Native Circles
This podcast features Native American and Indigenous voices, stories, and experiences for everyone to learn, not only in North America but also throughout the world. The founders of Native Circles are Dr. Farina King (Diné) and Sarah Newcomb (Tsimshian), who were inspired to start this podcast to educate wider publics about the interconnections and significance of Native American, Alaska Native, and Indigenous experiences and matters. The primary co-hosts of the podcast are Dr. King, Dr. Davina Two Bears, and Eva Bighorse. Dr. King is the Horizon Chair of Native American Ecology and Culture and an associate professor of Native American Studies at the University of Oklahoma. Newcomb works as a freelance editor, writer, and blogger with degrees in English and a focus in Non-Fiction Creative Writing. Dr. Two Bears (Diné) is a Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow in the School for Human Evolution and Social Change at Arizona State University. Bighorse (Cayuga and Diné) is an Indigenous human development advocate with expertise in tribal healthcare relations. Brian D. King is an assistant editor for the podcast with experiences in journalism and writing. Learn more about the podcast and episodes on the official website of "Native Circles" at https://nativecirclespodcast.com/.
Episodes
45 episodes
Native Wellbeing and Dr. Yvette Brown-Shirley's Healing Path
In this episode of Native Circles, Eva Bighorse and Dr. Farina King talk with Dr. Yvette Brown-Shirley, a Diné neurologist specializing in sports neurology and brain injury medicine at Barrow Neurological Institute. Dr. Brown-Shirley s...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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42:20
Cherokee Elder Christine Armer and "Keeping the Language"
Christine Armer is a Cherokee elder and language instructor of nearly 20 years at the University of Oklahoma who grew up in a Cherokee community where she wasn’t introduced to the English language until she attended grade school. This is the fi...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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18:13
"Buffalo Dreamer": Violet Duncan on Creativity, Community, and Healing
In this Native Circles episode, Eva Bighorse and Dr. Farina King sit down with Violet Duncan, an award-winning author, dancer, and storyteller from the Plains Cree of the Kehewin Cree Nation and of Taino descent. Together, they trace Violet's p...
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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52:40
Kaitlin Reed and "Settler Cannabis"
In this episode, Dr. Davina Two Bears and Dr. Farina King are joined by Dr. Kaitlin Reed (Yurok/Hupa/Oneida) to discuss her groundbreaking first book, Settler Cannabis: From Gold Rush to Green Rush in Indigenous Northern California, pu...
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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49:46
Indigenizing Technologies for Learning: Kelly Berry on Gaming, Education, and Culture
This episode features Dr. Kelly Berry, an enrolled citizen of the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma (Plains Apache) with affiliations to the Kiowa and Choctaw Nations. Dr. Berry is a Mellon Impact Post-Doctoral Fellow and Lecturer in the Department of N...
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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39:20
Blaire Morseau and Neshnabé Knowledge
In this episode, Dr. Blaire Morseau joins Dr. Davina Two Bears and Dr. Farina King to discuss her work with Neshnabé (Potawatomi) knowledge systems, focusing on birch bark, language, and archives. Dr. Morseau highlights the significance of Simo...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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53:15
Calling Back Home with Ah-in-nist Sipes
Ah-in-nist, also known as Clifford, Sipes is Cheyenne with family ties in both Oklahoma and Montana. His father was the last authorized historian of the Cheyenne People, and a respected Chief and Pipe Carrier. His Mother is a citizen of the Cad...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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52:43
"With the Ancestors": Mel Fillmore and Policy Work with MMIP
Co-founders of the Native Circles podcast Sarah Newcomb and Farina King co-host this session introducing Dr. Melanie ("Mel") Fillmore (they/them/she/her) who is urban mixed Hunkpapa, Lakota of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North and South Da...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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56:39
Liz Ellis and "The Great Power of Small Nations"
Dr. Elizabeth (Liz) Ellis talks with co-hosts Davina Two Bears and Farina King about her journey, which led her to writing her first book The Great Power of Small Nations: Indigenous Diplomacy in the Gulf South. She highlights aspects ...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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45:05
Dr. Joshua Nelson and "Trail of the Thunderbirds"
Dr. Joshua Nelson, a Cherokee Nation citizen scholar, talks with Dr. Farina King about his experiences in Italy and work on a documentary tentatively titled, "Trail of the Thunderbirds." His documentary film project features two Native American...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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46:47
Fry Bread Stories with Kevin Maillard
Dr. Kevin Maillard (who has a PhD and JD) shares key insights about his award-winning children's book Fry Bread with co-hosts Dr. Farina King and Dr. Davina Two Bears. Dr. Maillard is Professor of Law at Syracuse University, a contribu...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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43:42
Skylar Begay and Indigenous Land Conservation
