Maine Currents 7/8/25: “In the Shadow of the Eagle” at the Abbe Museum

Maine Currents 7/8/25: “In the Shadow of the Eagle” at the Abbe Museum

From Wabanaki Windows | WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives by WERU-FM 89.9

July 8, 2025 · 58 min

About this episode

The episode discusses a new exhibition at the Abbe Museum inspired by Donna Loring's book, featuring insights from various contributors involved in its creation.

Producer/Host: Amy Browne A new exhibition at the Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor is named for Donna Loring’s 2008 book, “In the Shadow of the Eagle: A Tribal Representative in Maine”, and curated by Donna (who also hosts Wabanaki Windows here on WERU) and her regular contributor Professor Darren Ranco, among others. A group of folks involved with the exhibition sat down recently to talk about what went into putting it together, the connections with Donna’s book, and how decolonization efforts at the museum are going. Click on the links below for more information about each of the guests. Guests: Donna Loring, former tribal representative to the Maine legislature, Veteran, author/researcher, and award-winning host of Wabanaki Windows on WERU-FM Betsy Richards, Executive Director, Abbe Museum Dr. Aaron Miller, Luce Curator of Exhibits, Abbe Museum Dr. Darren Ranco, Professor of Anthropology and Coordinator of Native American Research and co-curator of the exhibition James Francis, Penobscot Nation’s Director of Cultural and Historic Preservation, Tribal Historian, Chair of Penobscot Tribal Rights and Resource Protection Board, and artist whose work is part of the…

People in this episode

Host: Amy Browne

Guests: Donna Loring, Betsy Richards, Dr. Aaron Miller, Dr. Darren Ranco, James Francis

Topics covered

  • exhibition
  • decolonization
  • Wabanaki culture
  • Native American history
  • community engagement

Keywords

  • Abbe Museum
  • Donna Loring
  • exhibition
  • Wabanaki
  • decolonization
  • Native American
  • cultural preservation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Abbe Museum, Penobscot Nation

Books & works: In the Shadow of the Eagle: A Tribal Representative in Maine

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