In honor of Indigenous Peoples Day, the Alfond Youth and Community Center unveiled a monument dedicated to Louis Sockalexis, the first Indigenous person to play Major League Baseball.
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Native Mainers plan to reflect, educate on Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Maine is one of 14 states and the District of Columbia that now observe Native American or Indigenous Peoples’ Day instead of, or in addition to, Columbus Day.
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Maine Voices: Saccarappa Island can provide deeper view of long-hidden Wabanaki history
Soon to be transferred to the city of Westbrook, it should become a unique and cherished public space.
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Maine Voices: No schools in Maine retain Native American nicknames, mascots – that’s something to celebrate
The focus has been on the bill banning the practice in the future, but it should be on the heroes who brought about its end.
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Maine Voices: Diverse ‘Hamilton’ leaves Native narrative out of America’s story
The exclusion is disappointing, but the musical – now a movie – does offer room for discussion of this land’s original owners and our legacy.
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Maine Voices: Want a healthy planet? Check your rivers
Mainers should be proud of their leadership in river restoration. Still, there’s a lot more work to do.
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Our View: Racist NFL team name finally going away
We should all wonder what took so long.
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Maine Voices: Black Lives Matter is the latest flower of the Black Radical Tradition
Despite what a recent columnist suggests, BLM does not vindicate liberalism – it exposes and upends liberalism.
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Maine Voices: ‘Whitewashing’ history gives young people distorted view of America
Teaching our nation’s true story will encourage clearer thinking, not treachery, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist explains.
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Maine Voices: Want to help remedy racial inequity in Maine? Here are places to start
There’s a lot to do, on initiatives from bail reform to closing Long Creek and from protecting migrant workers to supporting farmers of color.