Wabanaki Windows Podcast
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 have curated select episodes of Wabanaki Windows on this page. You can listen to the latest episode of the podcast or peruse the entire archive on WERU or WMPG.
Artist Credit: James Francis, a multimedia artist, citizen of the Penobscot Nation and Director of the Penobscot Nation Cultural Historic Preservation Center.
Wabanaki Windows: The Wabanaki Alliance
This episode features a discussion on the Wabanaki Alliance, why it was formed, the work it does, and why it matters now. Guests included Maulian Bryant, executive director of the Wabanaki Alliance, and Darren Ranco, a citizen of the Penobscot Nation and chair of Native American Programs and professor of anthropology at the University of Maine.
Wabanaki Windows: Tribute to Charles Norman Shay
Listen to a specially curated episode of Wabanaki Windows, a monthly podcast that airs on WERU Community Radio and is hosted by Donna Loring, a Penobscot Nation Elder and Vice President of the Wabanaki Alliance. This two-part episode, which aired December 24-25, 2025, features a tribute to Charles Norman Shay, a Penobscot citizen, warrior, and hero.
Wabanaki Windows: Korean & WWII History and Veterans
Listen to a specially curated episode of Wabanaki Windows, a monthly podcast that airs on WERU Community Radio and is hosted by Donna Loring, a Penobscot Nation Elder and Vice President of the Wabanaki Alliance. This episode, which aired July 22, 2025, features a discussion on Wabanaki veterans who served in the Korean War and World War II.
Wabanaki Windows: State and Federal Tribal Recognition
Listen to a specially curated episode of Wabanaki Windows, a monthly podcast that airs on WERU Community Radio and is hosted by Donna Loring, a Penobscot Nation Elder and Vice President of the Wabanaki Alliance. This episode, which aired March 25, 2025, features a discussion on federal and state processes for tribal recognition.
Wabanaki Windows: Native American Citizenship
Listen to a specially curated episode of Wabanaki Windows, a monthly podcast that airs on WERU Community Radio and is hosted by Donna Loring, a Penobscot Nation Elder and Vice President of the Wabanaki Alliance. This episode, which aired February 25, 2025, features a discussion on Native American Citizenship under the US Constitution.
Wabanaki Windows: Isolation, Control and Elimination Series
Listen to a nine-part series on the “1942 Legislative Transcripts on the Indian Problem” from the Wabanaki Windows monthly podcast, which airs on WERU Community Radio and is hosted by Donna Loring, a Penobscot Nation Elder and Vice President of the Wabanaki Alliance. The series originally aired in 2023.
Wabanaki Windows: 2023 Response to LD 2004 Veto Letter
Listen to a two-part episode with a response from Wabanaki leaders to the June 2023 veto by Maine Gov. Janet Mills of LD 2004 “An Act to Restore Access to Federal Laws Beneficial to the Wabanaki Nations,” which originally aired in July 2023 on the Wabanaki Windows monthly podcast, which airs on WERU Community Radio and is hosted by Donna Loring, a Penobscot Nation Elder and Vice President of the Wabanaki Alliance.