Native Circles
54 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsThis podcast features Native American and Indigenous voices, stories, and experiences for everyone to learn, not only in North America but also throughout the world. The founders of Native Circles are Dr. Farina King (Diné) and Sarah Newcomb (Tsimshian), who were inspired to start this podcast to educate wider publics about the interconnections and significance of Native American, Alaska Native, and Indigenous experiences and matters. The primary co-hosts of the podcast are Dr. King, Dr. Davina Two Bears, and Eva Bighorse. Dr. King is the Horizon Chair of Native American Ecology and Culture and an associate professor of Native American Studies at the University of Oklahoma. Newcomb works as a freelance editor, writer, and blogger with degrees in English and a focus in Non-Fiction Creative Writing. Dr. Two Bears (Diné) is a Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow in the School for Human Evolution and Social Change at Arizona State University. Bighorse (Cayuga and Diné) is an Indigenous human development advocate with expertise in tribal healthcare relations. Learn more about the podcast and episodes on the official website of "Native Circles" at https://nativecirclespodcast.com/.
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Farina King talks about "Diné dóó Gáamalii"
March 16, 2024 06:00 - 53 minutes - 36.9 MBDr. Davina Two Bears and Eva Bighorse talk with Dr. Farina King about her book, Diné dóó Gáamalii: Navajo Latter-day Experiences in the Twentieth Century that the University Press of Kansas published through the Lyda Conley Series on Trailblazing Indigenous Futures (2023). Diné dóó Gáamalii, which means “Navajo and Mormon” in Diné bizaad (the Navajo language), traces Diné Latter-day Saint experiences in the Southwest Indian Mission, congregations, and church educational programs such as the ...
Oliviah Walker and Healing-Centered Public Health
February 16, 2024 04:00 - 41 minutes - 28.5 MBOliviah Walker (she/her) highlights "healing-centered approaches" to public health based on her work with Indigenous communities in this conversation with co-hosts Eva Bighorse and Davina Two Bears. She also shares insights about impacts of Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women (MMIW) on her and her family. Oliviah is a citizen of the Meskwaki Nation and a health and racial equity advocate. She most recently served as the Health Equity Officer for Iowa Health and Human Services and is starti...
Derek Taira on Native Hawaiians and American Schooling
January 15, 2024 05:00 - 53 minutes - 36.5 MBIn this episode, Farina King and Eva Bighorse co-host a conversation with Derek Taira who is an associate professor of history and educational policy at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. He earned his Ph.D. in history and educational policy studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Coming from a long line of public-school teachers, Derek teaches and writes about the histories and politics of education in Hawaiʻi and the U.S. as well as multicultural education. His first book is forth...
Veronica E. Tiller and Thriving Native Nations
December 16, 2023 04:00 - 52 minutes - 35.9 MBDr. Veronica E. Velarde Tiller shares insights from her extensive work and experience, in this episode with co-hosts Dr. Farina King and Eva Bighorse, recognizing ways that Native Nations thrive. Tiller is a member of the Jicarilla Apache Nation. She earned a Ph.D. in American History with a focus on Native American history at the University of New Mexico. She retired after over 40 years as the CEO of Tiller Research, Inc. in Albuquerque. Her life’s work in promoting Native American history ...
Mary Kathryn Nagle discusses her New York Premiere of Manahatta
November 14, 2023 23:00 - 52 minutes - 36 MBWe talk with playwright and attorney, Mary Kathryn Nagle, about what led her to the New York premiere of her play, Manahatta, at the Public Theater, which starts showing on November 16, 2023. Nagle, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, shares insights from her work on the play beginning with her time in the Public Theater Emerging Writers Program in 2013. Nagle's play, Manahatta, follows the story of Jane Snake, a Lenape woman who reconnects with her ancestral homeland, Manahatta, after she com...
