Wabanaki Windows 11/18/14

Producer/Host: Donna Loring
Engineer: Amy Browne

Issue: Review of Tribal State issues with Re-elected Chief Kirk Francis, Penobscot Nation

Program Topic: Challenges facing the Maine Tribes in 2014

Key Discussion Points:

a) What was the Tribal State Relationship over the past decade?

b) What if anything has changed?

c) What is happening with the River Case?

e) How can we change things for the better?

Guest: Re-elected Chief Kirk Francis of the Penobscot Nation

Wabanaki Windows 10/21/14

Producer/Host: Donna Loring
Engineer: Amy Browne

Issue: Fifty Years of history and injustice for Passamaquoddy Tribe

Program Topic: Passamaquoddy history mid 1960’s

Key Discussion Points:

a) Woodard”s series of 29 chapters of Unsettled in the Portland Press Herald/ Racism in the surrounding community
b) Fairness in law enforcement/emergency services/judicial system
c) Will there ever be justice for this community?

Guest:
Colin Woodard, award winning writer and journalist for the Portland Press Hareld

Wabanaki Windows 8/19/14

Producer/Host: Donna Loring
Engineer: Amy Browne

Issue: Historical background of the Maine Indian Land Claims Settlement Act/ Manahan letter

Maine Indian Land Claims what was it like back then?

Key Discussion Points:
What was the racial tone at that time?
What was the media saying?
How does this relate to the Manahan editorial?

Guests:
Sherri Mitchell, esq. Penobscot Nation Tribal Member and Director of the Land Peace Foundation
Maria Girouard, Native Rights and Environmental Activist and Penobscot Nation Tribal Member

Wabanaki Windows 7/15/14

Producer/Host: Donna Loring
Engineer: Amy Browne

Issue: Murdered and Missing Aboriginal Women in Canada

Key Discussion Points:
a) Royal Canadian Mounted Police Report
b) Meaning of Report Statistics
c) Is a national inquiry needed?

Guests:
Assistant Professor Rebecca Sockbeson, Penobscot Tribal member University of Alberta Ca
Associate Professor Alex Wilson, Cree Tribal member Manitoba Ca, University of Saskatchewan Ca

Wabanaki Windows 4/15/14

Producer/Host: Donna Loring
Engineer: Joel Mann

Issue: Wabanaki /State TRC Progress

Program Topic: TRC REACH and The Commission

Key Discussion Points:
a) What is REACH/Meaning of the word
b) The Commission and the experience of being a TRC Commissioner
c) What lessons can were learned from this

Guests:
Esther Attean, Passamaquoddy Tribal member/ staff member of Muskie Institute USM and REACH
Maria Girouard, Penobscot Tribal/Council member and REACH Wellness Coordinator
Mathew Dunlap/ Secretary of State of Maine/Commission member

Wabanaki Windows 2/18/14

Producer/Host: Donna Loring
Engineer: Amy Browne

Issue: Current issues fro the Penobscot Nation and the Wabanaki Tribes in Maine

Program Topic: Present Tribal State Relations

Key Discussion Points:
a) History of current controversial issues
b) A discussion of the River Case, Elvers Issue, CDC case
c) Involvement of the AG/What should we do?

Guest: Chief Kirk Francis of the Penobscot Indian Nation