Turning Points Magazine
18 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsTurning Points Magazine is the first ever Native college magazine written by Native students for Native students, housed at the Center for Indian Education at Arizona State University.
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She Represents Part 3: The Power of the Native Vote
April 19, 2022 12:50 - 22 minutes - 18.2 MBResuming our discussion on #SheRepresents with Sun Devil alumnae, Representatives Jasmine Blackwater-Nygren and Christina Haswood, this episode highlights the power of the Native vote in the United States. Check out our newest segment called “Indigi-know” where ASU students Lucilla Taryole (Kiowa) and Coral Tachine (Diné) share fun facts about the Native vote. “She Represents” is a podcast series where ASU doctoral student Nicholet Deschine Parkhurst (Húŋkpapȟa & Diné) and Turning Points ...
She Represents Part 2: Zoom University
March 15, 2022 22:19 - 19 minutes - 15.5 MBDid you know that a hooghan (a traditional Navajo home) provided the best Wi-Fi signal for Rep. Jasmine Blackwater-Nygren (Diné) as she studied for the bar exam in 2020? Or that as a grad student, Rep. Christina Haswood (Diné) simultaneously defended her master’s thesis in public health and ran for public office amid the pandemic? Continuing our discussion on She Represents, we chat with Reps. Blackwater-Nygren, D-Red Mesa, and Haswood, D-Lawrence, about the struggles of navigating “Zoom ...
She Represents Part 1: Home & ASU
February 06, 2022 15:53 - 37 minutes - 30.4 MBReps. Jasmine Blackwater-Nygren, D-Red Mesa, and Christina Haswood, D-Lawrence, are Diné ‘asdzání (Navajo women) leaders who made national waves in 2021 when they became the youngest sitting legislators in Arizona and Kansas respectively. Kickstarting the first of four podcast episodes, Taylor Notah (Diné) and Nicholet Deschine Parkhurst (Húŋkpapȟa & Diné) of Turning Points Magazine have a Zoom discussion with the fellow Native Sun Devil alumnae about our place-based connections on the Nav...
Semester Wrap-Up: Part 2
May 26, 2020 04:50 - 33 minutes - 26.6 MBIn part two of our semester wrap-up, a few of the Turning Points team members shared insight on what it was like to work with the magazine this Spring 2020 semester. Tune in as editor Taylor Notah (Diné) shares insight on what the magazine production process entails and the importance of Native college students sharing their stories. Also hear from our storytellers Savannah Jacobs (Oglala Lakota), Mariah McGhee (Yankton Sioux) and KaLynn Yazzie (Diné) on the narratives that they wrote for ...
Semester Wrap-Up: Part 1
May 07, 2020 05:42 - 55 minutes - 25.6 MBIt is finals week at Arizona State! In part one of our semester wrap up, the Turning Points Magazine and podcast team reflect on the rollercoaster semester of Spring 2020. Tune in where editor Taylor Notah (Diné), storytellers and contributors Nicholet Deschine-Parkhurst (Húŋkpapȟa/Diné), Savannah Jacobs (Oglala Lakota), Mariah McGhee (Yankton Sioux), resident cartoonist Danielle Lucero (Isleta Pueblo), intern KaLynn Yazzie (Diné), and graphics team Ravenna Curley (Diné) and Brittany Gene ...
COVID-19: The Resilience of Native Student Leaders
March 30, 2020 07:15 - 23 minutes - 18.9 MBThe coronavirus, or COVID-19, has turned the Spring 2020 semester upside down for many students at Arizona State University. Nearly 55,000 on-campus ASU students have transitioned to the 14,000-plus online classes the week following spring break in mid-March. The global response to this pandemic has sparked the masses to social distance themselves and loved ones inside their homes, practice social distancing, and work remotely. What are the stories from our #NativeSunDevils during this soc...
KaLynn's #MyTake
March 11, 2020 18:33 - 25 minutes - 20.6 MBIn today’s episode, we hear from Turning Points Magazine member KaLynn: I was shown a FaceBook post by my mother who was also upset with an event, this event, about a 4th grader who obtained a reading book at his school, which contained foul words and strong descriptions of ladies. The teacher who posted the photo of the words which is in a poem, showed the cover of the book and the Biography of the Author. It was Rex Lee Jim, former Vice President of the Navajo Nation and his book, SAAD L...
Pets In College
March 03, 2020 02:09 - 1 hour - 75.6 MBIn today’s episode, the Turning Points team chat about owning pets while in college. From our pets getting sick or injured, making emergency vet visits, or caring for your pet(s) while also trying to budget college funds, we share stories that break down the many aspects of pet ownership that aren't often talked about. Whether you are a college student interested in getting a pet or are a college student who already has a pet or pets, this episode is for you. Tune in as we share insight on...
Indigenous Filmmaking
February 24, 2020 15:04 - 26 minutes - 21.1 MBThere are many reasons why film is considered a powerful art form and medium: it is a universal power of communication that educates people and brings ideas to life. For Diné filmmaker, activist, writer, artist and Native Sun Devil Lejend Yazzie, filmmaking allows her to reclaim her voice and also carves spaces for herself and others in this world. Tune into this empowering episode as we hear from Lejend on how she is decolonizing the film space and how fellow Diné filmmaker Shandiin Tome’...