Lorinda Martinez and "Running with Changing Woman"
October 18, 2023 02:00 - 54 minutes - 37.7 MBListen to our conversation with author Lorinda Martinez, getting to know her and her new book Running with Changing Woman (2023) that she wrote especially for young adults. Lorinda works with youth as an educator, and Running with Changing Woman is her first novel that tells the coming-of-age story of a Diné young woman named Samantha who prepares for the Diné womanhood ceremony, Kinaaldá. We discuss the significance of Diné girls and women and Lorinda's contributions to Native American ch...
Eva Bighorse Addresses Native American Rights to Healthcare
September 17, 2023 20:00 - 53 minutes - 36.6 MBIn this episode, we welcome our new co-hosts Eva Bighorse and Dr. Davina Two Bears, who are joining Dr. Farina King. We feature Eva (she/her) who is a 2023 Equity Changemaker with the Center for Health Care Strategies, as she advocates for Native American rights and access to healthcare. Eva is an Indigenous human development advocate with expertise in tribal healthcare relations. She has experience in strategic collaboration; working in multidisciplinary teams specializing in health care de...
Liza Black on Indigenous (Mis)Representations in Media
August 16, 2023 04:00 - 45 minutes - 31.2 MBDr. Liza Black shares her insights about how depictions of Native Americans in media, such as film and television, affect Indigenous peoples and communities. She underscores the impacts of misrepresentations and lack of understanding Native Americans by drawing connections between her first book Picturing Indians: Native Americans in Film, 1941-1960 (2020) and her manuscript in-progress "How to Get Away with Murder," which is a transnational history of missing and murdered Indigenous women. ...
Looking Back: Two-Year Anniversary of the Native Circles Podcast
July 15, 2023 17:00 - 45 minutes - 31.6 MBThis episode features a conversation between Dr. Farina King and Sarah Newcomb about their first two years with the Native Circles Podcast, coming changes, and looking towards the future. Learn more about the podcast at https://nativecirclespodcast.com/. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram (@nativecircles).
Kumiko Noguchi and Yuka Mizutani on Why Native American Studies Matter in Japan and the World
June 18, 2023 02:00 - 1 hour - 43.8 MBTwo Japanese professors, Dr. Kumiko Noguchi and Dr. Yuka Mizutani, share insights from their experiences and work with Native American and Indigenous communities, which underscore the significance of Native American Studies in Japan and throughout the world. Noguchi is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of International Studies at Meiji Gakuin University. She received her Ph.D. in Native American Studies from the University of California, Davis under the Fulbright Graduate Studies Schol...
Indigenous DC and Guides to Native Lands with Elizabeth Rule
May 16, 2023 22:00 - 54 minutes - 37.6 MBThis episode features Dr. Elizabeth Rule and her work with Indigenous DC and guides to Native Lands. She discusses the myth of invisibility surrounding Native American contributions to the history of Washington DC and how it can and should be addressed. Washington, DC, is Native land, but Indigenous peoples are often left out of the national narrative. To redress this myth of invisibility, Dr. Rule's book Indigenous DC highlights the Indigenous people and sites that have been important to ...
Sasha Maria Suarez on Expanding What Native Activism Looks Like
April 15, 2023 14:00 - 50 minutes - 34.9 MBSasha Maria Suarez shares her thoughts and research with us about expanding what Native activism looks like. Suarez is a direct descendant of the White Earth Nation of Ojibwe and is the second generation from her family to be born and raised as an urban Ojibwe in Minneapolis. She is an assistant professor of history and American Indian Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her work focuses on Ojibwe gender history, Indigenous social movements, and urban Indigenous history. She is c...
Reconceiving School through Indigenous Education with Meredith McCoy and Matthew Villeneuve
March 15, 2023 03:00 - 44 minutes - 30.7 MBListen to a conversation with Meredith McCoy and Matthew Villeneuve about historical and current strategies that Indigenous people used to repurpose the educational systems for Indigenous well-being. In this episode, we are also joined by a student audience Q&A. Meredith McCoy is an Assistant Professor of American Studies and History at Carleton College. She is of Turtle Mountain Ojibwe descent, and her father, David McCoy, is an enrolled Turtle Mountain citizen. Meredith's research examin...
