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DoomsdaysCWI posted the whole article because of the paywall. I listened to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EllenMacDonald" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EllenMacDonald</a> at the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/APCAW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#APCAW</a> conference on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EmeraldAshBorer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EmeraldAshBorer</a> earlier this week. She and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JohnDaigle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JohnDaigle</a> of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UMaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UMaine</a> were facilitating the workshop. This article contains a lot of the same information I learned at the workshop! Seed banks + teaming up with the Wabanaki peoples - modern technology meets traditional knowledge!Native seeds preserved, protected to counter surging invasivesCalling all home gardeners and eco enthusiasts! Lend a hand this spring: Assist Wabanaki tribes and scientists fighting to save ash trees or partner up with statewide neighbors through local seed banks. March 17, 2025"The sun radiated overhead as Tyler Everett surveyed the green hills of the Mi’kmaq Nation in Presque Isle. "Ash trees, mainly brown ash, are cultural keystone species for Wabanaki communities and wetland ecosystems in the Northeast. However, they’re under threat due to the spread of the emerald ash borer. "This collective of forest caretakers works together to raise awareness of ash trees’ significance and the efforts, such as seed banking, to conserve them. It continues the work the Brown Ash Taskforce set forth 20 years ago after tribal members detected early signs of the invasive pest." 'Emerald ash borer was discovered by basket makers who noticed the trees, whose bark they relied on, looked very unhealthy,' Everett said. 'Our work today still centers around our tribal partners who first sounded the alarm.'"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/APCAW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#APCAW</a> resembles a national movement, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousSeedKeepersNetwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IndigenousSeedKeepersNetwork</a>, cultivating solidarity within the matrix of regional grassroots seed <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sovereignty</a> projects — collecting, growing and sharing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HeirloomSeeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HeirloomSeeds</a> to promote cultural diversity. "Here’s a look at some of the seed lending and preservation happening here in the Maine, from brown ash to Wabanaki flint corn. " 'It may be no Doomsday Vault (also known as Svalbard Global Seed Vault),' said Emily Baisden, seed center director at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WildSeedProject" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WildSeedProject</a>. "But we’re doing some great work.'"So, what’s a seed bank? Picture a temperature-controlled vault with billions of period-sized seeds in foil packets. "Through storage, the goal is to preserve genetic diversity for future use, protect rare species and develop new crop varieties. Not only do seed banks play a role in food security, but also, at their best, they can restore plant communities after natural disasters like droughts or fires and provide valuable insight on how best to combat environmental stress."<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SeedBanks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SeedBanks</a> operate at the community, national or global level — such as the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PetalmaSeedBank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PetalmaSeedBank</a> in California, which preserves the region’s agricultural diversity, or the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SvalbardGlobalSeedVault" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SvalbardGlobalSeedVault</a>, the global backup for all other seed banks."In the far reaches of the Nordic island of Spitsbergen, the aforementioned 'Doomsday Vault' provides the world’s genebank, kept safe in case some catastrophe threatens the planet’s crops. If seed banks are a computer’s filing system, where documents are stored, Svalbard is the external hard drive. "Enter Maine’s Wild Seed Project, an APCAW partner organization. The group hand collects and distributes 3 million seeds representing over 100 species of Northeast native plants yearly. " 'Long-term seed banking requires <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/cryopreservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cryopreservation</a>, akin to flash freezing,' Baisden said. 'It allows seeds to last for decades, if not longer. … We try not to store seeds for more than four years at Wild Seed. We dry them, place them in jars and label them by location. The newest are sold, and the older ones are used in our Seeds for Teachers program.' "Baisden acknowledged the correlation between landscape management and biodiversity. When native plants disappear, likely through urbanization, the insects that depend on and coevolve with them also decline, as do the animals that rely on those insects (like birds). " 'Most seeds sold in garden centers are propagated through clonal reproduction,' Baisden said. 'This minimizes genetic diversity, and as we know, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#biodiversity</a> is crucial for communal stability.'"For a long time, the horticulture industry pushed to introduce non-native species that lacked natural predators and could quickly reproduce. Later, when forests were clear-cut in the 1900s, trees like the brown ash fell to the wayside, and non-native vegetation crept in. " 'Maine, so far, is the only state with non-quarantine habitats free from emerald ash borer,' Baisden said. 