Honoring Native American Heritage Month — Episode 173

November is Native American Heritage Month — a time to honor and celebrate Native people in the United States. On this episode, we are resharing a conversation from 2021 with Stephanie Lozano, a member of the Ho-Chunk Nation tribe and a tribal liaison for the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families, and Sara Sinclair, an oral historian of Cree-Ojibwa and German-Jewish ancestry, Columbia University professor and editor of How We Go Home: Voices from Indigenous North America.

While this episode originally aired in 2021, there are still so many relevant pieces, from activating land acknowledgments to climate resiliency. Each second is impactful. We have also provided more current resources, external research and history, as well as stories from Parks & Recreation magazine for you to turn to below.

Tune in to the episode below for 55 minutes of powerful history, examples of actions we can take, the importance of leading with curiosity and humility, and a whole lot more. We hope Sara and Stephanie inspire you to continue learning, just as they have done for us.

Additional Resources:

• Design, Place and Indigenous Ways: Working with Local Communities (Parks & Recreation magazine, December 2016)
• Indigenous Peoples Day or Columbus Day: Lessons in Leadership and Risk-Taking (Parks & Recreation magazine, January 2020)
• Protecting the Land and Its History (Parks & Recreation magazine, December 2021)
• To Relate: Indigenous Views on Native American Historical Events in Texas (Parks & Recreation magazine, March 2022)
• https://illuminative.org/
• https://voiceofwitness.org/
• https://seedingsovereignty.org/
• https://www.firstnations.org/
• https://native-land.ca/
• https://www.saraesinclair.com/

Sara Sinclair's Book Contributions:

• A Steady Brightness of Being: Truths, Wisdom and Love from Celebrated Indigenous VoicesTruths, Wisdom, and Love from Celebrated Indigenous Voices
• You Were Made for This World: Celebrated Indigenous Voices Speak to Young People
• Who We Are: Four Questions for a Life and a Nation
• How We Go Home: Voices from Indigenous North America