Wabanaki Windows 7/22/25: Korean & WWII History and Veterans

About this episode

The episode discusses the historic background of Korean and WWII, featuring stories of Wabanaki Veterans.

Producer/Host: Donna Loring Other credits: Technical assistance for the show was provided by Joel Mann of WERU, and Jessica Lockhart. Music by Ralph Richter, a track called little eagles from his CD Dream Walk. Wabanaki Windows is a monthly show featuring topics of interest from a Wabanaki perspective. This month: The historic background of Korean and WWII, and some stories of Wabanaki Veterans and their names. Guest/s: Prof. Darren Ranco, a member of the Penobscot Nation, Professor of Anthropology and Chair of Native American Studies at the University of Maine. Prof. Harald Prins, emeritus at Kansas State University. About the host: Donna M Loring is a Penobscot Indian Nation Tribal Elder, and former Council Member. She represented the Penobscot Nation in the State Legislature for over a decade. She is a former Senior Advisor on Tribal Affairs to Governor Mills. She is the author of “In The Shadow of The Eagle A Tribal Representative In Maine”. Donna has an Annual lecture series in her name at the University of New England that addresses Social Justice and Human Rights issues. In 2017 She received an Honorary Doctoral Degree in Humane Letters from the University of Maine Orono…

People in this episode

Host: Donna Loring

Guests: Prof. Darren Ranco, Prof. Harald Prins

Topics covered

• Korean history
• World War II
• Wabanaki Veterans
• Anthropology
• Native American Studies

Keywords

• Korean history
• World War II
• Wabanaki Veterans
• Donna Loring
• Anthropology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Maine, Kansas State University, University of New England

Books & works: In The Shadow of The Eagle A Tribal Representative In Maine, Dream Walk

Places: Maine

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