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 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.
Elite Colleges like Bowdoin and Colby and Wabanaki Lands
Original air date April 28, 2026
This episode features a discussion on the thousands of acres of Wabanaki Lands that were used historically to finance growth of Bowdoin College and Colby College. What should these Institutions do for restitution? Guests included Rueben Shafir, reporter for Maine Trust for Local News; Harald Prins, a professor of anthropology at Kansas State University who has worked with Wabankai communities for decades; and Darren Ranco, Penobscot citizen and chair of Native American Programs and professor of anthropology at the University of Maine. Listen to the program here or download the podcast from WERU or WMPG.
