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The reign of Tokugawa Iemitsu was marked by a general trend toward increasing the shogunate's power through self-perpetuating bureaucracy. His son Ietsuna's reign would prove to be a test of the Bakufu's machinery.

Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu team up against their mutual enemy the Takeda Clan and Nobunaga wins one of the most decisive victories of his entire career. When facing off against the Uesugi Clan two years later, however,  Nobunaga surprisingly lost a battle against a smaller army.

L'histoire d'Edgardo Greco pourrait être un film de Scorsese. Un pizzaïolo stéphanois arrêté après avoir été reconnu dans la presse par la police. Edgardo Greco saura demain s'il est extradé en Italie pour purger sa peine de prison à perpétuité pour double homicide.

Invitée : Charlotte Moge, maitresse de conférences en études italiennes à l'université Jean Moulin à Lyon.

Episode Resources:

Utah Department of Culture and Community Engagement

Native American Teaching Artist Roster: Utah Division of Arts and Museums

List of Utah Title VI Coordinators

 

Native American Curriculum Initiative Website

www.advancingartsleadership.com/naci

Native American Lesson Plans

www.education.byu.edu/arts/lessons

About the BYU ARTS Partnership 

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Episode Notes:

Cally Flox: Welcome to the Artful Teaching podcast. I'm here with co-host Heather Francis. We have two guests with us this morning, Emily Soderborg, project manager of the Native American Curriculum Initiative, and Brenda Beyal, project coordinator of the Native American Curriculum Initiative. Brenda, we've been answering questions from our teachers, and we have a list of questions here that we've been trying to get to. Let’s jump right in. Our listeners want to know: “How do I meet, connect with, and make friends with Native Americans in my community?”

You May Already Have Native American Friends

Brenda Beyal: You have already met Native American people. You probably have friends that are Native American. The assumption that there are different communities that we have to walk into, to meet people and make friends, is probably something that we need to do away with. There are Native Americans all over the United States—we're still here. We are contributing members of the community. 

If you want to make friends or get to know a little bit more about culture, there are many opportunities that you can look for. One is to see if there are any community outreach programs, like in our community, there is the Utah Department of Culture and Community Engagement. Go to their website and you will find a lot of information on different events that may be happening. There are always series or lectures going on; there are museums that you can visit that are maybe hosting an art show done by Native Americans; and, you can also reach out to the Title VI program in your school community. I know that in our community, right now, it's winter. There are storytelling events that are going on up and down the Wasatch Front that you can find out about. It is quite easy to find events that you can go to. But I want to ask Emily, as a non-Native, how would you approach going into an event or, you know, just becoming a part of maybe a celebration?

Building Confidence to Participate in Native Events

Emily Soderborg: I think the biggest thing is just observing first, having a really open mind. I will just go and take my family places; oftentimes, I don't know anyone, but I'll just sit and observe and watch and see how other people are interacting. Be open to try new things. People that I follow on social media, I get information. This helps me to know a little bit about what's going on—just a little bit— which helps me to have conversations that feel more comfortable. Oftentimes, if you have absolutely no idea, no background, then you don't know how to start a conversation with someone. Having just a little bit of information, understanding that there are no wrong questions, believing that we can honestly, openly, and sincerely ask questions, then the people that we're interacting with, whatever differences they may have, whatever culture they may be from, they will recognize that and they will respond. 

I know I've asked questions in the wrong way in the past, and I've learned from that. The people that I was talking to said, “Oh, that's probably not the best way to ask that question. Here's a different way to ask it.” For example, asking the question, “Where do you come from?” isn't the best question. Instead, more appropriate questions are, 

• “Can you tell me about your background?” 
• “Can you tell me where your accent comes from?”
• “Can you tell me where your language is from?” 

I've learned from asking questions because I really want to know, and from just doing a little bit of research, so I know what types of questions are appropriate or what things I should ask. Finding the students in your classroom that are Native and connect with their parents. Asking parents questions has been really helpful for me too.