The Lyda Conley Series on Trailblazing Indigenous Futures
February 14, 2023 03:00 - 36 minutes - 24.8 MBThis episode features the series editors, Farina King, Kiara Vigil, and Tai Edwards, of a new university press series related to Native American Studies. The University Press of Kansas is launching The Lyda Conley Series on Trailblazing Indigenous Futures, which King, Vigil, and Edwards highlight. This is one of the first press series named after a Native American woman. Lyda Conley’s life and experiences are inspirational as one of the first Native American women known to argue a case befo...
Ryan Lee on Community and Support for Indigenous Students
January 15, 2023 05:00 - 59 minutes - 41 MBRyan Lee highlights his current work with the American Indian Programs and Services (AIPS) and the American Indian Student Association (AISA) at the University of Oklahoma (OU) as well as his excitement for contributing to the available events and his hopes for future growth. Ryan also shares his early journey of growing up both in and beyond the Navajo Nation, including his experiences at Diné College and what led him to the path he is on. Ryan serves as the Coordinator for AIPS at OU. In...
Crystal Lepscier speaks on Racial Battle Fatigue and Healing Paths
December 14, 2022 12:00 - 55 minutes - 38.4 MBCrystal Lepscier talks about how the history of education and racism tied to historically government sanctioned assimilation and similar genocidal practices ties into our traumas and experiences within the institution that is 'school.' This is profound when we think about Racial Battle Fatigue. This term explains the physiological and psychological harm that is a result of long term microaggressions, racism, and intergenerational trauma. This term carries a weight that, when confronted, has ...
Ernestine Berry on Seeking the History of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokees with Guest Co-Host Evelyn Castro Cox
November 15, 2022 03:00 - 34 minutes - 23.6 MBErnestine Berry shares parts of her journey seeking the history of her people, the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokees, and on becoming the founding Director of the UKB John Hair Cultural Center and Museum (JHCCM). Ernestine was pivotal in the establishment of the JHCCM in 2011, which is dedicated to sharing Keetoowah culture and history with the Keetoowah community and the public. She earned a master’s degree in education administration from Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklaho...
Ernestine Berry on Seeking the History of Her People - the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokees
November 15, 2022 03:00 - 34 minutes - 23.6 MBErnestine Berry shares parts of her journey seeking the history of her people, the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokees, and on becoming the founding Director of the UKB John Hair Cultural Center and Museum (JHCCM). Ernestine was pivotal in the establishment of the JHCCM in 2011, which is dedicated to sharing Keetoowah culture and history with the Keetoowah community and the public. She earned a master’s degree in education administration from Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklaho...
Teagan Dreyer on Native Identity and Self-Determination within Reclaimed Boarding Schools
October 15, 2022 16:00 - 51 minutes - 35.3 MBTeagan Dreyer shares with us her personal experiences and research of Native identity and self-determination within reclaimed boarding schools. Teagan is a citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma in her second year of the History PhD program at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma. She studies the experiences of Native American students in federal and tribally-run boarding schools post-World War II. In her research Teagan has focused on the experiences of students in Oklahom...
Michael Kaulana Ing on Native Hawaiian Philosophy
September 15, 2022 18:00 - 48 minutes - 33.4 MBDr. Michael Kaulana Ing shares with us Kanaka/Hawaiian philosophy as well as what it means to be Kanaka/Hawaiian living away from Hawai'i. He also shares his experiences and knowledge with Philosophy and Religious studies and the need for Indigenous thinking in Philosophy Departments. Michael Kaulana Ing was raised by the ʻāina (land) of Mānoa on the island of Oʻahu. He currently resides on the land of the Miami, Delaware, Potawatomi, and Shawnee where he is a professor in the Department of...
Dr. Michael Kaulana Ing on Native Hawaiian Philosophy
September 15, 2022 18:00 - 48 minutes - 33.4 MBDr. Michael Kaulana Ing shares with us Kanaka/Hawaiian philosophy as well as what it means to be Kanaka/Hawaiian living away from Hawai'i. He also shares his experiences and knowledge with Philosophy and Religious studies and the need for Indigenous thinking in Philosophy Departments. Michael Kaulana Ing was raised by the ʻāina (land) of Mānoa on the island of Oʻahu. He currently resides on the land of the Miami, Delaware, Potawatomi, and Shawnee where he is a professor in the Department of...
