Category: Indigenous Voices
Indigenous Voices 12/16/08
December 16th, 2008, No Comments
Producer/Host: Rhonda Frey
Studio Engineer: Amy Browne
Topic: The Newly Elected Penobscot Tribal Representative to the (Maine) State Legislature
What is a Tribal Representative to the Legislature? What is the status of the severing of ties? What are the newly-elected Representatives’ plans for the coming two years? How has institutional racism impacted the tribes in Maine?
Guest: Wayne T. [...]
Indigenous Voices 10/21/08
October 21st, 2008, Comments Off
Producer/Host: Rhonda Frey
Studio Engineer: Amy Browne
Topic: The Historical and Current Relationship of the Wabanaki and French People
Who is the Baron of Castine? What kind of relationship did the Penobscot have with the French? Who is Charles Norman Shay?
Guests:
French Consulate General Francois Gauthier; James Eric Francis, Penobscot Nation Tribal Historian; Charles Norman [...]
Indigenous Voices 9/16/08
September 16th, 2008, Comments Off
Producer/Host: Rhonda Frey
Topic: The films of Catherine Anne Martin
Who are the MicMac people? What films has Catherine Anne Martin made and why? Who was Annie Mae Pictou Aquash?
Guest: Catherine Anne Martin, International Award Winning MiKmaq Filmmaker from Nova Scotia
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Indigenous Voices 8/19/08
August 19th, 2008, Comments Off
Producer/Host: Rhonda Frey
Topic: The 2-year term of Penobscot Nation Tribal Chief Kirk Francis
What is the history of the relationship with the state of Maine? What led to the severing of ties with the state? What were Chief Francis’ goals during his 2 year term and what are his plans for the future?
Guest: [...]
Indigenous Voices 7/15/08
July 15th, 2008, Comments Off
Producer/Host: Rhonda Frey
Topic: “In The Shadow of the Eagle- A Tribal Representative in Maine” (2008, Tilbury House)– a discussion with the author, Donna Loring, Penobscot Representative to the Maine State Legislature.
What is the election process of the Penobscot Tribe? What legislative bills did you work on? With regard to the “Offensive Names Bill”, what difficulties [...]
Indigenous Voices 3/18/08
March 18th, 2008, Comments Off
Producer/Host: Rhonda Frey
Topic: Discussion of a recently published book: Wabanaki Homeland and the New State of Maine The 1820 Journal and Plans Survey of Joseph Treat, Edited & Introduction by Micah Pawling. Who were Joseph Treat and John Neptune? Does the survey include glimpses of Penobscot life and culture in 1820? Why is the publication [...]
Indigenous Voices 12/18/07
December 18th, 2007, Comments Off
Producers/hosts: Rhonda Frey and Meredith DeFrancesco
Guest: Representative Donna Loring
Topics: Multiple topics, including: History of tribal representation in Maine legislature; LD281 “An Act to Require Teaching Maine Native American History and Culture in Maine Schools” and how it is being implemented; How the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act was used to diminish tribal sovereignty in the [...]
Indigenous Voices 10/16/07
October 16th, 2007, Comments Off
Producers/hosts: Rhonda Frey and Meredith DeFrancesco
Topics:
Segment 1: Passamaquoddy members sue the BIA for lack of procedure before they approved the lease with LNG (Liquified Natural Gas) developers
Segment 2: The proposed tribal racino in Washington County
Guests: Vera Francis, Passamaquoddy tribal member; Donald Soctomah, Passamaquoddy Representative to the Maine Legislature
How should the BIA have observed the National [...]
