Monday, January 16, 2023 – Teaching about other cultures
Native educators have a keen eye for guiding how schools teach students about Native history and culture. Does that experience also help when teaching Native students about other races and cultures? We’re well aware that colonial educational influences steered generations of students wrong when it comes to understanding Native people. Monday on Native America Calling, we’ll find out what Native educators do to avoid the same mistakes.
Tuesday, January 17, 2023 – Native in the Spotlight: Jana Schmieding
Tuesday on Native America Calling, Jana Schmieding (Cheyenne River Lakota) joins us for an hour-long conversation about her life and career as part of our Native in the Spotlight feature. Got a question you’re dying to ask her? Or maybe you just want to tell her how awesome she is. You can reach her on 1-800-99-NATIVE.
Wednesday, January 18, 2023 – Lumbee Nation vs. the KKK
The Battle of Hayes Pond in 1958 wasn’t much of a battle. But it was a major victory in the effort to stop the momentum of the Ku Klux Klan in the South. Wednesday on Native America Calling, on the 65th anniversary of the night members of the Lumbee Nation showed up in force to stop a KKK rally in Robeson County, we’ll revisit the event and how it continues to be a source of strength and pride for a tribe as it struggles for federal recognition.
Thursday, January 19, 2023 – Do stereotypes influence policy?
Montana—home to 12 federally recognized tribes—is the latest battleground over damaging rhetoric by public officials. One legislator floated a resolution calling on Congress to abolish reservations. The text was reportedly drafted by a businessman heading up what he calls “The States Rights Coalition”. Another official publicly questioned why Native Americans should be allowed to vote. He told a reporter that view is “the consensus opinion among conservatives” in the state. Thursday on Native America Calling, we’ll look at the continuing verbal, legal, and legislative affronts to tribal sovereignty based on outdated, stereotypical, and uninformed perspectives to which tribal officials are forced to respond.
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