Updates on Our Progress | Dawnland Return

The First Light community and Wabanaki Commission are taking steps together at the speed of trust. Read on to follow the thread of our ongoing collaborative work.

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Winter 2026 Happenings & Updates

March 6, 2026

Highlights from the work that has taken place over the last season

May 6, 2024

Learning from Land Return
April 18, 2024

Announcing a new First Light Learning Journey
January 17, 2024

Working with Boards
November 17, 2023

Joint visit to Odanak First Nation
October 12, 2023

Island Access Gathering
September 21, 2023

Gifts of Land Acceptance Policy Innovations at MOFGA
June 14, 2023

Walking Together–Exploring and Sharing Next Steps for our Organizations
November 1, 2022

Gratitude for the First Light Summit 2022
August 31, 2022

“The Sign Speaks Volumes” – Islands and Erasure Narratives
June 24, 2022

Passamaquoddy Nation Celebrates the Return of Kuwesuwi Monihq on the Summer Solstice
February 10, 2022

Providing Testimony to House Natural Resources Committee
September 22, 2021

Medicine for Each Other? A cross-cultural conversation of possibilities.

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