Discorsi

In this episode, we travel to Tulsa, Oklahoma to talk with Haley Buzzard Hamilton, an account executive working in development with the Tulsa Area United Way. Haley recounts her childhood in rural northeastern Oklahoma along with her education journey and other life moments that shaped her views on leadership in Indian Country. She further recounts how she is now able to leverage that knowledge in working with tribes in her career today.

In this episode, John sits and talks with Terrell Iron Shell, Mia Sage Stevens, Kalvin Sanchez, Jasilyn Charger, Danny Grassrope, and Wilma Steele, all of the International Indigenous Youth Council, about their work and activism in the Standing Rock Camp to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline.

In this episode, we meet Liz Gonzalez, Bianca Franco, Courage, and Rudy Clark, who have all recently traveled to the Sacred Stone Camp at Standing Rock to stand in solidarity with the growing community there as the camp enters its sixth month of existence. This is the first part in a two part episode.

No podcast episode this week! Instead, head over to discorsi.org to see video and photos of John's trip to Standing Rock. Wni Miconi! Water is life!

Byron Mallott grew up in rural Southeast Alaska with dreams of a comfortable life as a commercial fisherman. Instead, he embarked on a career that led him to leadership positions within municipal, state, nonprofit, and corporate arenas. In this episode of Discorsi, we travel to Juneau to listen to Alaska's 12th Lieutenant Governor talk about his remarkable life in public service and lessons of leadership for and on behalf of his people.

In this pilot episode, we meet Stacy L. Leeds, Dean of the University of Arkansas School of Law. A member of the Cherokee Nation, headquartered in Talequah, Oklahoma, Stacy talks leadership, Cherokee politics, heritage, and retracing the Trail of Tears on bike.

Welcome to Discorsi! This brief episode is a preview of what's to come in the podcast, including the "Leading Native America" series, where you'll meet a variety of individuals from Indian Country who are leaders in their respective fields.