'Studying these helps us plan ahead and learn. We hope that by working with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BasketMakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BasketMakers</a>, foresters and scientists, we can store or distribute emerald ash borer–resistant seeds.” Management shaped by Indigenous wisdom"The spread of emerald ash borer has already caused 99% brown ash tree mortality in parts of Turtle Island, a small island between Mount Desert Island and Schoodic Point. "As a group committed to science-informed strategies that align with Wabanaki priorities, APCAW has been collecting seeds (viable for up to eight years) from 46 healthy ash trees to store in a refrigerator at the University of Maine in Orono. "As Everett noted, Indigenous people have long used brown ash as the primary material for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/basketry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#basketry</a>, valuing its soft, splinty texture as ideal for weaving. The brown ash tree is also part of one of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Abenaki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Abenaki</a> origin stories. " 'Brown ash was the root from which all <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wabanaki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wabanaki</a> people emerged,' Everett said. "The species’ decline evokes deep emotion. Recognizing this, Indigenous communities are at the forefront of APCAW outreach and land-management strategies."Program registration links are first shared with tribal partners, and they are often invited to co-facilitate or lead the event discussions. Occasionally, exclusive gatherings are held to allow basket weavers to connect in a more intimate setting. " 'My job is to engage in a dialogue with our tribal partners and address any reactions they have,' Everett said. 'There’s a strong sense of responsibility to save brown ash, but opinions vary. Some hesitate about allowing the seeds to be stored outside the community.'"Everett is currently drafting a document to serve as a resource for the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HoultonBand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HoultonBand</a> of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maliseet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Maliseet</a> Indians, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mikmaq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mikmaq</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Passamaquoddy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Passamaquoddy</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PenobscotNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PenobscotNations</a>. By spring 2026, he hopes to publish a public report acknowledging the priorities of Maine’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wabanaki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wabanaki</a> people. "<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EllaMcDonald" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EllaMcDonald</a>, a colleague of Everett, has centered her master’s thesis on the effectiveness of APCAW’s outreach efforts in inspiring action that benefits both the Wabanaki people and their native forests’ ecosystems. " 'Out west, we’ve already seen devastating mortality rates of brown ash,' McDonald said. 'It’s just a matter of time before our situation escalates.' "The group is focused on a project that will test the resistance of native trees to the emerald ash borer next fall in collaboration with the U.S. Forest Service. This involves working with private <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/landowners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#landowners</a>, who will be asked to grow ash seeds and monitor their growth over time to assess their survival capacity."McDonald encouraged readers to get involved. The UMaine website will soon feature a map with priority areas for seed collection and locations where kits with all the necessary materials can be picked up. Those curious can contact ella.mcdonald@maine.edu or sign up for the newsletter to receive updates on upcoming events. " 'We are witnessing an unprecedented change,' McDonald said. 'What inspires me is to see groups across sectors working together to prepare. So many people genuinely care about our environment. … Together we can make a difference.'Get involved"Wild Seed Project held its first online seed-sowing demonstration in November 2021. Now, it offers a range of in-person programs and community events. Courtesy of Wild Seed Project"There are a few options to join the movement."Locals can donate resources to area seed banks, like the Wild Seed Project, or research projects, like APCAW. "Or harness the power of the dollar and purchase <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeSeeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NativeSeeds</a> for a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/rewilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rewilding</a> project or <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AbenakiFlintCorn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AbenakiFlintCorn</a>, a product that honors seed keepers of the past and pays royalties to APCAW. "To get involved through volunteerism, the Wild Seed Project actively seeks <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SeedStewards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SeedStewards</a> to collect, clean, process and package seeds." 'The nonprofit is also building a first-of-its-kind Native Seed Center at Cape Elizabeth Land Trust’s Turkey Hill Farm, where plants will grow among natural seed banks, along the woodland edge and throughout the farmstead meadow. To donate, visit wildseedproject.com/the-native-seed-center.Source [paywall]: <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/03/17/native-seeds-preserved-protected-to-counter-surging-invasives/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.pressherald.com/2025/03/17/native-seeds-preserved-protected-to-counter-surging-invasives/</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SolarPunkSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SolarPunkSunday</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TraditionalEcologicalKnowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TraditionalEcologicalKnowledge</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmericanBasketry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NativeAmericanBasketry</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sustainability</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousStewardship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IndigenousStewardship</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CulturalPreservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CulturalPreservation</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/InvasiveSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InvasiveSpecies</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EAB</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PreservingNature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PreservingNature</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Biodiversity</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PreservingTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PreservingTheSacred</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PreservingTheForest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PreservingTheForest</a>

DoomsdaysCWGetting to know our food, and how being good stewards of the land can help us eat betterby Katharine A. Jameson, Vermont Country magazine 03/01/2024Excerpt: "Learning from the land"Chief Stevens points out that it’s all in one’s perspective. He gives the example of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/dandelions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dandelions</a>. 'You might look at them as a weed but I might look at them as a food source,' he explains, noting the wine and greens for which they’re used."When Europeans arrived in what they later named Vermont, they saw the lush <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ForestGardens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ForestGardens</a> Natives had fostered, but didn’t recognize that it had been cultivated. 'The sophistication of the agriculture system was so high that people couldn’t see it at all. It just looked like abundant wild lands, but really they were so abundant because of our deep connection and long-term <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/stewardship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stewardship</a> of them,' <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Abenaki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Abenaki</a> tribal member, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JohnHunt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JohnHunt</a> describes in a new, short film posted to YouTube about Abenaki food systems."What can we learn from these growth practices? Professor Tiana Baca of Sterling College explains in this film: 'Nature doesn’t grow in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/monocrops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#monocrops</a>.' She notes that Native people’s lush gardens maximized yields by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CompanionPlanting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CompanionPlanting</a> crops like the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ThreeSisters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ThreeSisters</a>. 'The three sisters is a companion planting group of corn, beans and squash. They’re plants that grow together and support each other. The corn is growing up, it’s providing this living trellis. The beans use that to climb on. The beans are then fixing nitrogen and supporting the growth of the corn and then the squash plant kind of sprawls out and creates this living mulch. All of them working together makes all of them produce better.'"Respect runs deep in the Abenaki tradition. From the elders and ancestors from whom they learn to the food and animals they consume, they bless the animals they dispatch with tobacco and hold sacred the chain of custody of each of their seeds." 'We have to have some foresight about it. Treating the land with respect and not looking at it always through our need, but as a collective community need. In the old days we used to look at community more than individual needs.' Stevens discusses the Native mentality that land, contrary to the European way, is to be shared by all creatures, not owned." 'There is hope,' Chief Stevens says. 'There is a way to reconnect and change the outcomes of what is happening. But the only way to do that is to put the effort, time and resources into connecting with us, the native people and others to try to remember that historical knowledge of connection to our land, our animals and our wild food sources. The forests and the wild foods sustained our people for thousands of years. Why would we not think it wouldn’t do that now?'"The Chief set out a few things we can all do to help save the planet."<a href="https://vermontcountry.com/2024/03/01/abenaki-food-systems-native-stewardship/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://vermontcountry.com/2024/03/01/abenaki-food-systems-native-stewardship/</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmericanHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NativeAmericanHistory</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmericanFood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NativeAmericanFood</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FoodSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FoodSovereignty</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FoodForests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FoodForests</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Stewardship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Stewardship</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RelationshipToPlace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RelationshipToPlace</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SolarpunkSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SolarpunkSunday</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KnowWhereYourFoodComesFrom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KnowWhereYourFoodComesFrom</a>

