Episode 127: Thanksgiving, Florida Ledger Art, and Comic Books

Send us your Florida questions!

This week, Cathy calls BS on Turkey Day and scholar Jeremy Carnes helps us understand the connection between art created by American Indians imprisoned at Fort Marion and the art produced by contemporary indigenous people. The trio also offers their perspective on how they attempt to respectfully observe the fourth Thursday in November.

Ever heard of Ledger art?

Links We Mentioned

Ledger Art and Comics: The Talk

Away from Home exhibit about Indian boarding schools

Betty Mae Tiger Jumper (a legendary storyteller)

Highwater Press (comics)

Marvel's Indigenous Voices

Red Planet Books and Comics

Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki (Seminole Tribe of Florida museum)

nativelands.ca (Who lived where you lived before colonization?)

Catalog of Plains Ledger Art

Silberman collection of Native Art (with a lot of Ledger Art) from the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum

Red Planet (Now ATCG) books and Comics

Highwater Press

The origin story for America's Indian Boarding Schools begins in St. Augustine

Ledger drawings produced by American Indians who were

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