WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives
Audio archives of spoken word broadcasts from Community Radio WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill (weru.org)
Producer/Host: Donna Loring
Engineer: Amy Browne
Program Topic: TRC (Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission) Findings
Key Discussion Points:
a) TRC Background
b) Commission work in various Tribal Communities
c) Commission Findings
Guests:
Carol Wishcamper TRC Commissioner
Maria Girouard, Former co-host and Penobscot Tribal Member/REACH Wellness Coordinator
Producer/Host: Donna Loring
Engineer: Amy Browne
Program Topic: Update of TRC project and International implications
Key Discussion Points :
What has happened since Oct 16,2012
How visible is this project on an international level
Is Genocide accurate in describing what happened to Native people in the US?
How can we be allies?
Guests:
Esther Attean, Passamaquoddy Tribal Member/Staff member for Muskie Institute and a convening member of the Tribal/State Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Bennett Collins, Research Assistant, University of St. Andrews Scotland, writing a research paper about the Wabanaki TRC process with Professor Alison Watson and Professor Sioban McEvoy-Levy to be presented at the International Studies Association Conference In Toronto Canada next year.