Jennifer Frazee on Living History, Public Memory, and Native American Studies
August 16, 2022 15:00 - 46 minutes - 32.2 MBJennifer Frazee shares her experiences with teaching history and living history, as well as why it is important to continue for future generations. Jennifer pursued a degree in history to be able to care for the histories of her families, and then she found a calling to preserve the histories of others as well. She graduated with a Masters in American Studies at Northeastern State University and worked on the educational and living history programming at Hunter's Home in Park Hill before tak...
Living History, Public Memory, and Native American Studies with Jennifer Frazee
August 16, 2022 15:00 - 46 minutes - 32.2 MBJennifer Frazee shares her experiences with teaching history and living history, as well as why it is important to continue for future generations. Jennifer pursued a degree in history to be able to care for the histories of her families, and then she found a calling to preserve the histories of others as well. She graduated with a Masters in American Studies at Northeastern State University and worked on the educational and living history programming at Hunter's Home in Park Hill before tak...
Jennifer Frazee on Living History, Public Memory, and Native American Studies
August 16, 2022 15:00 - 46 minutes - 32.2 MBJennifer Frazee shares her experiences with teaching history and living history, as well as why it is important to continue for future generations. Jennifer pursued a degree in history to be able to care for the histories of her families, and then she found a calling to preserve the histories of others as well. She graduated with a Masters in American Studies at Northeastern State University and worked on the educational and living history programming at Hunter's Home in Park Hill before tak...
Jennifer Frazee on Living History, Public Memory, and Native American Studies with Rachael Cassidy
August 16, 2022 15:00 - 46 minutes - 32.2 MBJennifer Frazee shares her experiences with teaching history and living history, as well as why it is important to continue for future generations. Jennifer pursued a degree in history to be able to care for the histories of her families, and then she found a calling to preserve the histories of others as well. She graduated with a Masters in American Studies at Northeastern State University and worked on the educational and living history programming at Hunter's Home in Park Hill before tak...
Dr. John Little on creating change and awareness through Indigenous centered projects.
July 16, 2022 02:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MBJoin us as we speak with Dr. John Little, a Standing Rock Dakota, about his research, work, and various projects which support Native Americans. Dr. John Little is currently the Director of Native Recruitment and Alumni Engagement at the University of South Dakota. He earned his Ph.D. in History at the University of Minnesota. His dissertation is titled, "Vietnam Akíčita: Lakota And Dakota Military Tradition In The Twentieth Century," which examines Native American Vietnam War veteran and mi...
Dr. John Little on Creating Change and Awareness through Indigenous-Centered Projects
July 16, 2022 02:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MBJoin us as we speak with Dr. John Little, a Standing Rock Dakota, about his research, work, and various projects, which support Native Americans. Dr. John Little is currently the Director of Native Recruitment and Alumni Engagement at the University of South Dakota. He earned his Ph.D. in History at the University of Minnesota. His dissertation is titled, "Vietnam Akíčita: Lakota And Dakota Military Tradition In The Twentieth Century," which examines Native American Vietnam War veteran and m...
John Little on Creating Change and Awareness through Indigenous-Centered Projects
July 16, 2022 02:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MBJoin us as we speak with Dr. John Little, a Standing Rock Dakota, about his research, work, and various projects, which support Native Americans. Dr. John Little is currently the Director of Native Recruitment and Alumni Engagement at the University of South Dakota. He earned his Ph.D. in History at the University of Minnesota. His dissertation is titled, "Vietnam Akíčita: Lakota And Dakota Military Tradition In The Twentieth Century," which examines Native American Vietnam War veteran and m...
