Further Learning: Podcasts

Community Conversation #1:

A story disrupted: Indigenous perspectives

(1 hr, 12 min). Friends of the Falls.

This is a recording of the project introduction and panel discussion, streamed online via Zoom. Speakers introducing the project included Carrie Day Aspinwall (facilitator of the Native Partnership Council), Kjersti Duval (Friends of the Falls), David Malda (GGN), Mark Andrew (Friends of the Falls), and Robert Lilligren (NACDI). The panel discussion hosted by Robert Lilligren featured Native leaders Karen Diver, Juanita Espinosa, Jewell Arcoren, and Wakinyan LaPointe.

Community Conversation #2:

Relationships with the river: Water is Life

(1 hr, 26 min). Friends of the Falls.

Speakers opening the conversation included Carrie Day Aspinwall (facilitator of the Native Partnership Council), David Malda (GGN), and Robert Lilligren (NACDI). The panel discussion hosted by Robert Lilligren featured Native leaders Sharon Day and Wakinyan LaPointe, as well as river experts John Shepard and Whitney Clark.

Community Conversation #3:

Restoring a story disrupted: What can this place become?

(1 hr, 37 min). Friends of the Falls.

The third Community Conversation for The Falls Initiative was held on May 19, 2022 in partnership with the Prairie Island Indian Community. This is a recording of the session, streamed online via Zoom. At times the audio in the video is disrupted; view a transcript of the Zoom chat, including summaries of some speaker comments, at TheFalls.org/zoomchat.

Community Conversation #4:

Building connections

(1 hr, 12 min). Friends of the Falls.

The fourth Community Conversation for The Falls Initiative was held on May 21, 2022 as part of the City of Minneapolis Community Connections Conference. This is a recording of The Falls Initiative breakout session, hosted live at the Minneapolis Convention Center. Following the session, participants were invited to visit The Falls Initiative booth and share additional feedback.

Community Conversation #5:

A powerful place for partnership

(52 min). Friends of the Falls.

The fifth Community Conversation for The Falls Initiative was held on June 28, 2022 at Open Book in Minneapolis. This is a recording of the presentation, streamed online via Zoom. Following the presentation, guests participated in small group discussions about Early Design Concepts and Next Steps.

Native access and equity in higher education with Commissioner Denis

(49 min). From Native Minnesota, with Rebecca Crooks-Stratton

In this episode, Rebecca sits down with Dennis Olson, the commissioner of the Minnesota Office of Higher Education and member of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. In this conversation, Rebecca and Dennis talk about his early educational experiences, the achievement gaps between white and Native college students, and how his agency is working with tribes and Native communities to address issues in higher ed.

Treaties, trust, responsibility, and relationships between Tribes and universities with Tadd Johnson

(1 hr, 12 min). From Native Minnesota, with Rebecca Crooks-Stratton

In this episode, Rebecca sits down with Tadd Johnson to cover his varied career in law, government, and higher education. Tadd currently serves as the senior director of American Indian Tribal Nations Relations at the University of Minnesota, director of the Tribal Sovereignty Institute and director of graduate studies in the American Indian Studies Department. In this conversation, Rebecca and Tadd talk about his work in education, how universities are evolving in their work with Native peoples and what folks don’t understand about Native history.

Waters to the sea stories – Dakota place and kinship with the Mississippi river

(1 hr, 3 min). CGEE multimedia and Hamline University. 

This hour-long webinar, hosted by Hamline University's Center for Global Environmental Education (CGEE), was recorded on 11/10/2020. The program celebrates a collaboration between CGEE and the Lower Phalen Creek Project (LPCP: https://www.lowerphalencreek.org/) and its Wakan Tipi Center in St. Paul, MN. Presenters were LPCP Director Maggie Lorenz, Spirit Lake Dakota/Turtle Mountain Ojibwe; LPCP Board Member Dr. Kate Beane, Flandreau Santee Sioux; and CGEE Assistant Director John Shepard. The recording includes debuts of two videos about Dakota relationships with the Mississippi River and an overview of CGEE's learning resources about American Indian history and culture available through the Waters to the Sea: Mississippi River Adventure program.

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Special thanks to Dr. Orkideh Mohajeri, West Chester University, for identifying and gathering these podcast resources. Considering listening into one while participating in the ASHE dash!