Eileen Bass: Preserving Indigenous narratives and working to revitalize language
Native Lights: Where Indigenous Voices Shine
English - December 07, 2023 20:30 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 43 ratingsHistory Society & Culture Personal Journals native american minnesota gifts indigenous bipoc Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Thomas Draskovic’s Gift of Artistry, Educating Native Youth and Activism
On today’s episode, Leah and Cole speak with Eileen Bass. Eileen is Hunkpapa Lakota, Mvskoke Creek, and a citizen of the Sac & Fox Nation of Oklahoma. She’s currently an undergraduate student at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities.
In the summer of 2023, she was accepted into the Minnesota Historical Society’s Native American Undergraduate Museum Fellowship program. She is also part of the Dakota Language Nest at the university’s Child Development Laboratory School.
Eileen speaks about her passions at the intersection of Indigenous narratives, language revitalization, tribal histories, supporting Native youth and more.