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Tribal Research Specialist: The Podcast#21 PT 2 - Language Resurgence: A conversation with The Language ConservancySend us a textIn this episode, the IRC team is joined again by Bob Rugh and Wil Meya from the Language Conservancy (https://languageconservancy.org). The Language Conservancy was founded in 2005 by a concerned group of indigenous educators and language activists in reaction to the severe decline of indigenous language speakers in the United States. Working closely with partner organizations, they have utilized best practice methods, resources, and models to create world-class indigenous language-learning materials and resources. The IRC also had the opportunity to have Aspen Decker (Seliš) on the episode. Aspen is the recipient of th...2020-09-251h 18
Tribal Research Specialist: The Podcast#20 PT 1 - Language Resurgence: A conversation with The Language ConservancySend us a textIn this episode, the IRC team is joined by Bob Rugh and Wil Meyafrom the Language Conservancy (https://languageconservancy.org/). The Language Conservancy was founded in 2005 by a concerned group of indigenous educators and language activists in reaction to the severe decline of indigenous language speakers in the United States. Working closely with partner organizations, they have utilized best practice methods, resources, and models to create world-class indigenous language-learning materials and resources. Their vision is to share these tools with indigenous language communities worldwide. Their hope is to restore indigenous languages to a p...2020-09-181h 29
Tribal Research Specialist: The Podcast#19 - Highlights: Ep 5. PT1 & Ep. 6 PT2 - Rites vs Being Right: Acquiring and Using Indigenous Knowledge from SongsSend us a textIn this bonus episode, listen to highlights from the IRC teams discussion from Episode 5 and Episode 6. In Episode 5 the team discusses the acquisition and use of knowledge from the medium of traditional songs. An Apsáalooke song from Crazy Sister-In-Law provides physical documentation of success and authority. Songs such as these commonly called "Honor Songs" are used in times of celebration. The descendants of Crazy Sister-In-Law also have to right to use this song when accomplishments happen in an individual's life. The song is also a carrier of power gained from the Spiritual w...2020-09-1253 min
Tribal Research Specialist: The Podcast#18 - Highlights: Ep 3. - Indian Romantic or Romanticism? & Ep 4. - Metaphors and Circles? What Do Indians Really Think!Send us a textIn this bonus episode, listen to highlight from the IRC teams discussions from Episode 3 and Episode 4. In Episode 3 the team discusses positive stereotyping and romanticism of Indigenous worldviews. The introduction of EuroAmerican instrument, in this case, a harmonica played by Jerome Vanderburg, facilitated the notion of composition of songs into the lifeway of Indigenous people. The fact that Indigenous people are adaptable and our cultural expressions are not static is a factor in combating the effects of positive stereotyping and the development of a romanticized version of ourselves. Stereotypes that are deemed favorable...2020-09-0452 min
Tribal Research Specialist: The Podcast#17 - Indigenous Scholars: Communicating For and To Our Tribal Communities - Guest: JoRee LaFranceSend us a textIn the episode, the IRC team speaks with JoRee LaFrance (Apsáalooke). She is a PhD student in the Department of Environmental Science at the University of Arizona. She comes from the Crow Reservation located in southeastern Montana. Her Apsáalooke name is Iichiinmaaáatchilash (Fortunate with Horses) and she comes from the Greasy Mouth clan and is a child of Ties in the Bundle clan. She uses the intersection of her background in earth sciences and Native American studies to focus on water quality issues on her reservation.JoRee's PhD res...2020-08-281h 31
Tribal Research Specialist: The Podcast#16 - Indigenous Scholars: Making Our Education Work for Tribal Communities - Guest: Lydia JenningsSend us a textIn the episode, the IRC team speaks with Lydia Jennings (Pascua Yaqui and Huichol). Lydia is doctoral candidate in the Department of Environmental Sciences, with a minor in American Indian Policy at the University of Arizona (UA). Her research interests are in environmental remediation, Indigenous science, mining policy, and environmental data ownership by tribal nations.Lydia’s dissertation research focuses on the identification and characterization of microbial indicators as tools to evaluate mine waste reclamation, while her minor research focuses on the laws around mining on federal lands to which tribes hav...2020-08-221h 09
Tribal Research Specialist: The Podcast#11 - Good Deeds: Current Concepts of Tribal Recognition of AccomplishmentsSend us a textIn this episode, the IRC team discusses how we can retain or revitalize tribal protocols for the recognition of accomplishments and good deeds. The episode starts with a Crow song used for the telling of war deeds. Public acknowledgment and witnesses to the narration of deeds are one of few times an individual can boast of their accomplishments. The IRC Team used this song as a springboard to discuss how Tribal groups currently acknowledge the accomplishments of individuals and the importance of songs in this process. How can this remain situated in today's...2020-07-1657 min