Native Circles

18/10/2024

Listen to new podcast episode featuring Dr. Blaire Morseau talking about Neshnabé Knowledge: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1811701/episodes/15946990

16/09/2024

In this recent podcast episode, Ah-in-nist Sipes shares his journey of embracing his name and that of his ancestors, highlighting his work with "Calling Back the Spirits" as a descendant of Cheyenne and Caddo warriors who were imprisoned in Fort Marion. Listen at https://www.buzzsprout.com/1811701/15754964.

16/08/2024

"With the Ancestors" Native Circles episode featuring Dr. Mel Fillmore who shares her journey to working on public policy addressing Murdered and Missing Indigenous Persons (MMIP): https://www.buzzsprout.com/1811701/15592069

17/07/2024

Listen to our new episode with Dr. Elizabeth (Liz) Ellis about her new book "The Great Power of Small Nations" at https://www.buzzsprout.com/1811701/15412560

15/06/2024

Listen to Dr. Joshua Nelson talk about his work on a documentary about two Native American Medal of Honor awardees, Ernest Childers and Jack Montgomery of the 45th Infantry Division, known as the "Thunderbirds," during World War II on podcast at https://www.buzzsprout.com/1811701/15254403.

16/05/2024

Listen to Fry Bread Stories with award-winning author and scholar Kevin Maillard, PhD and JD, on the new episode at https://www.buzzsprout.com/1811701/15078456.

Dr. Kevin Maillard shares key insights about his children’s book Fry Bread with co-hosts Dr. Farina King and Dr. Davina Two Bears. Dr. Maillard is Professor of Law at Syracuse University, a contributor to the New York Times and an author of children’s literature. He has written for The Atlantic and has provided on-air commentary to ABC News and MSNBC. He is the debut author of Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story, a picture book illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal, which won the Sibert Medal and the American Indian Youth Literature Honor. An enrolled member of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, he is based in Manhattan, New York.

16/04/2024

New Episode with Skylar Begay-

In this episode co-hosted by Dr. Davina Two Bears, Eva Bighorse, and Dr. Farina King, Skylar (“Sky”) Begay shares insights from his life and work with Conservation, Native representation in new spaces, the Great Bend of the Gila, Save History, Archaeology Southwest, LandBack, and the Conservation Corps (specifically ancestral lands conservation corps). Sky identifies as an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation and is also Mandan and Hidatsa. He grew up in the Navajo Nation and in Flagstaff, Arizona. He currently resides in Tucson, Arizona where he works as the Director of Tribal Collaboration in Outreach in Advocacy for Archaeology Southwest.

Listen at https://bit.ly/SkylarBegayepisode

17/03/2024

In this new episode, Dr. 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), focuses on oral histories and experiences of Diné Latter-day Saints.

You can listen now at
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1811701/14699970

16/02/2024

Listen now to Oliviah Walker (she/her) who highlights "healing-centered approaches" to public health based on her work with Indigenous communities in our episode co-hosted by Eva Bighorse and Davina Two Bears: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1811701/14514243

17/01/2024

Listen to our new episode featuring Dr. Derek Taira who discusses Native Hawaiians and American schooling histories and introduces us to his forthcoming book, "Forward without Fear," that comes from the phrase "Imua, Me Ka Hopo Ole."

See https://www.buzzsprout.com/1811701/14310215 and https://nativecirclespodcast.com/2024/01/14/season-2-episode-5-derek-taira-on-native-hawaiians-and-american-schooling/

16/12/2023

"We are thriving"- Dr. Veronica E. Tiller about Native Nations and their significance

episode at https://www.buzzsprout.com/1811701/14156341

16/12/2023

Dr. 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. Listen at https://www.buzzsprout.com/1811701/14156341

16/11/2023

Listen to Season 2 Episode 3, featuring Cherokee playwright and attorney, Mary Kathryn Nagle, and the 2023 New York premiere of her play "Manahatta" at https://www.buzzsprout.com/1811701/13973292 on . You can order tickets to "Manahatta" showings at the Public Theater, Anspacher Theater, for November 16 - December 23, 2023. As we learn about Manahatta with Mary Kathryn and the characters of her play such as Jane, we come to better understand how and why recognizing Indigenous peoples and their connections to their homeland matter.

01/11/2023

Meet our new co-hosts Eva Bighorse and Davina Two Bears in this episode featuring Eva and Native American rights to healthcare: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1811701/13606483

31/10/2023

Listen to our most recent episode featuring Diné author Lorinda Martinez and her new book at https://www.buzzsprout.com/1811701/13799413

18/10/2023

Episode 1 of Season 2 introduces our new co-host Eva Bighorse who talks about Native American healthcare needs

Learn more at

Eva Bighorse Click this link to listen to Season 2 Episode 1 featuring Eva Bighorse and Native American rights to healthcare. In this first episode of Native Circles season 2, we welcome our new co…

18/10/2023

Season 2 Episode 2 of is now available to listen to:

Listen 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 children and youth literature, which is a gift for all readers.

Lorinda is Lók’aa’ Dine’é (the Reed People Clan) born for Táchii’nii (Red Running into the Water Clan). The Tábąąhí (Water’s Edge Clan) are her maternal grandfathers and the Tódích’íí’nii (Bitter Water Clan) are her paternal grandfathers. She lives in the four corners area with her husband, son, and dogs. She was raised in the Navajo Nation areas of Pueblo Pintado, New Mexico and Shonto, Arizona. She attended Highlands University in Las Vegas, New Mexico where she earned her Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Education.

Lorinda Martinez Click this link to listen to Season 2 Episode 2 featuring Diné author Lorinda Martinez and her new young adult novel, Running with Changing Woman (published in 2023 by Salina Books…

16/08/2023

Learn more about Dr. Liza Black's work as a featured guest on the podcast at https://wordpress.com/post/nativecirclespodcast.com/1532

Listen to the full episode at https://www.buzzsprout.com/1811701/13414233