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Margaret reads you part two (of two) of her own story.
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Original Air Date: 10.28.24
Sources:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DAaDkSwh1Jk/?igsh=bmgyanBteW10czd5
https://www.themanual.com/outdoors/darien-gap-feature/
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/apr/18/panama-darien-gap-jose-raul-mulino
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/10/27/the-darien-gap-a-deadly-extension-of-the-us-border
https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/supporting_resources/jmhs.pdf
https://www.strausscenter.org/publications/asylum-processing-at-the-u-s-mexico-border-august-2024/
https://www.msf.org/lack-action-sees-sharp-rise-sexual-violence-people-transiting-darien-gap-panama
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New York Times best-selling author Angeline Boulley (Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians) made a number of best-of-2025 lists with the third book in her series centered in the Ojibwe community, Sugar Island, titled “Sisters in the Wind.” Another favorite comes from young adult author and editor, Cynthia Leitich Smith (Muscogee), who challenged more than a dozen other Native authors to imagine a Native future where a frybread eatery holds community and culture in the “Legendary Frybread Drive-In.” And renowned Potawatomi botanist and writer, Robin Wall Kimmerer tapped into the curiosity of young readers with her first children’s book “Bud Finds Her Gift.” They are among the Native works highlighted by our distinguished panel of reading enthusiasts. You can find their lists of favorite books of the year below.
GUESTS
Allison Waukau (Menominee and Navajo), American Indian Library Association member -at-large
Amber McCrary (Diné), writer and poet
Stacy Wells (Choctaw Nation), author and librarian
Allison Waukau’s favorite books:
“I Am on Indigenous Land” by Katrina M. Phillips
“We Survived the Night” by Julian Brave Noisecat *featured on NAC in October
“Sisters in the Wind” by Angeline Boulley *featured on NAC in September
“Across the Ice: How We Saved the Ojibwe Horse” by Darcy Whitecrow and Heather O’Connor
“Moon Song” by Michaela Goade
“Buffalo Hunter Hunter” by Stephen Graham Jones *featured on NAC in October
“Bud Finds Her Gift” by Robin Wall Kimmerer *featured on NAC in September
“Ishkode: A Story of Fire” by Evan Larson and Nisogaabokwe Melonee Montano and illustrated by Moira Villiard
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Stacy Wells’ favorite books:
“The Others” by Cheryl Issacs (sequel to “The Unfinished”)
“Legendary Frybread Drive-In” edited by Cynthia Leitich Smith *featured on The Menu in August
“Faye and the Dangerous Journey: An Ojibwe Removal Survival Story” by Kim Sigafus
“The Summer of the Bone Horses” by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve *featured on NAC in July
Amber McCrary’s favorite books:
“The Museum of Unnatural Histories” by Annie Wenstrup
“Mele” by Kalehua Kim
“Beyond the Glittering World: an Anthology of Indigenous Feminisms and Futurisms” edited by Stacie Shannon Denetsosie, Kinsale Drake and Darcie Little Badger
“Soft as Bones” by Chyana Marie Sage
Shawn Spruce’s favorite books:
“Hole in the Sky” by Daniel H. Wilson *featured on NAC in October
“Sisters in the Wind” by Angeline Boulley *featured on NAC in September
“We Survived the Night” by Julian Brave Noisecat *featured on NAC in October
“Stick Houses” by Matthew Fletcher *featured on NAC in June
Andi Murphy’s (NAC producer) favorite books:
“Buffalo Hunter Hunter” by Stephen Graham Jones *featured on NAC in October
“Punished” by Ann-Helén Laestadius *featured on NAC in February
“Broken Fields” by Marcie R. Rendon *featured on NAC in March
“Big Chief” by Jon Hickey
“Love is a War Song” by Danica Nava
“The Whistler” by Nick Medina *featured on NAC in October
“Hole in the Sky” by Daniel H. Wilson *featured on NAC in October
“Surviva: A Future Ancestral Field Guide” by Cannupa H. Luger *featured on NAC in October
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Focus. Productivity. Relationships. Distraction. Neurodiversity. How do you know if you have ADHD? How can you get others to understand your ADHD brain? What are your treatment options and how can they help? In this encore of our wildly popular Part 1 episode, we talk racing thoughts, brilliant brains and the causes and effects of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder with the world’s leading expert, Dr. Russell Barkley who is A BIG DEAL. Psychologist, retired professor of clinical psychiatry, author and speaker, Dr. Barkley has a personal connection to ADHD and has studied it for nearly 40 years. Is it all cute quirks? Nope. It’s serious business. But next week, we’ll hear about tips and tricks and self-love from 3 more experts — Jessica McCabe of How to ADHD, René Brooks of Black Girl Lost Keys and ADHD researcher Dr. Jahla Osborne. I’M TRYING NOT TO USE A BUNCH OF EXCLAMATION POINTS. It’s exciting.
Dr. Russell Barkley’s website dedicated to education and research on ADHD
Dr. Barkley’s book: Taking Charge of Adult ADHD
Additional books and papers by Dr. Barkley
Dr. Barkley’s seminar: 30 Essential Ideas you should know about ADHD
Donations were made to CHADD and Partners in Health
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On the cusp of what could be a new era of Artificial Intelligence (AI), some researchers are urging caution and the need for deliberate controls to keep the developing technology from robbing Indigenous people of their cultures and sovereignty. A project with three universities provides a framework of standards to prevent AI from stripping Native Americans and all other Indigenous peoples of their right to control images, language, cultural knowledge, and other components of their identities they’ve worked so hard to retain. We’ll hear about the potential benefits and threats of AI to Native people. This is an encore show so we won’t be taking calls from listeners.
GUESTS
Danielle Boyer (Sault Ste Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians), robotics inventor
Randy Kekoa Akee (Native Hawaiian), Julie Johnson Kidd Professor of Indigenous Governance and Development at Harvard University
Michael Running Wolf (Lakota and Cheyenne), community leader in AI research
Crystal Hill-Pennington, professor at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks
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