Native Studies

  • A Conversation with Kelsey Wrightson

    Season 1 Episode 2
    Published: 2020-11-06
    Length: 46:27
    Hosts: Ashley Bohrer, Justin de Leon

    Ashley and Justin talk with Kelsey Wrightson, Executive Director of Dechinta Centre for Research and Learning. They discuss the unique educational approach of Dechinta, which centers Indigenous knowledge and voices in its educational efforts.

    Topics: Dechinta, Intersectionality, Native Studies, Pedagogy

  • A Conversation with Matthew Wildcat

    Season 2 Episode 1
    Published: 2021-10-15
    Length: 64:33
    Hosts: Ashley Bohrer, Justin de Leon

    In the first episode of the second season, Ashley and Justin sit down with Matthew Wildcat, a faculty member within the Department of Political Science and faculty of Native Studies at the University of Alberta.

    Topics: Decoloniality, Intersectionality, Native Studies, Pedagogy, Storytelling

  • A Conversation with Sheryl Lightfoot

    Season 1 Episode 5
    Published: 2020-11-25
    Length: 41:36
    Hosts: Ashley Bohrer, Justin de Leon

    Ashley and Justin talk with Dr. Sheryl Lightfoot, Senior Advisor to the President on Indigenous Affairs; Canada Research Chair in Global Indigenous Rights and Politics; and Associate Professor, First Nations and Indigenous Studies and Political Science at the University of British Colombia. She is Anishinaabe, a citizen of the Lake Superior Band of Ojibwe, enrolled at the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community in Baraga, Michigan.

    Topics: Decoloniality, Indigenous, Intersectionality, Native Studies, Pedagogy

  • The Coronavirus Crisis through Gender, Environmental, Anthropological and Indigenous Lenses

    Episode 15
    Published: 2020-04-01
    Length: 41:46
    Hosts: Asher Kaufman

    Kroc Institute Director, Asher Kaufman, talks with Kroc Institute faculty members, researchers, and graduate students about aspects of the current Coronavirus crisis, including gender, environmental, anthropological and indigenous considerations.    

    Topics: Coronavirus, Environment, Gender, Graduate, Intersectionality, Native Studies