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APTN News InFocusAIM, ICE and the history of Indigenous activism in MinneapolisIndigenous activism has long shaped Minneapolis. In 1968, the American Indian Movement was founded there, marking a turning point in the fight for Indigenous rights. More than 50 years later, AIM members are back on the streets, responding to fears of racial profiling and unlawful detention by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, known as ICE. On this edition of APTN News InFocus, host Cierra Bettens explores how Minneapolis' history of Indigenous activism connects to today's Native-led response to ICE. She is joined by Heather Bruegl, a public historian, activist and a citizen...
2026-02-0622 min
Clallam County WatchdogA Quarter-Million Dollar Bathroom That People Aren't UsingEvery week brings a new contrast between what local government says it values and what its decisions actually reveal. Whether it’s a farmer’s market that has to be scrubbed of human waste while a “Portland Loo” sits unused a few feet away, or a public hospital board holding special meetings without recordings, or millions in Climate Commitment Act money bypassing the people who pay the bill. Any way you slice it, things just aren’t adding up in Clallam County.The Farmer’s Market on Cleanup DutyA Facebook video making the rounds s...
2025-12-0129 min
Hudson Mohawk MagazineHMM_11-25-2025 Indigenous PeoplesToday, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine, we bring you a holiday special, focusing today’s program on Indigenous Peoples:
Murdered and Missing Indigenous People with artist Korina Emmerich and director of R.I.S.E., Demian DinéYazhi'.
Heather Bruegl: public historian, activist, & decolonial education consultant.
Kahstoserakwathe Paulette Moore: media maker, storyteller, artist.
Sandra Owén:nakon Deer-Standup, who is spearheading the reeducation effort that will be a part of the land-back effort by Waterfall Unity Alliance.
Roberto Múkaro Borrero: human rights advocate, consultant, cultural adviser, writer, artist, musician.
All interviews by Sina Basila Hickey
2025-11-2558 min
The Jiffy: Stories From Upstate New YorkThe Bodega Cat Room and BeyondSend a textIn this episode, we tour the Jiffy-Mart, the official digital bodega of the James Cave Instagram Feed.Then we dive into a thoughtful exploration of land acknowledgments with Indigenous expert Heather Bruegl, who shares insights on creating meaningful statements that honor ancestral lands and their original stewards:Native-land.ca serves as a starting point for researching whose land you're onTribal territories often overlapped, unlike modern state bordersResearch should include archives, libraries, land records, and the National ArchivesAlways do preliminary work before approaching tribal nations for collaborationLand acknowledgments require months of research...
2025-06-2829 min
The Chee-Tash PodcastThe Chee-Tash Podcast #28 - Heather BrueglHeather Bruegl is a public historian, activist, and decolonial education consultant who works with institutions and organizations for Indigenous sovereignty and collective liberation. Today, Heather consults for a variety of museums and universities and is a frequent lecturer at conferences and continuing education programs, on topics ranging from intergenerational racism and trauma to the fight for clean water in the Native community.Website: https://www.heatherbruegl.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heathermbruegl/?hl=enX: https://twitter.com/heatherbruegl
2024-02-261h 14
The Chee-Tash PodcastClip: Heather Bruegl on the Bureau of Indian AffairsFrom episode #28Heather Bruegl is a public historian, activist, and decolonial education consultant who works with institutions and organizations for Indigenous sovereignty and collective liberation. Today, Heather consults for a variety of museums and universities and is a frequent lecturer at conferences and continuing education programs, on topics ranging from intergenerational racism and trauma to the fight for clean water in the Native community.Website: https://www.heatherbruegl.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heathermbruegl/?hl=enX: https://twitter.com/heatherbruegl
2024-02-1902 min
The Chee-Tash PodcastClip: Heather Bruegl on laws within a Tribal NationFrom episode #28Heather Bruegl is a public historian, activist, and decolonial education consultant who works with institutions and organizations for Indigenous sovereignty and collective liberation. Today, Heather consults for a variety of museums and universities and is a frequent lecturer at conferences and continuing education programs, on topics ranging from intergenerational racism and trauma to the fight for clean water in the Native community.Website: https://www.heatherbruegl.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heathermbruegl/?hl=enX: https://twitter.com/heatherbruegl
2024-02-1203 min
The Chee-Tash PodcastClip: Heather Bruegl on her interview with PBS on the Thomas Cole Historic SiteFrom episode #28Heather Bruegl is a public historian, activist, and decolonial education consultant who works with institutions and organizations for Indigenous sovereignty and collective liberation. Today, Heather consults for a variety of museums and universities and is a frequent lecturer at conferences and continuing education programs, on topics ranging from intergenerational racism and trauma to the fight for clean water in the Native community.Website: https://www.heatherbruegl.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heathermbruegl/?hl=enX: https://twitter.com/heatherbruegl
2024-02-0502 min
ITPS PodcastSeason 2 Episode 6: Heather BrueglIn the sixth and final episode of Season Two of the ITPS Podcast on Indigenous Public History, I speak with Heather Bruegl. We talk about her dynamic career as a public historian from her current work at the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center, her dynamic career as a public historian working on issues of reconciliation and education, all the way to her perspectives on indigenous public history.Heather Bruegl is a citizen of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin and first-line descendent Stockbridge Munsee. She is a graduate of Madonna University in Michigan and holds a Bachelor of...
2022-12-1535 min
Unsung HistoryThe Stockbridge-Munsee Community & their Removal HistoryThe Stockbridge-Munsee Community, the People of the Waters that Are Never Still, were forced to move many times after they first encountered Europeans.In 1609, Dutch trader Henry Hudson sailed up the Mahicannituck, the River that Flows Both Ways, into Mohican land. By 1614 there was a Dutch trading post established on a nearby island to take advantage of the beaver and otter availability. The arrival of the Europeans changed the economic pattern of the Mohicans, and brought both disease and religion into their land.The Mohican people, part of the...
2021-11-0143 min
Tech BitesForge Project: Inaugural Fellowship ProgramLaunched in 2021, Forge Project is an initiative to support leaders in culture, education, food security, and land justice. Forge exists as a platform for people and organizations whose crucial work serves the social and cultural landscape of our shared communities through a fellowship program, a teaching farm developed in partnership with Sky High Farm, community support, and a lending art collection. Forge Project's inaugural fellowship program launches this month with a cohort of four. On this episode of Tech Bites, host Jennifer Leuzzi talks with Heather Bruegl (Oneida / Stockbridge-Munsee), a historian, lecturer, and director of the Forge Project Fellowship...
2021-09-1454 min
Let's Talk Native with John Kane#548 - Cambridge Doubles Down (Feat. Heather Bruegl)The new school board in Cambridge, NY has decided to double down on the use of their offensive Native mascot. On the very day the latest right-wing board member was sworn in, this new board with their pro-mascot majority made it their priority to rescind a previous resolution that ended the use of the mascot and made it clear that they will continue to use their offensive mascot moving forward. Heather Bruegl, the Cultural Affairs Director for the Stockbridge-Munsee Mohican Nation, joins John to discuss this recent development in Cambridge and more on this episode of Let's Talk Native.
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2021-07-2058 min