indigenous ways of knowing

This episode of the Getting Smart Podcast is part of a new short monthly series where Mason Pashia is joined by Dr. Jason Cummins, a previous guest and a friend of the podcast, to speak with indigenous leaders and academics to discuss how indigenous ways of knowing and leading can, and should, shape the education system.  

Awaachiáookaate’, or Jason Cummins Ed.D is an enrolled member of the Apsaalooke Nation, and recently served as the Deputy Director for the White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Native Americans and Strengthening Tribal Colleges and Universities, Office of the Secretary. Previously, he was the principal at Crow Agency Public School. As an Indigenous scholar and school leader he has innovatively worked to lead schools towards authentically serving Native American students PreK-12 and their communities by implementing culturally sustaining, trauma-informed, and restorative approaches. 

We are joined by Alex Red Corn, Ed.D, a citizen of Osage Nation, where he is a member of the Tsi.zhu.wah.shtah.geh (Gentle Sky/Peacekeeper) clan. At Kansas State University, he is Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership, Coordinator of Indigenous Partnerships, CoChair of the Indigenous Faculty and Staff Alliance, Executive Director of the Kansas Association for Native American Education (KANAE) and Program Coordinator for the Indigenous Educational Leadership Graduate

Links: 

• A Walk in My Shoes Documentary

• Alex Red Corn Bio

• The Rural Educator

• Journal of American Indian Education

• Indigenous Steam (Analise and Megan Bang)

• Osage Ribbon Work

• Lanny Real Bird

• Liberating Sovreign Potential

Conversations with Dr. Tyson Yunkaporta, from Deakin University in Australia, who conducts research in Indigenous Knowledge Systems applied to language, cognition, consciousness, governance, and economics. His book Sand Talk is paradigm-shifting because it brings a crucial Indigenous perspective to historical and cultural issues of history, education, money, power, and sustainability—and offers a new template for living.

Enjoy current episodes while we prepare Season 2 with lots of storytelling!  Find @credko on Twitter.  See  alivepodcast.net

Thank you,

Cristina Redko, PhD

Key Sources:

Tyson Yunkaporta, Sand Talk: Can Indigenous Thinking Save the World, Harper Collins, 2020

The Other Others, a podcast by Tyson Yunkaporta

Deep Relaxation by Kevin MacLeod - (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 

Theme music created by Tim Moor. Source: https://soundcloud.com/tymur-khakimov

pod inbox