Our Guests:

Jordan Connell, Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma

Schools: University of Oregon (BA; Major: Family and Human Services; Minor: Native American Studies) and The Brown School at Washington University in St Louis (Master of Social Work; Concentration: American Indian/Alaska Native communities)

Mentions/Mentors: Native faculty at UO, Native community in Eugene, Longhouse stewards at UO and Lane, Gordon Bettles (late UO Longhouse steward)

Alejandra Gonzalez, Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota

Graduate School: The Brown School at Washington University in St Louis, Master of Social Work

Mentions/Mentors: Angelina Adams , Laura Rice , Angela Lindsey-Nunn 

Support the youth counseling groups at the school where Alejandra is the school counselor by giving at her Amazon wishlist.

Media and Resources

Books
An Indigneous Peoples’ History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Dancing on Our Turtle’s Back by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
Decolonizing Trauma Work by Renee Linklater
Decolonizing Methodologies by Linda Tuhiwai Smith
Therapeutic Nations by Dian Million

Podcasts
All My Relations
Media Indigenia- Spotify Podcast
Wounded: A Native True Crime Podcast 

Shows/Movies
Reservation Dogs
Indian Horse
Rhymes for Young Ghouls
City of Ghosts (season 1 episode Tongvaar )- Netflix Series 
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World- Documentary 

Social Media Influencers

Matika Wilbur
Dr. Kim Tallbear
Chef Nephi Craig
Dr. Alex Wilson