Artist Credit: James Francis, a multimedia artist, citizen of the Penobscot Nation and Director of the Penobscot Nation Cultural Historic Preservation Center.
Wabanaki Windows is a monthly podcast hosted by Donna Loring, a Penobscot Nation Elder and Vice President of the Wabanaki Alliance. The show airs on WERU Community Radio and WMPG USM Radio and features topics of interest from a Wabanaki perspective.
We curate specific episodes that may be of interest, including this one on Native American citizenship. Find other curated episodes of the Wabanaki Windows podcast on our website here.
Tribute to Charles Norman Shay
Original 2025 air dates December 24 (Part 1) and December 25 (Part 2)
This two-part episode features a discussion of the life of Charles Norman Shay, a Penobscot Nation citizen, warrior, and hero and survivor of D-Day in WWII who passed away December 3, 2025 at the age of 101. Guests included Harald Prins, a cultural anthropologist and longtime scholar of Wabanaki History; Bunny McBride, an award-winning author and journalist whose work has focused on Indigenous peoples; Jennifer Neptune, a Penobscot Nation citizen and Director of the Penobscot Nation Museum on Indian Island; James Francis, a Penobscot Nation citizen and Tribal Historian and Director of the Penobscot Nation Cultural and Historical Department; Timothy P. Shay, the nephew of Charles Norman Shay; and Darren Ranco, a Penobscot Nation citizen and a scholar of Native American studies.
Listen to the two-part program here or download the podcast from the WMPG website for part 1 and part 2.
