Indian Land Claims. Maria has devoted years to community organizing, environmental stewardship and activism, and growing food in tribal communities. The post Dawnland Signals 10/21/21: Beyond the Claims- Stories from the Land and the Heart first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.