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Ada Deer was a pioneer in education as a lecturer and researcher in social work and Native American Studies at the University of Madison-Wisconsin. She was also renowned for her tireless advocacy and policy work. She was instrumental in achieving federal recognition for Alaska Native villages, her own Menominee Tribe and several others. Along the way, she helped dismantle the federal Termination Era. She was the first Native woman to run for Congress in Wisconsin. She lost the election, but went on to hold a number of influential positions including Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs.
GUESTS
Gwen Carr (Cayuga Nation), executive director of the Carlisle Indian School Project
Assistant Secretary Bryan Newland (Bay Mills Indian Community), Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs in the U.S. Department of the Interior
Chief Mike Williams Sr. (Yupiaq)
Joe Deer (Menominee Tribe), nephew of Ada Deer, retired coast guard captain, Iraq War veteran, and commercial pilot
@nativevoiceone Remembering Ada Deer: Listen to #NativeAmericaCalling and check out her UN speech #RIP ♬ original sound – Native Voice One
Break 1 Music: Enaemaekisaeh (song) Wayne Silas Jr (artist) Infinite Passion (album)
Break 2 Music: Losing Control (Song) Qacung (Artist) Miu (Album)
I was a student of Ada Deer, hoping I can live up to her teaching and the privilege of meeting her.