“Indian School"
February 17, 2020 03:00 - 45 minutes - 36.4 MBIn today’s episode, Turning Points Magazine senior editor Taylor Notah speaks with playwright and graduate student Esther Almazan (Yaqui), who is in the Dramatic Writing MFA program at ASU. Graduating this Spring 2020 semester, Esther shares insight about her applied project, a play titled “Indian School” that has received the Kennedy Center Latinx Playwrighting Award, Distinguished Achievement and had a staged reading at the Institute of American Indian Arts. Esther shares the turning poi...
FAFSA, FAFSA, FAFSA!
February 09, 2020 21:25 - 1 hour - 49.6 MBIt’s February, which is Financial Aid Awareness Month! In our Fall 2019 issue of Turning Points Magazine, ASU doctoral student and financial aid outreach specialist Delphina Thomas (Diné) graced our pages with her invaluable stories on financial literacy titled “FAFSA: Friendly Advice From Student Aficionado” and “Th!nk Smart With Your Refund.” Tune in as Taylor Notah (Diné) and Nicholet Deschine-Parkhurst (Standing Rock Sioux Tribe/Diné) get into the nitty gritty of FAFSA where Delphina b...
Indigenous Food Sovereignty
February 05, 2020 19:32 - 23 minutes - 18.7 MBWhen you think of cooking in college, do the words “budgeting” and “microwave chef” come into mind? Many college students today rely heavily on scholarship funding and family aid to survive hectic semesters. And when it comes to keeping your fridge stocked, the healthiest foods can be the most expensive. For this episode, we sit down with special guest Sean Sherman (Oglala Lakota), founder and CEO of the Sioux Chef. Tune in as Sherman chats about his passion for bringing back Indigenous wa...
New Year, New Semester, Who Dis?
January 24, 2020 20:39 - 44 minutes - 35.8 MBThe Spring 2020 semester has just started at Arizona State University. Natuve Sun Devils Brittany Gene, Mariah McGhee, Savannah Jacobs and Taylor Notah sit down and share their advice to fellow students on starting off a new semester right. Take it from us: we know how demanding college can be. Pulling all-nighters, cranking out research papers and trying to stay on top of deadlines is the tune for many students. Tune in as we talk about utilizing our planners and technology, taking the ti...
Award-Winning Author Terese Marie Mailhot
December 16, 2019 05:56 - 44 minutes - 35.5 MBThe Turning Points team recently had the opportunity to speak with First Nations award-winning author Terese Marie Mailhot. From the Seabird Island Band, Mailhot is author of the New York Times bestseller “Heart Berries: A Memoir” whose work has also appeared in Guernica, Pacific Standard, Granta, Mother Jones, Medium, the Los Angeles Times, and elsewhere. On a recent visit to Arizona State University, Mailhot sat down for lunch with the Center for Indian Education staff to discuss Indigen...
Dr. Amanda Tachine
December 08, 2019 23:17 - 29 minutes - 23.8 MBWe speak with an ASU professor who, like Dr. Bryan Brayboy, was integral in the creation of Turning Points Magazine: Dr. Amanda Tachine (Diné). In this episode, Dr. Tachine shares her journey as a postdoctoral scholar at Arizona State University’s Center for Indian Education where she was able to nourish her research in supporting Native college students in higher education, and ultimately her role in the formation of a magazine by, for Native students. Check out stories from our previous ...
Native American Heritage Month
December 02, 2019 05:32 - 27 minutes - 22.3 MBThe month of November is Native American Heritage Month (NAHM). In episode 3, we highlight just how universities, particularly Arizona State University, implement NAHM celebrations on campuses. We sit down with an ASU NAHM coordinator Sedale Sanden (Kaibab Paiute/Seneca) who is majoring in Supply Chain Management. Tune in as we dive into how student-led coalitions are taking the reins on event-planning and ensuring that Indigenous identities are celebrated and recognized in institutions of...
The "Legacy" Issue
November 24, 2019 21:10 - 57 minutes - 45.8 MBTurning Points Magazine is a college publication that is truly written, created, thought about and designed by Native students, for Native students. And that is what the all-Indigenous female team discuss in Episode 2. In this episode, we chat about how our individual pathways connected with Turning Points and our publication celebrating its second anniversary this year. Lastly, we dive into how our newest edition (nicknamed the “legacy issue”) connects with the Indigenous student body at ...
Dr. Bryan Brayboy
October 28, 2019 14:30 - 24 minutes - 22.4 MBFor our inaugural episode, the Turning Points Podcast speaks with Dr. Bryan Brayboy, a President’s Professor of Indigenous education and justice in the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University. At ASU, he is senior advisor to the president, director of the Center for Indian Education, associate director of the School of Social Transformation, and co-editor of the Journal of American Indian Education. He is also one of the reasons Turning Points exists! Dr. Brayboy explai...