SERIES
Interview with Darren Ranco
Identifier
NA 3650 (local)
Date
2010 (Date created)
Summary
Darren Ranco interviewed by David Slagger, April 27, 2010, concerning the 1980 Maine Indian Land Claims Settlement Act. Settlement Act as “domestication” of Indians; tension on Indian Island; John Bear; tribe/state political relationships; State “paternalism”; Passamaquoddy vs. Morton case; emerging public role for Indians in 1970’s; cultural decay; native art; Maine people’s perceptions; acculturation and power; post Settlement Act political cache; post-settlement generation; legal and political effects on sovereignty; future for Maine tribes; role of educated Indians; new programs; John Banks; Maine’s tolerance; internal racism; “Yankee Frontier”; what makes a “Mainer.” Transcript: 12 pp. Recording: CD211730 min
Language
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Other Subject Headings
1980 Maine Indian Land Claims Settlement Act. Settlement Act as “domestication” of Indians (Local)
