Wabanaki Windows 4/28/26: Elite Colleges like Bowdoin and Colby and Wabanaki Lands

Host: Donna Loring
Other credits: Technical assistance for the show was provided by Joel Mann of WERU, and Jessica Lockhart.
Music by Ralph Richter, a track called little eagles from his CD Dream Walk.

Wabanaki Windows is a monthly show featuring topics of interest from a Wabanaki perspective.

This month: Thousands of acres of Wabanaki Lands used to finance growth of Bowdoin and Colby. What should these Institutions do for restitution? What do you think?

Guest/s:
Rueben Shafir, reporter for Maine Trust for Local News.
Prof. Harald Prins, anthropologist and ethnohistorian who has worked with Wabankai communities for decades.
Prof. Darren Ranco, Penobscot Citizen and Anthropology prof at the University of Maine.

FMI:
www.pressherald.com/2026/03/31/how-maines-elite-private-colleges-sold-wabanaki-land-to-bankroll-early-construction/
www.hcn.org/issues/52-4/indigenous-affairs-education-land-grab-universities/

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. Donna received a second Honorary Doctorate from Thomas College in May of 2022.