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What if a recreational activity like skateboarding could save a person’s life? In some communities it is. On this show, we look at how tribal leaders are seeing the value of skateboarding for their young people. It’s giving them hope. Shredding at the skate park is making connections that nothing else seems to for some kids. We’ll learn how formalizing an activity some youth turn to anyway is bringing about positive change.
Greg Mize (Quapaw and Osage) – owner of Native Skateparks
MaryHelen Juanico (Pueblo of Acoma) – project coordinator of the Santa Clara Pueblo Housing Authority
Walt Pourier (Oglala Lakota) – executive director of the Stronghold Society
Jim Murphy (Lenni Lenape and Irish) – co-founder of Wounded Knee Skateboards, skate parks director for the Stronghold Society
Break Music: Great Grandpah’s Banjo (song) Pura Fe (artist) Full Moon Rising (album)
