Native America Calling

Friday, August 7, 2015 – Preparing for College

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According to the National Indian Education Association, 39 percent of American Indian/Alaska Native students who started in 2005 as first-time, full-time students at 4-year institutions graduated within 6 years. In the same time period, 60 percent of white students graduated. How can we better prepare Native students for the first day of college? Join our conversation with Native student success centers for tips on how to tackle your first years of college.

Guests:

Pamela Agoyo (Cochiti, Kewa, Ohkay Owingeh Pueblos) director of American Indian Student Services – University of New Mexico

Layton Lamsam (Osage), 2nd year Medical Student – Stanford University

Victoria LaPoe (Cherokee), professor of broadcast and film – Western Kentucky University

Break Music: Summertime (song) Shade feat. Dani Shay (artist) Summertime Single (album)

Monday, March 23, 2015 – Racism on Campus

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Earlier this month, a video showing members of a fraternity at University of Oklahoma, singing racist chants surfaced on YouTube. The national chapter of the fraternity, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, responded swiftly by closing the OU chapter and developing an initiative to address racism. Two students who led the chant were expelled from OU. While many are applauding the quick action by the university and fraternity, others are wondering if expulsion is the right answer. When racism occurs on campus, can universities help students learn about the harm of racism? Over 1,000 Native American students attend the University of Oklahoma. Have those students experienced racism at the school? What can we learn from this incident that can help address racism in the future?

Guests:

Dr. Heather Shotton (Wichita/Kiowa/Cheyenne) Native American Studies Professor at the University of Oklahoma

John Morrin (Grand Portage Chippewa) trainer for the People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond

 

 Break Music: Round Dance (song) Black Lodge (artist) Enter the Circle – Pow-Wow Songs (album)

Monday, February 2, 2015 – Obama’s Community College Plan

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President Obama proposed a plan last month to provide two years of community college free to students who earn good grades and graduate on time. Tribal colleges would be included in this plan. What would two years of free college mean for Native American and Alaska Native students? How useful is community college in building a successful career? Is it the best way for young people to move in to the middle class?

Guests:

Dr. Leander “Russ” McDonald (Dakota/Arikara) president of United Tribes Technical College

Dr. Cheryl Crazy Bull (Sicangu Lakota) president of the American Indian College Fund

Bill Mendoza (Sicangu and Oglala Lakota) – executive director of the White House Initiative on American Indian and Alaska Native Education

 

 

Break Music: Roots Remedy (song) Hakipu’u Learning Center Public Charter School Alumni & Humble I-Dren (artist) Mana Maoli, Vol. IV – “This Is Maoli Music” (album)

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