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Do you ever get looked down on for not speaking your Native language fluently? Or do you feel pressure to achieve more than your peers so they don’t label you an ‘Affirmative Action’ hire? You might fit into what psychologists describe as impostor syndrome. It’s the feeling that you don’t belong or that you don’t deserve success. There are a number of ways to cope with it and we’ll hear some of the strategies.
Guests:
Jillene Joseph (A’aninin) – executive director of the Native Wellness Institute
Dr. Symphony Oxendine (Cherokee/Choctaw) – assistant professor at University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Dr. Shandin Pete (Salish/Navajo) – instructor in the hydrology department at Salish Kootenai College
Break 1 Music: Awita Noosisim (song) Violet Naytowhow (artist) Wind Of The North (album)
Break 2 Music: High Above The Eagle Soars (song) Blackstone (artist) On The Oregon Trail (album)
WOW! Thank you for opening my heart, brain and eyes to this totally fake road block on my really, ready Red Path! Wowow! Wanishi! (thanks in Unami Lenape)