Episode 6: Mother Earth: Our History, Our Healing, Our Responsibilities - PART ONE

Join us for our episode with Dr. Darren Ranco! Land Back, Land Return, Land Stewardship are words many of us have heard before. In this two-part episode (part two released this Thursday, September 19th), the Aunties and Uncle Darren will dive into discussions about Wabanaki land, the connection we have to this land we collectively share, and our responsibilities to our Mother Earth. You will meet our friend, Darren, a professor at the University of Maine and a champion for Indigenous students. Uncle Darren will talk about exciting work he is helping to lead here in Wabanaki Territory, all focused on land protection and stewardship. Please tune in to this episode and part 2, you will feel the powerful connection our land has to our healing. 

Wabanaki Words Used:

Apc-oc (again in the future, parting, good-bye, farewell)  https://pmportal.org/dictionary/apc-oc

Topics Discussed:

Molly Denali - https://pbskids.org/molly/videos

Wabanaki Commission of Land Stewardship - https://dawnlandreturn.org/wabanaki-commission/about-us

Turtle Island - North America 

Two Eyed Seeing - https://youtu.be/bA9EwcFbVfg

Southeast Sustainable Partnership - Woven peoples + place in Southeast Alaska. - (sustainablesoutheast.net) 

Robin Wall Kimmerer - https://www.robinwallkimmerer.com/

Passamaquoddy maple - https://www.passamaquoddymaple.com/

Passamaquoddy Blueberries - https://www.pquoddyberries.com/

UMaine Penobscot Language signs - Penobscot Signs at the University of Maine (umaine.edu)

UMaine Native American Programs - Wabanaki Center - Native American Programs - University of Maine (umaine.edu)

Gathering Sweetgrass Acadia - Gathering Sweetgrass and Renewing the Past: How Science at Acadia Is Making a Course Correction (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov)

Wabanaki Tribal Nations:

Houlton Band of Maliseet Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians | Littleton, ME (maliseets.net)

Mi’kmaq Mi'kmaq Nation | Presque Isle, ME (micmac-nsn.gov)

Passamaquoddy Tribe Indian Township Passamaquoddy Tribe @ Indian Township | Peskotomuhkati Motahkomikuk

Passamaquoddy Tribe Sipayik Sipayik Tribal Government – Sipayik (wabanaki.com)

Penobscot Nation Penobscot Nation | Departments & Info | Indian Island, Maine

Special Thanks/Woliwon: 

Guest: Darren Ranco 

Producer: Gavin Allen

Podcast Team: Becky Soctomah Bailey, Macy Flanders, Reanna Sockabasin