Wabanaki Windows 11/20/12

Producer/Host: Donna Loring
Studio Engineer: Amy Browne

Issue: Holidays and Native American Stereotypes

Program Topic: October and November Holidays Columbus Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving and Native American Heritage Month
a) What is the image of Native People projected by these holidays
b) What is the myth about Thanksgiving
c) What lessons can we learn from this

Guests by name and affiliation:
A) Dr. Darren Ranco, Chair of Native American Programs at the University of Maine Orono
B) Jamie Bisonnette, Chair of the Maine Indian Tribal State Commission
C ) Dr. Alex Wilson, University of Saskatchewan Canada