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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
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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 Service Committee)
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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
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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)?
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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 North Woods; Bill Booth, local citizen and avid outdoorsman; James Francis, Sr., tribal historian, Penobscot Nation Cultural and Historic Preservation Deprt
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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
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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 Act to Establish Native American Veterans’ Day” introduced and passed?
Guest: James E. Francis, Tribal Historian, www.penobscotculture.org
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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?
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