DoomsdaysCWReturning land to tribes is a step towards justice and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sustainability</a>, say <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wabanaki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wabanaki</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalActivists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EnvironmentalActivists</a> by Emily Weyrauch, December 1, 2020"Last month, the Elliotsville Foundation gave back 735 acres to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PenobscotNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PenobscotNation</a>, a parcel of land that connects two Penobscot-held land plots. While this return of land is a significant milestone in terms of the work of conservation groups in Maine, it also reflects a larger shift in thinking about land ownership, from property and caretaking toward <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousStewardship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IndigenousStewardship</a>. "Before European settlers arrived, the land in Maine was stewarded by the Wabanaki people—a confederacy of five nations including Penobscot, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Passamaquoddy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Passamaquoddy</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maliseet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Maliseet</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mikmaq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mikmaq</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Abenaki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Abenaki</a>. "Early treaties between Indigenous tribes and settlers were signed, but not upheld. Early Maine court cases set the precedent for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandTheft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LandTheft</a>. The state legally prohibited treaty obligations from being published in its constitution. Ever since the 1980 Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act, the state government has significantly limited tribes’ sovereignty and access to ancestral lands. Now, the Maine legislature is preparing to take up a bill that would make 22 law changes to the 1980 act to promote Wabanaki sovereignty and correct the impacts of the 40-year-old piece of legislation that placed Wabanaki people in a separate category from other federally-recognized tribes. "Currently, a vast majority—90 percent—of land in Maine is privately owned, unlike in states like Nevada, Utah and Idaho, where the vast majority of land is owned by the U.S. government. Less than one percent of Maine land is owned by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wabanaki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wabanaki</a> people. "To many Indigenous people, the legacy of white-led conservation groups in Maine and nationwide represents a failure of true environmental stewardship."'Across the country, land conservation groups and land trusts participated in depopulating, cutting off Indigenous access to certain lands and resources,' said Dr. Darren Ranco, associate professor of Anthropology and coordinator of Native American Research at the University of Maine."Dr. Ranco said that the history of environmental protection in the U.S. starts in the 19th century and focuses on two movements: conservation and preservation. " 'On the one hand, you have people saying, ‘You want to use the public lands wisely’ — and that often led to extreme forms of exploitation through oil and gas contracts. The other side of it was, ‘Let’s just keep it wild and preserve it as-is, as a wild space,' " said Dr. Ranco, who is a member of the Penobscot Nation. 'Ironically, both of those approaches in the 19th century sought to displace Indigenous people.'" 'A lot of the [conservation] practices in the past actually marginalized native people, and didn’t allow for their voice to be heard, and discouraged their voices,' said Suzanne Greenlaw, a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maliseet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Maliseet</a> forestry scientist and PhD student at the University of Maine." 'The native approach is very much in the center—we do harvest, but we harvest in a sustainable way that actually forms a relationship with the resource,” said Greenlaw, who conducts research on the sustainable harvesting of sweetgrass by Indigenous people."In fact, the way that Indigenous people understand land is markedly different from western ideas of ownership." 'The idea of private property puts us in this framing where the land, the water, and the air, and the animals, and everything else—all our relations—are meant to serve us, they are things below us, things to dominate and control and take ownership over,' said Lokotah Sanborn, a Penobscot activist." 'For us, it would be absurd to say ‘I own my grandmother,’ or ‘I own my cousin,’ or ‘I own my brother.’ You don’t talk about things like that. And so when we’re talking about land ownership, it’s that same idea —these are our relations, these are things that hold a lot of significance to us,' said Sanborn."While the planet’s Indigenous people make up less than five percent of the global population, they manage 25 percent of its land and support 80 percent of global biodiversity, research shows." 'We’ve been led down this path toward climate catastrophe and the extinction of millions of species, all to drive <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExtractiveIndustries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ExtractiveIndustries</a>,' said Sanborn. 'If we wish to reverse these things, we need to give land back into the hands of Indigenous peoples and to respect our ability to protect those lands,' said Sanborn."This growing recognition of Wabanaki <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/stewardship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#stewardship</a> is part of the mission of First Light, a group that serves to connect Wabanaki people with conservation organizations who seek to expand Wabanaki access to land. Currently, 50 organizations are participating, including <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineAudubon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MaineAudubon</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TheNatureConservancy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheNatureConservancy</a>."Lucas St. Clair, president of the Elliotsville Foundation, participated in First Light’s year-long educational program before fulfilling a request by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JohnBanks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JohnBanks</a>, Natural Resources Director for the Penobscot Nation, to return the 735-acre property to the Penobscot Nation. This comes four years after the foundation gave 87,500 acres of land to the federal government for the establishment of Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument. St. Clair said the foundation currently holds 35,000 acres of land." 