Podcast: Play in new window | Download (27.0MB) | Embed
Tests on remains found in Alaska have some people rethinking what we knew about ancient Native ancestors. The process leading up to the genetic testing took years of discussions and consultation. We’ll talk with the lead researcher and tribal representatives from the Tanana Chiefs Conference and the Healy Lake Village Council about what they know about the findings and the work to uncover them.
Guests:
Dr. Ben Potter – archeology professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks
Will Mayo (Native Village of Tanana) – executive director of tribal government and client services Tanana Chiefs Conference
Dr. Kristen Barnett (Unangan) – lecturer in Archeology at Bates College
Break Music: Geese (song) Tumivut (song) Tumivut (album)
They Will Know (song) Audio Pharmacy (artist) State of the Heart (album)
Trusting THEIR science (aka: white guys) who prescribe to a certain colonized history to protect their academic cred? I don’t think so. I don’t trust their DNA theft. These guys do have theories to protect, money to make and the result is often so blatantly fatally wrong.