Podcasting and social media in general allow most of us an opportunity to share and interact. Hence, I am generating this post. I lived most of my adult life in a region of the country that was home to more Native Americans than any other minority. My professional life brought me interaction with those of this heritage that focused on what might be described as “issues”. I was the chair of a department of psychology that had received government support to prepare Native American clinical psychologists. I spent considerable time on reservations in an effort to become better acquainted with the serious problems that must be addressed.
On a different level, Native people were my colleagues, my students, and the friends I played basketball with most noons.
I like reservation radio – usually a public radio FM channel hosted by folks with an accent different from my own, but playing mostly music I enjoyed with a small-town feel. I have discovered the podcast equivalent and it is worth an occasional listen as an opportunity to expand cultural awareness. Here is a link to Breakdances with wolves. Try a few episodes. I think you will learn a few things and also be entertained. I don’t know if “Native contemporary” is a thing, but this is how I would describe the program.
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