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A viral video of a California teacher resorting to objectionable Native stereotypes in the classroom begs the question: what will it take to get the message across? Some pockets of the population remain blind to mandatory diversity training and public education campaigns designed to end culturally insensitive comments and actions.
Guests:
Dr. Sherry Johnson (enrolled member of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate) – education director for the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate
Levi Rickert (Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation tribal citizen) – publisher and editor of “Native News Online” and “Tribal Business News”
James Fenelon (Dakota and Lakota, Gaelic Irish and Norsk) – Lang visiting professor for Social Change at Swarthmore College and professor of sociology at California State University San Bernadino
Break 1 Music: Indians Never Die (song) Black Belt Eagle Scout (artist) Mother Of My Children (album)
Break 2 music: Monsters of the World Unite (song) Arigon Starr (artist) Meet the Diva (album)