Asking Questions Appropriately Helps Build Community
 

Cally Flox: Emily, talking about the students in schools—during Arts Express 2022, we had many Native American artists who were there presenting, and each of them shared their stories as they presented. I was struck by how many of them grew up with their friends and their teachers thinking they were Hispanic rather than Native American. Because of that misunderstanding, they never even had a chance to share what their heritage is, and where their relatives came from, or what they connect with, or associate with. To hear that over and over again: “They thought I was Hispanic.” “They didn't understand what my braids meant.” 

How simple it is to ask questions! You offered great ideas, Emily, teaching us how to ask authentic and genuine questions and then how to listen. We want to get to know every student in our class. So, we should be asking these questions of everybody: 

• “What do you relate to?” 
• “How do your grandparents feel about this?” 
• “Where does your language come from?” 

I love how you ask those questions. When I went to a couple of different powwows, the Native people there are in full regalia and are with their people, and that culture is different—I was the outsider. That was a different way of getting to know them. It's one thing when we're in the majority, but then there's another thing when we're in the minority.

Emily Soderborg: I've had that opportunity often to be in the minority. You recognize how uncomfortable you might feel, and how, since Native Americans are in the minority most of the time, how they have to approach things differently. Being in the minority helps you recognize how they feel most of the time, and helps you know how you would want to be reached out to how you would want to be responded to. Having those experiences helps you be more able to be the one open and welcoming when you are in the majority.

Finding Commonality Within Our Native and Non-Native Communities
 

Brenda Beyal: As an indigenous person, if I see someone at an event, or if I invite someone to participate, I welcome questions. I always hope that they do not come into an environment thinking us and them, but rather us as humans that are having shared experiences, and that we have more commonalities than differences. Going into a situation and looking for commonalities helps in any situation, whether it's talking with somebody that is from a different race, or who comes from a different life experience, or comes from maybe a different point of view, religion, that we look for the commonalities

Cally Flox: When we find those commonalities, we see that we are more alike than we are different, that we can learn from one another, and see that together, we make a community. I think that that puts everyone at ease. Brenda, typically when we start a podcast, you start by introducing yourself in your native tongue, right? Because we've jumped right over that today, could we stop and acknowledge one of the beautiful ways we're different is your ownership of your culture through your language. 

Brenda Beyal: Yá’át’ééh Shí éí Brenda Beyal yinishyé, 'Áshįįhi nishłį́, Kinyaa'áanii bashishchiin, Tó'áhani dashicheii, Tó'aheedlíinii dashinalí, Ákót’éego asdzáán nishłį́. I just shared with you that my name is Brenda Beyal. I am born into the Salt Clan. I'm born for the Towering House people. I shared my maternal and paternal clans. At the very end, I said, “This is the kind of woman I am.” That's how I ended it.

Cally Flox: Beautiful. Thank you so much. Each time I hear you introduce yourself I reflect: 

• What is my maternal lineage? 
• What is my paternal lineage? 
• What kind of woman do I want to be?

I learned so much in these reflections. We find our common ground as I let you express your individual voice. Remember the day you taught me how to make frybread out in the in the driveway, getting ready for one of our gatherings? I realize we are both cooks for a family. We have both done family reunions and large gatherings before for our different clans. And we did that together that day based on your recipes and your heritage, but it's aligned perfectly with the times that I spent learning cinnamon rolls from one of my great mentors and cooking with my grandmother. Those things perfectly aligned! 

Observing Family Relationships at a Native Powwow

One of my most powerful memories when I was at the powwow here at BYU: I was brought to tears watching three different fathers. I sat quietly and just observed, because I love the dancing and the regalia and the interactions of the families. I love watching the families work. I watched three fathers standing in different places, helping their sons don their regalia for their dance: one was a toddler, one was maybe five or six, and one was eight or ten. I watched the caring of these fathers as they went through the ritual of putting on the regalia, getting ready to dance, and then watching these little boys follow their fathers out into the hallway and go down and line up to get ready to enter for their dance. I went, “Oh, my goodness, families are universal. Families are the same.” They had their rituals; my relatives have our rituals of baseball games or river rafting. But the emotional connection was just the same. I just saw the power of parenting in the time these fathers were spending with their children.

