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Producer/Host: Donna Loring Studio Engineer: Joel Mann Topic: Mascot Issue at Wiscasset High School Focus on historic events dealing with “red skins” issue. Bring awareness of existing prejudice still existing. What can be done to address this situation? Guest: Jamie Bissonette, Chair of the Maine Indian Tribal State Commission Call in show The post Wabanaki Windows 1/18/11 first appea...

Producer/Host: Donna Loring Studio Engineer: Joel Mann Topic: Truth and Reconciliation Commission for Native People Here in Maine What is the definition of a truth and reconciliation commission? What will the T&RC accomplish? Who will be participating in the process? Guests: Ester Attean (Children, Youth and Family program, Muskie School), Denise Altvater, (Directs the Wabanaki Friends Servic...

Producer/Host: Donna Loring Co-host: Maria Girouard Studio Engineer: Amy Browne Topic: The Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act What is the background of the Maine Indian Land Claims? How does the Land Claims Act affect tribal government today? What are some of the ongoing issues between the tribe and the state? Guest: Chief Kirk Francis, Penobscot Nation The post Wabanaki Windows 10/19/10 first app...

Producer/Host: Donna Loring Studio Engineer: Amy Browne Topic: Maine Indian Land Claim Settlement Act What is the Land Claims Act? Who was involved in negotiations? What was the effect of the Act on the tribes in litigations (State Courts)? The post Wabanaki Windows 9/21/10 first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives .

Producer/Host:  Maria Girouard Topic:  The Penobscot Watershed Eco-Center Collaborative What is the Penobscot Watershed Eco-Center?  Who is involved in the collaborative and why is it important to them?  What can visitors to the Eco-Center expect to learn about the web of life? Guests: Veronica Young, Associate Director, Penobscot East Resource Center;  Jym St. Pierre, Maine Director, RESTORE: The...

Producer/Host: Donna Loring Guest Co-host: Maria Girouard Studio Engineer: Amy Browne Topic: “Henry David Thoreau, Ktaadn, America and the Future” What are some native perspectives of Henry David Thoreau?  What were some beliefs of Thoreau’s that brought him to seek out the Native Americans?  What can we learn in the history for the future? Guest: Connie Baxter Marlow The post Wa...

Producer/Host: Donna Loring Guest cohost: Maria Girouard, Director, Penobscot Cultural and Historic Preservation Department Studio Engineer: Amy Browne Topic: Native America Veterans What is the historical context of native involvement in American wars?  How was Penobscot alliance with France established?  (Family bloodlines with French nobility)  How was Public Law, Chapter 51, LD30, “An Ac...

Producer/Host: Donna Loring Cohost: Maria Girouard, Director, Penobscot Cultural & Historic Dept. Guest: James Francis,  Penobscot Tribal Historian Studio Engineer: Amy Browne Topic: School Mascots What is the status of the mascot issue in Maine?  What is the problem with Indian Mascots?  Why is the term “redskins” particularly offensive? Call in show The post Wabanaki Windows 5/18...

Producer/Host:  Donna Loring Studio Engineer: Joel Mann Topic:  The Penobscot Cultural Website (www.penobscotculture.com) What resources can be found on the website for educators?  What other valuable information can be found on the website?  And what were the reasons for creating the site (for educators, for tribal citizens and for the general public)? Guests: James Francis, Tribal Historian, www...

Producer/Host: Donna Loring Guest Cohosts: Maria Girouard and James Francis Guest: Chief Kirk Francis, Penobscot Nation Topics:  Perceptions and realities of tribal economics and conditions.   Current tribal economic development efforts.  History of tribal-state relations. The post Wabanaki Windows 3/16/10 first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives .

Producer/Host: Donna Loring Topic: The Christian Doctrine of Discovery What is the doctrine of discovery?  How does it effect Indians today?  What can be done to combat the doctrine? Guests: Maria Girouard, Director, Penobscot Nation Cultural & Historic Preservation, maria.girouard@penobscotnation.org Gale Corey-Toensing, Indian Country Today Resources for learning about the Christian Doctrine...

Producer/Host: Donna Loring Studio Engineer: Amy Browne Topic: Prophesy of the Seven Council Fires What is the prophesy about?  Who are the Anisinabe?  What is native thought re: the future? Guests:  John Bear Mitchell, Associate Director, Wabanaki Center, University of Maine;  Maria Girouard Call in show The post Wabanaki Windows 12/15/09 first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News...

Producer/Host: Donna Loring Studio Engineer: Amy Browne Topic: Chief Oren Lyons talk at the University of Maine How do Native people interact with the natural world? Is the world as we know it sustainable and in balance? What is the bottom line? Guest: Chief Oren Lyons, traditional Faithkeeper of the Turtle Clan and member of the Onondaga Nation Council of Six Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy....

Producer/Host: Donna Loring Studio Engineer: Amy Browne Guests: James E. Francis, Sr., Tribal Historian, Penobscot Cultural and Historic Preservation, james.francis@penobscotnation.org; Maria Girouard, Director, Penobscot Cultural and Historic Preservation, maria.girouard@penobscotnation.org How does the myth of Columbus perpetuate stereotypes? What is the Wabanaki perspective of Columbus Day? How...

Producer/Host: Donna Loring Studio Engineer: Amy Browne Topic: LD291, Maine Indian History Law What is Wabanaki? How is the Maine Indian History Law progressing? What would we like to see for future certification for teaching the law? Guests: Maria Girouard, Director, and James Francis, Sr., Tribal Historian, Penobscot Cultural & Historic Preservation Department, www.penobscotculture.org; Joh...