Ranco featured on ‘Sovereign,’ new podcast about tribal rights in Maine

Darren Ranco, an associate professor of anthropology and chair of Native American Studies at the University of Maine, was featured in “Sovereign,” a new podcast about tribal rights in Maine created by graduates from the Salt Institute at the Maine College of Art & Design in Portland. Listen to the four-part series online. The Bangor Daily News interviewed Ranco for a story about the podcast. Ranco discussed issues surrounding the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act in the BDN report. “The more educated people are about these matters the better chance we have at solving public policy dilemmas,” Ranco said. Yahoo! News shared the BDN story.