Archive for the ‘Indigenous Voices’ Category

Indigenous Voices 09/19/06

Tuesday, September 19th, 2006

Hosts: Rhonda Frey and Meredith DeFrancesco Topic: In her own words: Jean Moore, Penobscot Tribal member and mother of the late John Stephen Moore talks about the mysterious circumstances surrounding her son's death following the 1973 AIM (American Indian Movement) incident at Wounded Knee, South Dakota Guests: Tim Love, Penobscot Tribal Member and ...

Indigenous Voices 08/15/06

Tuesday, August 15th, 2006

Hosts: Rhonda Frey and Meredith DeFrancesco Topic: The Maine Indian Land Claims Settlement, focusing on the Maine Indian Tribal State Commission An overview of the Maine Indian Land Claims and the settlement that occurred in 1980. The new tribal/state initiative to address the gray areas still at issue in the implementation of ...

Indigenous Voices 07/18/06

Tuesday, July 18th, 2006

Hosts: Meredith DeFrancesco and Rhonda Frey Guests: Denise Altivater, Chair of the Sipayik Criminal Justice Commission and a member of the Passamaquoddy Tribe; Jamie Bisonette, Director of the American Friends Service Committee's Criminal Justice program in New England; Spiritual Elder Arnie Neptune, of the Penobscot Nation and his partner and wife ...

Indigenous Voices 06/20/06

Tuesday, June 20th, 2006

Hosts: Rhonda Frey and Meredith DeFrancesco Topic: Quoddy Bay LLC Liquified Natural Gas terminal proposed for tribal land at Sipayik (Pleasant Point) Maine Guests: Craig Francis, Tribal Attorney (Passamaquoddy); Eddie Bassett, tribal member; Hilda Lewis, council member; Deanna Francis, tribal member What are the cultural impacts of the project? Environmental impacts? What is Quoddy Bay ...

Indigenous Voices 05/16/06

Tuesday, May 16th, 2006

Hosts: Rhonda Frey and Meredith DeFrancesco Guests: John Banks, Director of Natural Resources Department at the Penobscot Nation; Scott Hall, Manager of Environmental Services for Pennsylvania Power and Light (PPL); and Laura Rose Day, Director of the Penobscot River Restoration trust Topic: The Penobscot River Restoration Project- Dam Removal How will dam removal ...

Indigenous Voices 04/18/06

Tuesday, April 18th, 2006

Indigenous Voices is a monthly talk show discussing topics affecting the native people of Maine and beyond, with Rhonda Frey and Meredith DeFrancesco. An interview with Keller George, member of the Onieda tribe and president of the United South and Eastern Tribes (USET) discussing native issues at the national level. And ...

Indigenous Voices 03/21/06

Tuesday, March 21st, 2006

Penobscot history spanning from how native history is currently taught, to the status of language revitalization movements. Guests: Bonnie Newsom, Director of the Penobscot Nation Cultural and Historic Preservation Department, and James Eric Francis, Penobscot Nation Tribal Historian Hosted by Rhonda Frey and Meredith DeFrancesco Aired 03/21/06