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Statements by Individuals

This series includes audio and video recordings, as well as related transcripts, of all unrestricted statements by individuals that are part of the TRC archives. Statement providers include Wabanaki elders, children once in foster care and their family members, foster and adoptive parents, tribal leaders, service providers, incarcerated people, attorneys and judges, caseworkers, and administrators from the tribes and from the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). Some statement providers requested anonymity, and in those cases, both the transcripts and recordings have been altered to protect participants' identities.

These personal memories provide a window into the realities of the relationship between Wabanaki people and the state of Maine. As evidenced by the recordings themselves, the process of providing statements was often an emotional one for participants. Readers should be aware that many of the statements contain challenging and disturbing content. The statements are made available online with the hope that broader access to these important historical records will further our understanding of this difficult past and lead to improved child welfare practices for Wabanaki families.

Bowdoin does not hold copyright for these materials. They are made available for research and educational purposes, and with the permission of the TRC and individual statement providers. For all uses outside of "fair use" (as defined by Title 17, United States Code), including derivation, publication, and reproduction, researchers must secure permission from the copyright holders, typically the individual statement providers.

For More Information

If you have questions or concerns about your statement, or if you need research assistance, please contact the George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives at scaref@bowdoin.edu or calling 207.725.3288

Visit the website of Wabanaki REACH to stay up to date on the work to implement the Commission’s recommendations. If you participated in the TRC and need support, or if you wish to contribute to the archive by providing a statement, please contact Wabanaki REACH at 207.615.3189

Please also read Wabanaki REACH's statement of support issued upon the release of the archives.

A related series of Statements collected at Focus Group meetings is also available.



Miniature of Dual Isotope Model Insights on the Nitrogen Cycling Network of Coastal Sediments
Dual Isotope Model Insights on the Nitrogen Cycling Network of Coastal Sediments
This record is embargoed.
    • Embargo End Date: 2026-05-20

    Date: 2021-01-01

    Creator: Zoë Alexandra Dietrich

    Access: Embargoed



      Miniature of <i>Body of Work</i>: Physicality and the Electric Guitar
      Body of Work: Physicality and the Electric Guitar
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          Date: 2021-01-01

          Creator: Samantha Pollack

          Access: Access restricted to the Bowdoin Community



            Skin Deep: Analyzing Black Representation in the Teaching of Visual Arts

            Date: 2021-01-01

            Access: Open access

            My honors thesis argues that at Bowdoin College, failure to provide Culturally Relevant Teaching in art studio courses dismisses the representation of Blackness in the Visual Arts Department. Culturally Relevant Teaching (CRT) recognizes the importance of all students' cultural experiences in different aspects of learning. It allows for equitable access to education for students of diverse backgrounds. CRT is crucial to reconstructing Art Education to represent diverse student bodies. My position as a Black-Indigenous artist enables me to reflect on the intersection of these frameworks and to build upon them in order to highlight the need for pedagogical practice in studio art courses, that doesn’t center technical training derived from the Western canon of art production in Bowdoin’s Visual Arts Department. My research lives on a digital format, where you will engage with the history of Art at Bowdoin from 1794 to the present, oral histories from Black identifying alumni who have navigated the department, theoretical frameworks, and an auto ethnography that breaks down my self-taught pedagogical practice in response to the representational gaps in the curriculum. As you navigate this site, I ask you to follow the written instructions and engage with the interactive material. I will virtually guide you through this project chronologically, and through the lens in which I have experienced personally and through observation.


            Bowdoin Stories
            The individual narrative of each Bowdoin student is central to defining the College. Bowdoin Stories began in 2015 as a collection of short interviews between Bowdoin students, to give each of them an opportunity to become part of Bowdoin’s history while still on campus. In Spring 2020, Bowdoin Stories was relaunched as a platform where all members of the Bowdoin community can contribute stories about their experiences with COVID-19.


            Scrapbook of WWII in the Pacific Theater, 1945

            Date: 1945-01-01

            Creator: Bassett, James, 1912-1978

            Access: Open access



            Frank J. Wood Bridge and Androscoggin River

            Creator: Leon B. Strout

            Access: Open access

            The Androscoggin River, Pejepscot Falls, and the Frank J. Wood Bridge. Elevated view from Brunswick looking towards Topsham, ME.


            Miniature of Men Like Us: Notes on Gay Migrancy
            Men Like Us: Notes on Gay Migrancy
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                Date: 2025-01-01

                Creator: Campbell Ives Zeigler

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