A conversation about San Carlos Apache history with Marcus Macktima
June 16, 2022 02:00 - 47 minutes - 32.8 MBThis episode features a conversation about San Carlos Apache history with Marcus Macktima, a San Carlos Apache scholar. He received a BA in History with a minor in Native American Studies in 2015; and his MA in Native American Studies in 2018 at the University of Oklahoma. Marcus is a doctoral candidate in the History Department of the University of Oklahoma. His dissertation is tentatively titled, “Issues of Forced Political Identities: The San Carlos Apache Peoples.” In 2022, he accepted a...
A Conversation about San Carlos Apache History with Marcus Macktima
June 16, 2022 02:00 - 47 minutes - 32.8 MBThis episode features a conversation about San Carlos Apache history with Dr. Marcus Macktima, a San Carlos Apache scholar. He received a BA in History with a minor in Native American Studies in 2015; and his MA in Native American Studies in 2018 at the University of Oklahoma. Marcus received his doctoral degree in History at the University of Oklahoma in 2023. His dissertation is titled, “Issues of Forced Political Identities: The San Carlos Apache Peoples.” In 2022, he accepted a position ...
A Conversation About San Carlos Apache History with Marcus Macktima
June 16, 2022 02:00 - 47 minutes - 32.8 MBThis episode features a conversation about San Carlos Apache history with Marcus Macktima, a San Carlos Apache scholar. He received a BA in History with a minor in Native American Studies in 2015; and his MA in Native American Studies in 2018 at the University of Oklahoma. Marcus is a doctoral candidate in the History Department of the University of Oklahoma. His dissertation is tentatively titled, “Issues of Forced Political Identities: The San Carlos Apache Peoples.” In 2022, he accepted a...
Alaska Native History and Food Sovereignty with Dr. Bridget Groat
May 15, 2022 19:00 - 47 minutes - 32.9 MBAt the time of this conversation, Dr. Bridget Groat was an assistant professor in the Native American and Indigenous Studies and history departments at Fort Lewis College. She is originally from Naknek, Alaska, which is a village located in the Bristol Bay region. She is Inupiaq, Alutiiq, Yup'ik, and Dena'ina. Her research focuses on salmon, Alaska Natives, food sovereignty, land and water, environmental history, Indigenous women, and Indigenous people. Resources and ways to support: Unite...
Alaska Native history and food sovereignty with Dr. Bridget Groat
May 15, 2022 19:00 - 47 minutes - 32.9 MBAt the time of this conversation, Dr. Bridget Groat was an assistant professor in the Native American and Indigenous Studies and history departments at Fort Lewis College. She is originally from Naknek, Alaska, which is a village located in the Bristol Bay region. She is Inupiaq, Alutiiq, Yup'ik, and Dena'ina. Her research focuses on salmon, Alaska Natives, food sovereignty, land and water, environmental history, Indigenous women, and Indigenous people. Resources and ways to support: Unite...
Alaska Native History and Food Sovereignty with Bridget Groat
May 15, 2022 19:00 - 47 minutes - 32.9 MBAt the time of this conversation, Dr. Bridget Groat was an assistant professor in the Native American and Indigenous Studies and history departments at Fort Lewis College. She is originally from Naknek, Alaska, which is a village located in the Bristol Bay region. She is Inupiaq, Alutiiq, Yup'ik, and Dena'ina. Her research focuses on salmon, Alaska Natives, food sovereignty, land and water, environmental history, Indigenous women, and Indigenous people. She earned her doctoral degree in Hi...
Candessa Tehee and Indigenous Allotment Stories
April 25, 2022 14:00 - 37 minutes - 26.1 MBDr. Candessa Tehee is a Cherokee Nation citizen from the Locust, Tehee, Pumpkin, and McLemore families who earned her Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Oklahoma. She is also an accomplished artist who was recognized as a Cherokee National Treasure for fingerweaving in 2019. She previously served as the Executive Director of the Cherokee Heritage Center and the Manager of the Cherokee Language Program, and she worked in the Office of Curriculum and Instruction at the Cherokee Nat...
