Darren Ranco

Dr. Darren Ranco, Professor of Anthropology and Chair of Native American Programs at the University of Maine, will discuss decolonizing partnerships and activities between UMaine and the Penobscot Nation. He will highlight the successes and challenges of digital repatriation of tribal cultural heritage items in the Fogler Library and the Hudson Museum, the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for these items, and the reclamation of Indigenous spaces on campus through bilingual English-Penobscot signage.