Inspired Podcast

For the Inspired Podcast, presented by American Indian Graduate Center, join our host Dr. Corey Still as we share space with community activists, changemakers, scholars and leaders across Indian Country who are dedicated to empowering our communities and uplifting Native voices for generations to come.

EPISODE 1

Kicking off Season Two of the Inspired Podcast, we are joined by Cecelia Rose LaPointe (Bad River Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe & Keweenaw Bay Indian Community) of Red Circle Consulting. Drawing on her personal experiences, Cecelia shares words of advice and inspiration to empower scholars, and their communities as they navigate higher education while facing their own intergenerational traumas.

EPISODE 2 This week our host Dr. Corey Still shares space with Hud Oberly (Osage, Caddo, and Comanche) of Urban Native Era and American Indian Graduate Center’s Board of Directors, and Clementine Bordeaux (Rosebud Sioux Tribe), an American Indian Graduate Center doctoral scholar and professional from the University of California Los Angeles to discuss Native representation and visibility on a national scale. Sharing both their professional and personal experiences, our guests will explore the inaccuracies of how our communities are represented in media and pop culture, and advice for Native scholars pursuing higher education who encounter these stereotypes.

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EPISODE 3 Bob Miller (Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma) Building Prosperity Across Indian Country

American Indian Graduate Center Alumnus Bob Miller joined Dr. Corey Still for episode three of the Inspired Podcast to discuss the importance of creating private sector economies in our Tribal communities and the value of empowering entrepreneurs throughout Indian Country. Drawing from his own professional experience, Bob Miller shared insights and best practices to bolster Native businesses and ultimately strengthen Tribal economies.

Bob Miller is a professor at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University and serves as interim Chief Justice for the Pascua Yaqui Tribal Court of Appeals and Appellate Judge for the Courts of Appeals of the Shawnee Tribe, the Grand Ronde Tribe, and Northwest Inter-Tribal Court System.

In 2012, he was elected to the American Law Institute and in 2014 he was elected to the prestigious American Philosophical Society. His scholarly works include articles, books and book chapters on a wide array of Federal Indian Law issues and Civil Procedure, and he speaks regularly on Indian Law issues across the United States.

INSPIRED PODCAST FEATURE EPISODE 6 In this episode of the Inspired Podcast, some of our topics include content related to Missing And Murdered Indigenous Women and violence in our communities. While one of our goals is to empower our communities through healing and open dialogue, we understand that this content may be difficult for some to listen to. Featuring special guest American Indian Graduate Center Alumna Tai Simpson (Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho), join us as we share space to discuss advocating for social justice and using the Indigenous old ways to promote racial and social equity.

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EPISODE 7 Shandiin Herrera (Navajo Nation) Our Time is Now

AIGCS Alumna Shandiin Herrera also joined the show and shared her experiences representing Indian Country on the national stage through media outlets like Good Morning America and corporate platforms, such as the Verizon commercial that premiered during the 2021 Oscars.

ShandiinHerrera recently finished her tenure as a Lead for America Hometown Fellow, where she served for two years as a Policy Analyst and Project Consultant for her home community of Monument Valley, Utah. She is a co-founder of the Navajo Hopi COVID-19 Relief Fund and recently she helped launch the Tse Bii Ndzisgaii Community Center, where she will serve as director.

She has been named American Indian Graduate Center’s Undergraduate Student of the Year for 2018 and a 2019 Champion for Change with the Center for Native American Youth at The Aspen Institute. She has also been named Duke University’s first Native American Udall Scholar and a Chief Manuelito Scholar. Recently she also received the 2021 Changemaker Award from Duke University.

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EPISODE 8 Sedelta Oosahwee ( Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation & Cherokee Nation) Advocating for Our Communities

For the season finale of American Indian Graduate Center’s Inspired Podcast, special guest AIGCS Alumna Sedelta Oosahwee spoke on the necessity of advocating for our communities. Sedelta Oosahwee shared her vast experience as an advocate, and offered advice and best practices to help organizations and individuals alike better advocate for Native people. Throughout her career, Oosahwee has worked on behalf of Native communities in various capacities at the Tribal, state and national level. She currently serves as a Senior Program Policy Analyst and Specialist (American Indian/Alaska Native Liaison) with the National Education Association. In this role she serves as a team lead on racial justice in education, manages national partnerships, and advises on American Indian and Alaska Native issues.

She has also served in the Obama Administration as a Senior Advisor in the Office of the Secretary at the United States Department of Agriculture and as Associate Director of the White House Initiative on American Indian and Alaska Native Education at the United States Department of Education.

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