Brenda Beyal: Cally, that just warms my heart because it brings me back to the commonalities: seeing how we're alike rather than looking for differences. I'm not saying that we don't acknowledge the vibrant diversity of people in general, but underneath that all we all have love for family, love for ancestors, and love for one another.

Heather Francis: This topic made me think about recent Native American friends that I've made. I've been working with a woman in my neighborhood on a couple community projects. I knew that she traveled back to Arizona and that she had Native American heritage. But when I bring it up—and I'm trying to ask more questions to understand her background—it's not really what she wants to talk about. Asking her to tell me about her Native heritage feels almost “othering” rather than creating understanding on the ideas that are present and shared between both of us. So I focus on our relationship, our shared goals, and everyday ordinary experiences. I honor her Native American heritage by also acknowledging the many contemporary labels that she brings to the table everyday such as employee, mother, volunteer, community activist, etc. 

Brenda Beyal: I love that. I want to go back to where you have already met Native Americans, because we are a very vibrant part of the community already. I love that friendship trumps any kind of need to separate or even, you know, “Because you're Native, let me talk to you about Native things.” Instead, it's the friendship of people and human beings. Obviously, for all of us sitting here, we don't talk native 24/7 just because Brenda Beyal is in the room. We talk about all kinds of things.

Heather Francis: Could it be said that making friends with Native American people is like making friends with anybody? 

Brenda Beyal: Exactly.

Cally Flox: Along that same line, it's important that we become aware of others’ sensitivities when it comes to anyone we’re making friends with. Because I'm going to make friends more quickly with a Native American person when I do ask the right questions like—I can't think of it right now, Brenda, but you've said don't ask, “What tribe are you from?” What is the important wording?

Brenda Beyal: Sometimes people will say, “Oh, so are you Indian?” That's probably not the best way to begin a conversation. If you have introduced yourself and said hello, and you find this person intriguing and you think, “Hey, we might be friends.” Then, maybe another question down the line would be, “What tribal nation are you from?” Or, “What tribal nation do you hail from?” That kind of wording shows that you are being more specific rather than generalizing Native American people. 

Cally Flox: What’s the question Native people ask each other so they don’t date in the same clan?

Brenda Beyal: Oh, that's for differing tribes, for the Native people. For Navajo people, you want to make sure that you’re not dating someone that is born into the same clan you are, because clans are actually a form of building relationships and showing that we are all related. My parents would always encourage us to find out what clan the person that we were dating came from, because they never wanted us to date someone who was a member of our clan. So we would say, “What's your clan?”

Emily Soderborg: I want to state that oftentimes, I ask permission: “Would you be willing to share what your heritage is? What are your affiliations with tribal nations?” Because they might not want to talk about it. 

Heather Francis: I think that in some ways we broker friendships with schools and teachers and native communities. So if you are interested, we can help you connect with your Title VI coordinator or connect you with the Native Artist Teaching Roster. Bringing a Native artist to your classroom is a great way to make a new friend. 
 

Cally Flox: Some of the children in your classroom who are Native have never had the courage to speak up and say they’re Native. The day that Native artist shows up might be the day that they have the courage to really talk about their heritage.

Brenda Beyal: I do have to say that there are many parents who would happily come into your classroom and teach about their culture and their heritage.

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The Mob, The Mafia, and The Man Season 3 Episode 15
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From a cop's point of view, Mike Dowd shares with us who is more feared on the streets, and more importantly, WHY. Both mob factions have ruthless killers, and John and Mike Dowd will take you back through a bit of history to show how each faction or clan came together, where they are now, and how it relates to The Commission. Let’s vote! Tell us in the comments who YOU think is more ruthless!

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