'In the grand scheme of things, this is not a lot of land,' said St. Clair, about the foundation’s recent transfer of 735 acres. 'It was more about justice, relationship-building and awareness.'" 'You see this move toward Indigenous knowledge and practices of management and conservation that have existed for hundreds of years, and this possibility with land conservation groups and Wabanaki people having a more central role in understanding and managing the lands is coming to the fore,' said Dr. Ranco. "And while organizations undergo the learning and transformational processes that precede giving back land, and as the legislature and courts are taking up questions of Wabanaki sovereignty and stewardship, people are working on the ground everyday to re-imagine relationships with land."Alivia Moore, a Penobscot community organizer with the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EasternWoodlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EasternWoodlands</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Rematriation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Rematriation</a> collective, said that a crucial part of the work of expanding Indigenous access to land in Maine is recognizing and restoring the history of matriarchal Indigenous societies. " 'To restore land to Indigenous <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/matriarchies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#matriarchies</a> is to make sure that everybody has what they need on and from the earth. There’s enough for everyone,' said Moore"With <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EasternWoodlandsRematriation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EasternWoodlandsRematriation</a>, Indigenous people are growing their connections to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RegenerativeFoodSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RegenerativeFoodSystems</a>. Whereas cultural use agreements are more formal ways Indigenous people can access resources from the private land of people and organizations, Moore said other relationships can form and strengthen even informally. "Years ago, a white farmer offered land to Indigenous women to use for farming to restore their connection to the land. That has been an ongoing relationship that became one of mutual exchange of information and resources, shared learning and shared meals, said Moore."The movement to give land back to Indigenous stewardship is not confined to a single organization, legal battle, or project. For Indigenous people—and a growing number of environmental organizations—it is a step toward justice and a sustainable future."'Land back is not just about righting past wrongs. The point of land back is that it’s the future, if we wish to adequately address and avoid further global devastation from climate change,' said Sanborn."<a href="https://mainebeacon.com/returning-land-to-tribes-is-a-step-towards-justice-and-sustainability-say-wabanaki-environmental-activists/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mainebeacon.com/returning-land-to-tribes-is-a-step-towards-justice-and-sustainability-say-wabanaki-environmental-activists/</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandBack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LandBack</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WabanakiConfederacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WabanakiConfederacy</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wabanakik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wabanakik</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WabanakiAlliance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WabanakiAlliance</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineFirstNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MaineFirstNations</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Maine</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TraditionalEcologicalKnowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TraditionalEcologicalKnowledge</a>

DoomsdaysCW<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AshTree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AshTree</a> Protection Collaboration Across <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wabanakik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wabanakik</a>"Ash trees, in particular brown ash (used interchangeably with black ash, Fraxinus nigra), are a cultural keystone species for Wabanaki communities and a crucial part of wetland ecosystems in the Northeast. The spread of the invasive forest pest EAB has caused 99% brown ash tree mortality in other areas of Turtle Island, and will have a considerable effect on ecosystems and traditions as it spreads through the Dawnland."Partners of the Ash Protection Collaboration Across Wabanakik’s (APCAW) have been working for 20 years to prepare for the onset of EAB in Northeastern forests. We are committed to identifying research-informed strategies to protect the future of ash in the Dawnland that align with Wabanaki priorities. The purpose of this website is to share practical knowledge with those who seek to take actions to maintain ash on the landscape. If you’d like to receive event announcements in your inbox, sign up for our newsletter here. Read on to find information about the cultural importance of ash, seed collection efforts, and emerald ash borer (EAB) management.Why are we called the Ash Protection Collaboration Across Wabanakik?"Our name emerged from collaborative conversations about the goals of our shared work. We decided to use the word <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wabanakik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wabanakik</a> to refer to the place where we are located in an effort to center