Native AmericanPerspectives on Land
Top of Mind with Julie Rose - Season 1, Episode 790 , Segment 2
Race and the Census, Native Americans and the Land
Episode: Race and the Census, Native Americans and the Land
- Apr 13, 2018 11:00 pm
- 51:56 mins
Guests: Farina King, PhD, Assistant Professor of History, Northeastern State University; Nizhone Meza, JD, Attorney; Tommy Rock, PhD, Environmental Scientist and Founder of Rock Environmental Consulting; Aldean Ketchum, Musician, Flute Builder Mother Earth’s sacred nature is a common thread through the spiritual beliefs of Native American tribes across the country. We saw reverence for the land unite diverse indigenous communities at the Dakota Access Pipeline protests and in the effort to preserve Bears Ears in Utah. We explore what it is that so deeply binds America’s original inhabitants to the land.