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Many of the roads, hiking trails and even railroads that crisscross the landscape began thousands of years ago as trails by Indigenous hunters and traders. Many tribes have since lost their connections to those trails. But some are trying to re-connect their strong cultural links to the ancient routes, and tell their own stories about what they mean.
GUESTS
Wade Campbell (Diné), archaeologist and assistant professor at Boston University
Shannon Holsey (Mohican), president of the Mohican Nation Stockbridge-Munsee Band
Kevin Belle, rail-to-trail project manager for the Great American Rail-Trail
Break 1 Music: This Land (song) Keith Secola (artist) Native Americana – A Coup Stick (album)
Break 2 Music: Everything’s Gonna Be All Right (song) Twice As Good (artist) That’s All I Need (album)