Samuel Villarreal Catanach on the role of language revitalization within the process of decolonization
March 17, 2022 15:00 - 1 hour - 44 MBSamuel Villarreal Catanach is from and grew up in P'osuwaegeh Owingeh (the Pueblo of Pojoaque). He serves as the director of the Pueblo's Tewa Language Department. Samuel's goal is to give back to his community while continually defining and strengthening his identity and role as a Pueblo person. In this episode he shares his passion and personal experiences with language revitalization within the process of decolonization, why it matters for all Indigenous peoples to learn and use our langu...
Samuel Villarreal Catanach on the role of language revitalization within the process of decolonization.
March 17, 2022 15:00 - 1 hour - 44 MBSamuel Villarreal Catanach is from and grew up in P'osuwaegeh Owingeh (the Pueblo of Pojoaque). He serves as the director of the Pueblo's Tewa Language Department. Samuel's goal is to give back to his community while continually defining and strengthening his identity and role as a Pueblo person. In this episode he shares his passion and personal experiences with language revitalization within the process of decolonization, why it matters for all Indigenous peoples to learn and use our langu...
Samuel Villarreal Catanach on the Role of Language Revitalization within the Process of Decolonization
March 17, 2022 15:00 - 1 hour - 44 MBSamuel Villarreal Catanach is from and grew up in P'osuwaegeh Owingeh (the Pueblo of Pojoaque). He serves as the director of the Pueblo of Pojoaque's Tewa Language Department. Samuel's goal is to give back to his community while continually defining and strengthening his identity and role as a Pueblo person. In this episode he shares his passion and personal experiences with language revitalization within the process of decolonization, why it matters for all Indigenous peoples to learn and...
Davina Two Bears on Decolonizing Anthropological Studies and Indigenous History
February 18, 2022 17:00 - 44 minutes - 30.3 MBIn this episode, we speak with Dr. Davina Two Bears, a Diné (Navajo) scholar from Diné Bikéyah (Navajo land) of Northern Arizona. Two Bears is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Postdoctoral Fellow at Swarthmore College. She shares with us her knowledge and research of the Old Leupp Boarding school, a federal American Indian boarding school on the Navajo reservation. She emphasizes the survivance and resistance of Diné youth and people. Dr. Two Bears has volunteered as a DJ...
Conversation with Authors of Returning Home: Diné Creative Works from the Intermountain Indian School
January 19, 2022 23:00 - 47 minutes - 32.5 MBIn this episode, we feature the book Returning Home: Diné Creative Works from the Intermountain Indian School. We speak with the authors Dr. Farina King, Dr. Michael P. Taylor, and Dr. James Swensen, who share their thoughts and experiences from working on the book and with the Diné (Navajo) people. Returning Home works to recover the lived experiences of Native American boarding school students through creative works, student oral histories, and scholarly collaboration. The book reveals ...
Midge Dellinger on Authentic Remembrance of Indigenous Ancestors and History
December 19, 2021 18:00 - 44 minutes - 30.5 MBHistorian Midge Dellinger is a Muscogee citizen and oral historian for the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. At the core of her work as an Indigenous historian, Midge advocates for an authentic remembrance of Indigenous ancestors. Her work focuses on the need for a revised and expanded rendering of America’s long-standing hegemonic narrative concerning Indigenous and U.S. histories. Midge is currently engaged in projects that shed light on the disconnects between Indigenous histories/peoples and p...
Midge Dellinger on authentic remembrance of Indigenous ancestors and history
December 19, 2021 18:00 - 44 minutes - 30.5 MBHistorian Midge Dellinger is a Muscogee citizen and oral historian for the Muscogee Nation. At the core of her work as an Indigenous historian, Midge advocates for an authentic remembrance of Indigenous ancestors. Her work focuses on the need for a revised and expanded rendering of America’s long-standing hegemonic narrative concerning Indigenous and U.S. histories. Midge is currently engaged in projects that shed light on the disconnects between Indigenous histories/peoples and public memo...
Alaina E. Roberts on the intersection of Black and Native American history.
