title: Truth, healing, and systems change: the Maine Wabanaki-state child welfare truth and reconciliation commission process.
abstract: Maine state child welfare staff understand the Indian Child Welfare Act requirements, yet their knowledge of Wabanaki history is limited because it has excluded the voices of the Wabanaki people. A group of Native people and state representatives are creating 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.
authors: University of Southern Maine, USA.
authors: Esther Altvater
authors: EA
authors: Attean
authors: Penthea
authors: P
authors: Burns
authors: Martha
authors: M
authors: Proulx
authors: Jamie
authors: J
authors: Bissonette-Lewey
authors: Jill
authors: J
authors: Williams
authors: Kathy
authors: K
authors: Deserly
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D026683:Advisory Committees / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000639:trends; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000523:psychology / Q000639:trends; D054521:Cultural Competency / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003469:Culture; D005581:Foster Home Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008281:Maine; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014342:Truth Disclosure