ELDERS | Episode 1 Uncle John

This is the story of John Spence, a Gros Ventre/Sioux elder who uses equine therapy to heal Native youth. Made in collaboration with The Imprint, Uncle John is part of the multimedia project Healing the Children of Horse Nations and was co-produced by Nancy Marie Spears.

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Jon Eagle presentation on Facebook by Tiwahe Glu Kini Pi “Bringing the Family Back to Life”
Josué Rivas Visual storyteller
Lousie Erdrich reads from “The NIght Watchman” at Prose and Politics
Marcia Alvar interviews Wilma Mankiller at the University of Washington
Richard Oakes reading the Indians of All Tribes proclamation
We Hold The Rock More about the Alcatraz occupation
Burns Paiute Language House
Burns Paiute Tu-Wa-Kii Nobi (Kids’ House)
The Northern Paiute Language Project at UCSC

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NARA
Forward Stride
Jon Eagle
Canoe programs
Crazy Wolf, John Spence’s autobiography

The Past is Prologue

Sofia Ali-Khan breaks down the forced migration of Black and Brown people in every corner of this country. Her new book, A Good Country: My Life in Twelve Towns and the Devastating Battle for a White America, recounts government efforts to preserve a white center in each of the places she’s lived, worked, and worshiped. Sofia also discusses her time as a legal aid attorney at Community Legal Services and why she believes that learning our true history is the very first step in achieving the change we seek. Guest: Sofia Ali-Khan (Sofia_alikhan) is a social justice lawyer turned writer. She has worked for Community Legal Services of Philadelphia, Prairie State Legal Services in Illinois, and the American Bar Association. Sofia’s writing at the intersection of politics, race, history, and Muslim America has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Time, the Chicago Tribune, Tricycle Magazine, and on several other platforms.

ELDERS | Episode 1 Uncle John

The Past is Prologue

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