In this episode co-hosted by Dr. Davina Two Bears, Eva Bighorse, and Dr. Farina King, Skylar ("Sky") Begay shares insights from his life and work with Conservation, Native representation in new spaces, the Great Bend of the Gila, Save History, ...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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51:34
Farina King talks about "Diné dóó Gáamalii"
Dr. Davina Two Bears and Eva Bighorse talk with Dr. Farina King about her book, Diné dóó Gáamalii: Navajo Latter-day Experiences in the Twentieth Century that the University Press of Kansas published through the Lyda Conley Series on T...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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53:39
Oliviah Walker and Healing-Centered Public Health
Oliviah Walker (she/her) highlights "healing-centered approaches" to public health based on her work with Indigenous communities in this conversation with co-hosts Eva Bighorse and Davina Two Bears. She also shares insights about impacts of Mur...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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41:29
Derek Taira on Native Hawaiians and American Schooling
In this episode, Farina King and Eva Bighorse co-host a conversation with Derek Taira who is an associate professor of history and educational policy at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. He earned his Ph.D. in history and educational policy s...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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53:10
Veronica E. Tiller and Thriving Native Nations
Dr. Veronica E. Velarde Tiller shares insights from her extensive work and experience, in this episode with co-hosts Dr. Farina King and Eva Bighorse, recognizing ways that Native Nations thrive. Tiller is a member of the Jicarilla Apache Natio...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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52:16
Mary Kathryn Nagle discusses her New York Premiere of Manahatta
We talk with playwright and attorney, Mary Kathryn Nagle, about what led her to the New York premiere of her play, Manahatta, at the Public Theater, which starts showing on November 16, 2023. Nagle, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, sh...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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52:24
Lorinda Martinez and "Running with Changing Woman"
Listen to our conversation with author Lorinda Martinez, getting to know her and her new book Running with Changing Woman (2023) that she wrote especially for young adults. Lorinda works with youth as an educator, and Running with ...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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54:50
Eva Bighorse Addresses Native American Rights to Healthcare
In this episode, we welcome our new co-hosts Eva Bighorse and Dr. Davina Two Bears, who are joining Dr. Farina King. We feature Eva (she/her) who is a 2023 Equity Changemaker with the Center for Health Care Strategies, as she advocates for Nati...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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53:10
Liza Black on Indigenous (Mis)Representations in Media
Dr. Liza Black shares her insights about how depictions of Native Americans in media, such as film and television, affect Indigenous peoples and communities. She un...
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Season 1
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Episode 26
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45:22
Looking Back: Two-Year Anniversary of the Native Circles Podcast
This episode features a conversation between Dr. Farina King and Sarah Newcomb about their first two years with the Native Circles Podcast, coming changes, and looking towards the future. Learn more about the podcast at
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Season 1
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Episode 25
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45:57
Kumiko Noguchi and Yuka Mizutani on Why Native American Studies Matter in Japan and the World
Two Japanese professors, Dr. Kumiko Noguchi and Dr. Yuka Mizutani, share insights from their experiences and work with Native American and Indigenous communities, which underscore the significance of Native American Studies in Japan and through...
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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1:03:42
Indigenous DC and Guides to Native Lands with Elizabeth Rule
This episode features Dr. Elizabeth Rule and her work with Indigenous DC and guides to Native Lands. She discusses the myth of invisibility surrounding Native American contributions to the history of Washington DC and how it can and should be a...
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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54:46
Sasha Maria Suarez on Expanding What Native Activism Looks Like
Sasha Maria Suarez shares her thoughts and research with us about expanding what Native activism looks like. Suarez is a direct descendant of the White Earth Nation of Ojibwe and is the second generation from her family to be born and raised as...
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Season 1
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Episode 22
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50:43
Reconceiving School through Indigenous Education with Meredith McCoy and Matthew Villeneuve
Listen to a conversation with Meredith McCoy and Matthew Villeneuve about historical and current strategies that Indigenous people used to repurpose the educational systems for Indigenous well-being. In this episode, we are also joined by a stu...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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44:38