Ranco takes part in ‘Water is Life’ panel discussion, Bowdoin reports
Darren Ranco, an associate professor of anthropology and director of Native American research at the University of Maine, took part in a panel discussion on indigenous lands and environmental justice, according to a Bowdoin news release. The Brunswick event provided historical context for and analysis of the protest against a proposed oil pipeline sited close to the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, which straddles North and South Dakota. Ranco was part of the “Water is Life” panel along with Matthew Klingle, an associate professor of environmental studies and history at Bowdoin, and Nicholas James Reo, an associate professor of environmental studies and Native American studies at Dartmouth College, according to the release. Ranco also showed a short film, “Penobscot: A Fight for Ancestral Waters,” that covers an ongoing legal battle between the Penobscot nation and the state of Maine, the release states.