The Donna M. Loring Lecture Series, sponsored by the Maine Women Writers Collection, addresses current or historic Native American or aboriginal issues, indigenous rights, as well as women’s issues, civil rights, and issues of fairness and equality as they overlap with the concerns of tribal peoples. The series was established in 2009.
Browse the contents of Donna M. Loring Lecture Series:
- 2023: A Reading by Morgan Talty, author of Night of the Living Rez
- 2022: One Nation, Under Fraud: A Remonstrance
- 2021: Racial Justice in Maine State Policy: Understanding the Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous, and Tribal Populations
- 2020: Racial Health Disparities and COVID-19 in Maine: Shining a Light on Systemic Inequality
- 2019: Teaching Wabanaki History and Culture in Maine: Challenges and Opportunities
- 2018: Wabanaki Basketmaking Traditions Under Threat? Art, Culture, and the Future of Maine Indian Basketmaking
- 2018: Penobscot Nation v. Janet Mills: A Case of Cultural Identity and Tribal Stewardship
- 2015: Racism in Maine: Beyond Black and White
- 2013: Listening with Fifteen Hearts: Life Stories of Women across Cultures
- 2012: Winona LaDuke: Environmental Justice from a Native Perspective
- 2011: Truth and Reconciliation in Maine: a Model of Collaboration and Process of Decolonization
- 2010: Out of the Depths: A personal account of a residential school experience and the effects of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's apology many years later
- 2009: Red Hope: Weaving Waponahki Policy toward Decolonization