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.
America’s 250th from a Wabanaki Perspective, Parts 1 & 2
Original air dates June 23 and August 25, 2026
This two-part episode features a discussion of the 250th birthday of the United States of America, as told from a Wabanaki perspective. Guests included Harald Prins, a professor of anthropology at Kansas State University who has worked with Wabankai communities for decades; Darren Ranco, Penobscot citizen and chair of Native American Programs and professor of anthropology at the University of Maine; and Osihkiyol Crofton-Macdonald, Ambassador for the Maliseet Nation. Listen to the program here or download the podcast from WERU or WMPG.
