Wabanaki Windows Special 6/6/21: Native American Holocaust in Canada and the United States

Producer/Host: Donna Loring
Production assistance: Jessica Lockart of WMPG and Joel Mann WERU

Native American Holocaust in Canada and the United States: Deaths of 215 Aboriginal Children in Residential School in British Columbia/ Rebroadcast of our Kevin Annett Interview done in February of 2012

-Influence of Doctrine of Discovery on the creation of residential schools
-Genocide and it’s meaning
-What is happening today to bring the perpetrators to justice

Guest: Clergyman Kevin Annett, who has spent many years researching and interviewing traumatized Native students of these schools.

Resources:

www.KevinAnnett.com
www.itccs.org
www.hiddennolonger.com (includes documentary film Unrepentant)
www.hiddenfromhistory.org

And see this Introductory video on Genocide in Canada: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqPIh-267fg&feature=related

About the host:

Donna M Loring is a Penobscot Indian Nation Tribal Elder, and former Council Member. She represented the Penobscot Nation in the State Legislature for over a decade. She is a former Senior Advisor on Tribal Affairs to Governor Mills. She is the author of “In The Shadow of The Eagle A Tribal Representative In Maine”. Donna has an Annual lecture series in her name at the University of New England that addresses Social Justice and Human Rights issues. In 2017 She received an Honorary Doctoral Degree in Humane Letters from the University of Maine Orono and was given the Alumni Service Award. It is the most prestigious recognition given by the University of Maine Alumni Association. It is presented Annually to a University of Maine graduate whose life’s work is marked by outstanding achievements in professional, business, civic and/or Public service areas