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English - April 13, 2023 00:00 - 52 minutes - 36.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsCourses Education Society & Culture college education stem art current events diversity urban city culture Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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UW Tacoma Associate Professor Danica Miller and UW Tacoma Assistant Professor Sara Eccleston are both members of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians. UW Tacoma is situated on the ancestral homeland of the Puyallup. In this episode, Miller and Eccleston talk about the role of education in their lives. For both women, education didn't just happened in the classroom, it also happened in their community. The pair also discuss the challenges they've faced as Indigenous women in higher education. Finally, Miller and Eccleston talk about what colleges and universities need to do to attract and retain Native and Indigenous students.