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Wednesday, March 8th, 2023 – On the Wednesday edition of the ICT Newscast, finances for tribal projects get a boost. We learn about the Plenty Doors Community Development Corporation. An educator in Maine is helping spread Wabanaki culture and history in schools. And tribal leaders are in Washington for various committee hearings. Holly Cook Macarro explains.

After 25 years with the Indian Health Service as a public health nutritionist, Charlene Johnson saw the connection between poverty and physical health. She now leads Plenty Doors, a Community Development Financial Institution for the Crow Nation in Montana.

A 2001 state law in Maine requires schools to teach Wabanaki history and culture. More than 20 years later, some say the law has still not been fully implemented. The College of Education at the University of Maine has stepped in with two new initiatives aimed at better preparing teachers to teach Wabanaki studies. John Bear Mitchell from the University’s Wabanaki Center leads the effort.

Tribal leaders are on hand at the U.S. Capitol this week. That’s for a number of hearings on various committees in the U.S. House and Senate. ICT regular contributor Holly Cook Macarro is following all of these events.

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