This recording of my Grandma Imogene happened many years ago.  Thank you to Kelsey Brown Otter for sharing this and recording her.  It is a blessing to hear my grandmother speaking Lakhota, this recording is a treasure to me. We miss her very much.

I asked my grandma to tell a story about growing up out at White Crow Settlement (Khangi Ska Oyanke) all in Lakhota.

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Standing Rock Profile with Nacole Walker.

Nacole Walker is Hunkpapa Lakota and Phabaksa Dakota from the Standing Rock Nation. She is a Lakota Language educator and teaches the Lakota and Dakota language at Sitting Bull College, the Lakota Summer Institute, and in communities across Standing Rock and Lakota Country. Previously, she held the positions of Program Director at Sitting Bull College's Lakhol'iyapi Wahohpi/Wichakini Owayawa (Lakota Language Immersion Nest), and Tribal Education Activities Coordinator at the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Department of Education. Nacole is passionate about education and revitalizing the Ocheti Sakowin languages. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics from Dartmouth College in 2011, and is currently completing her Master of Education in Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment from the University of Mary.

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Standardized testing (a philosophy from the corporate world) must be called for what it is-poverty and/or assimilation testing. This week I look into how standardized testing effects our schools. 

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The concept that Government should be run like Business has been around for awhile and is a common theme of many campaigns.  Business practices do not necessarily mean good Government and vice versa.  There is a lot of dysfunction in trying to run America/Government like a CEO and Tribes could learn from this.  I discuss how Business Only mindsets should be avoided in Tribal Governments.

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I take a look at Traditional Lakota philosophy of Governance, American philosophy, as well as our current Standing Rock Constitution.  I also offer possible suggestions for changes that could be made to our constitution as we move into the future. 

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In this episode I welcome Spaceboots to the podcast.  We discuss "trolling,"the wire around the DAPL, structural oppression, education to assimilate, economy, and LeBron James.

In today's episode I talk about poverty porn and how it affects our society in North and South Dakota. I discuss using Wikipedia as a source, taking my college roommate back to the rez, give an example of a poverty porn story, talk about why rezzers need to be shown on regular news stories, dangers of labeling, genocidal policy in sheep's clothing, and poverty porn for humor.  I also talk about the importance of showing humors when discussing anything about the Rez.