November 02, 2021 14:00 - 26 minutes - 18.6 MBAlaina E. Roberts discusses the intersection of Black and Native American life from the Civil War to the modern day. She talks about her personal family history, Black and Native history in the West, slavery in the Five Tribes (the Chickasaw, Choctaw, Cherokee, Creek, and Seminole Nations), and her book - I’ve Been Here All the While: Black Freedom on Native Land. Alaina E. Roberts is an award-winning historian currently working as Assistant Professor of History at the University of Pittsb...
Alaina E. Roberts on the intersection of Black and Native American history
November 02, 2021 14:00 - 26 minutes - 18.6 MBAlaina E. Roberts discusses the intersection of Black and Native American life from the Civil War to the modern day. She talks about her personal family history, Black and Native history in the West, slavery in the Five Tribes (the Chickasaw, Choctaw, Cherokee, Creek, and Seminole Nations), and her book - I’ve Been Here All the While: Black Freedom on Native Land. Alaina E. Roberts is an award-winning historian currently working as Assistant Professor of History at the University of Pittsb...
Alaina E. Roberts on the Intersection of Black and Native American History
November 02, 2021 14:00 - 26 minutes - 18.6 MBAlaina E. Roberts discusses the intersection of Black and Native American life from the Civil War to the modern day. She talks about her personal family history, Black and Native history in the West, slavery in the Five Tribes (the Chickasaw, Choctaw, Cherokee, Creek, and Seminole Nations), and her book - I’ve Been Here All the While: Black Freedom on Native Land. Alaina E. Roberts is an award-winning historian currently working as Assistant Professor of History at the University of Pittsb...
5. Alaina E. Roberts on the intersection of Black and Native American history.
November 02, 2021 14:00 - 26 minutes - 18.6 MBAlaina E. Roberts discusses the intersection of Black and Native American life from the Civil War to the modern day. She talks about her personal family history, Black and Native history in the West, slavery in the Five Tribes (the Chickasaw, Choctaw, Cherokee, Creek, and Seminole Nations), and her book - I’ve Been Here All the While: Black Freedom on Native Land. Alaina E. Roberts is an award-winning historian currently working as Assistant Professor of History at the University of Pittsb...
Native Women in Education with Samantha Benn-Duke, PhD
October 21, 2021 04:00 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MBSamantha Benn-Duke, PhD, has been a public educator for more than 30 years, serving 17 of those years in public classrooms and 7 years as an administrator. She was named the 2017 Oklahoma Indian Educator of the Year by the Oklahoma Council for Indian Education. She also served as the president of the Oklahoma Council for Indian Education and was the first Gaylord-McCasland Teacher Fellow for the Oklahoma Hall of Fame Museum. Samantha’s research and passion include advocating for Native Ameri...
Samantha Benn-Duke and Native Women in Education
October 21, 2021 04:00 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MBSamantha Benn-Duke, PhD, has been a public educator for more than 30 years, serving 17 of those years in public classrooms and 7 years as an administrator. She was named the 2017 Oklahoma Indian Educator of the Year by the Oklahoma Council for Indian Education. She also served as the president of the Oklahoma Council for Indian Education and was the first Gaylord-McCasland Teacher Fellow for the Oklahoma Hall of Fame Museum. Samantha’s research and passion include advocating for Native Ameri...
Ryan Morini and Indigenous Oral History
August 30, 2021 16:00 - 38 minutes - 26.6 MBJoin us for our conversation with oral historian and ethnographer Dr. Ryan Morini as we discuss the importance of oral history and what drew him to it. Dr. Morini received his BA and MA in Comparative Literature from Penn State University, and his PhD in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Florida. His main research focus is on heritage politics and social memory among Newene (Western Shoshones) of central and eastern Nevada. Links related to episode: · Noowuh Knowledge Center ...
Oral History with Ryan Morini
August 30, 2021 16:00 - 38 minutes - 26.6 MBJoin us for our conversation with Oral Historian and Ethnographer Ryan Morini as we discuss the importance of oral history and what drew him to it. Morini received his BA and MA in Comparative Literature from Penn State University, and his PhD in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Florida. His main research focus is on heritage politics and social memory among Newene (Western Shoshones) of central and eastern Nevada. Links related to episode: · Noowuh Knowledge Center - a Newe...