Wabanaki language and ways of knowing. Wabanakik is a term with slightly different meanings in each eastern <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Algonquin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Algonquin</a> language, but can be understood in English to mean either 'in the location of the land which is referred to as the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Dawnland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dawnland</a>' or 'in the location of the People of the Dawn.' Wabanakik stretches from Newfoundland in the north, to mid-Maine in the south, and parts of Quebec in the west."APCAW members acknowledge that we are located in the homeland of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WabanakiConfederacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WabanakiConfederacy</a>, which includes the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Abenaki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Abenaki</a>, Maliseet, Mi’kmaq, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot Tribal Nations. Wabanakik has a ongoing legacy of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#colonialism</a>, of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StolenLand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StolenLand</a>, broken treaties, forced removal and genocide of Wabanaki peoples which have fragmented Wabanaki relationships to land. The People of the Dawn maintain a sacred relationship with brown ash trees since time immemorial. APCAW’s work is to center, protect, and restore this ongoing relationship between Wabanaki peoples and ash ecosystems.Who are we?"The Ash Protection Collaboration Across Wabanakik (APCAW) is a group of Indigenous and non-indigenous researchers, Tribal members, and forest caretakers working together to bring more awareness of the cultural and ecological significance of ash trees and efforts to conserve them. APCAW continues the initiative set forth by the EAB and Brown Ash Taskforce, which began in the early 2000s to facilitate the collaborative capacity of Wabanaki basketmakers, Tribal Nations, state and federal foresters, and others to prevent, detect, and respond to the EAB. APCAW gives platform to the work of a broad range of partners, including:• University of Maine School of Forest Resources • Tribal Nations <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MikmaqNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MikmaqNation</a>, Presque Isle <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HoultonBand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HoultonBand</a> of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maliseet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Maliseet</a> Indians, Houlton <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PassamaquoddyTribe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PassamaquoddyTribe</a> at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndianTownship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IndianTownship</a> Passamaquoddy Tribe at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PleasantPoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PleasantPoint</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Sipayik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sipayik</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PenobscotNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PenobscotNation</a>, Indian Island• Wabanaki basketmakers and the Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance• State and Federal Forestry Agencies USDA APHIS State of Maine Department of Agriculture & Forestry State, Private, and Tribal Forest Service• Conservation organizations and seed saving organizations The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WildSeedProject" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WildSeedProject</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineLandTrustNetwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MaineLandTrustNetwork</a>Learn more (includes links to resources): <a href="https://umaine.edu/apcaw/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://umaine.edu/apcaw/</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Maine</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MFS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MFS</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EAB</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EmeraldAshBorer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EmeraldAshBorer</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AshTree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AshTree</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AshTrees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AshTrees</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/APCAW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#APCAW</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/InvasiveSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InvasiveSpecies</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wabanaki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wabanaki</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTheForests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ProtectTheForests</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MaineNews</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Maine</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveTheTrees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SaveTheTrees</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WabanakiCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WabanakiCulture</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WabanakiBasketry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WabanakiBasketry</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WabanakiTradition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WabanakiTradition</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Forestry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Forestry</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ProtectTheSacred</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SolarPunkSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SolarPunkSunday</a>

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