Native Stories

Dr. Michael Little Crow is an esteemed Indigenous Math Educator deeply committed to promoting mathematics education and empowering learners from diverse backgrounds. He is a member of the Turtle Mountain Chippewa-Cree people. He co-founded OPEN Global Village, Original Peoples Education Network, which supports education abroad initiatives. He actively collaborates with the education agencies of se...

Kori Czuy, ᒥᐦᑯᐱᐦᐁᓯᐤ, is Cree/Métis Polish, and was born in Treaty 8 by the banks of the Peace River. She is the Manager, Indigenous Engagement at the Spark Science Centre, focusing on bringing together multiple ways of knowing science. Kori is on an ongoing journey to reconnect with and learn from the knowings of the land, as well as helping others connect with the complexities of these knowings a...

Temaʻuounukuhiva Teʻikitekahioho-Wolff was born in Hilo, Hawaiʻi and raised in the district of Puna. He went to Ke Kula o Nāwahīokalaniʻōpuʻu, a Hawaiian language immersion school, where he learned Hawaiian language. He is of ʻEnana (Marquesan), Hawaiian, Chinese, Dutch and American descent. He currently lives in Aotearoa New Zealand with his partner and in 2020 pursued a Masters of Māori and Paci...

Dr. Bryan Dawson is a University Professor of Mathematics, from Union University in Jackson, Tennessee. He has a public Canvas course called “Calculus with Infinitesimals”: https://uu.instructure.com/courses/13558

Jodie and Roberta are a mother/daughter duo both from Institute of Education at Massey University in New Zealand with Cook Island roots. Dr. Jodie Hunter is an Associate Professor and teaches papers in the area of Mathematics Education and Pasifika education. She has previously worked in the area of mathematics education at Plymouth University, UK in the Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teachi...

Dr. Edward Doolittle is Kanyenkehake (Flint Nation = Mohawk) from Six Nations in southern Ontario. He earned his PhD in pure mathematics (partial differential equations) from the University of Toronto in 1997. In 2000-2001 he was a member of Onkwewenna Kentsyohkwa (Our Language Group) studying the Mohawk language full time in immersion in his home community. In 2001, he joined the faculty of First...

Craig Young is from Tséch’ízhí, Arizona and was nominated recently for the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, the nation’s highest honor for STEM and computer science teachers. He is Honágháahnii, born for Kinłichíi’nii. His maternal grandfather is Tł’ááshchí’í, and his paternal grandfather is Nát’oh Dine’é Bitáá’chii’nii (Táchii’nii).He is a STEM educator/ethn...

Moeata Galenon, the first female Maohi Navigator on the traditional canoe Faafaite. She shares her journey of becoming a crew member of Faafaite, to becoming the first female navigator on the vaa, after she sailed from Tahiti to Aotearoa/New Zealand with co-navigator Titaua Teipoarii in 2019 without using any instruments. She shares on the importance of indigenous knowledge in navigating and in pe...

Dr. Jessica Hernandez (Maya Ch’orti’ & Binnizá) is a transnational Indigenous scholar, scientist, and community advocate based in the Pacific Northwest. Her work is grounded in her Indigenous cultures and ways of knowing. In her newest book, "Fresh Banana Leaves," Jessica breaks down why western conservationism isn't working--and offers Indigenous models informed by case studies, personal stories,...

This episode is apart of our treaty series. Jimmy Lee Beason a father and husband, writer, poet and fiction storyteller shares in part 2 about the Osaga Treaty of 1865. He is apart of the People of the Middle Waters, Eagle Clan - Osage. The known area of today as Kansas. Connect with Jimmy: Ig - @osage_native_scholar Learn more at www.nativestories.org You can download us on your mobile phones! 📲...

This episode is apart of our treaty series. Jimmy Lee Beason a father and husband, writer, poet and fiction storyteller shares in part 1 about the Osaga Treaty of 1808. He is apart of the People of the Middle Waters, Eagle Clan - Osage. The known area of today as Kansas. Connect with Jimmy: Ig - @osage_native_scholar Learn more at www.nativestories.org You can download us on your mobile phones! 📲...

This episode is apart of our treaty series on Norfolks Islanders, The Canberra treaty, What was the understanding that the islanders had when they left Pitcairn Island and settled on Norfolk Island, How has it affected the land and people

Unratified California Treaty K of 1852 is one of the treaties Native Californians signed in 1851−52 provided eighteen reservations (about 11,700 square miles, one-seventh of California) as homelands for indigenous people. U.S. commissioner O.M. Wozencraft and people associated with the San Luis Rey (Luiseño), Cahuilla, and Serrano Indians signed this treaty. Article 3, “To promote the settlement a...

The deeds of cession is a treaty between the United States of America and Eastern islands of Sāmoa that Dr. Brian Alofaituli will be discussing on the history.

This episode will be on Masuria on the Masuria people with Dr. Lorenz Gonschor! This is an overview of indigenous minorities in Europe in general, Masurian ancestors and relatives, how the two international agreements affected them, and finally how there is now a cultural resurgence among those Masurians who survived these upheavals and continue to live there today. Connect with Lorenz: Facebook -...

In this treaty series, we have the Waitangi Treaty of Aotearoa told by Koretotia Williams from Ngāpuhi, Ngātiwai - Aotearoa. The Treaty is a broad statement of principles on which the British and Māori made a political compact to found a nation state and build a government in New Zealand. The document has three articles. In the English version, Māori cede the sovereignty of NZ to Britain, Māori gi...

In this treaty series, we have Adrian Alarilla talks about the Philippine history in the 1898 Treaty of Paris. How this treaty was fought against before, during, and after its passing. How important the Phillippines relationship to the other parts of the world were. Learn more at www.nativestories.org You can download us on your mobile phones! 📲(Both android + iPhone) Listen to our podcast on Goo...

Genomes as Moʻokūʻauhau w/Dr. Keolu Fox Sunday, October 10 7AM HST Keolu Fox is the first Kānaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) to receive a doctorate in genome sciences, and is an assistant professor at the University of California, San Diego, affiliated with the Department of Anthropology, the Global Health Program, the Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute, the Climate Action Lab, the Design Lab, and the...

October 10 - 7AM HST The Treaty Series Featuring Ulamila Monica Cagivanua (@misscaginavanua poetry ig: @afijiandaughter), is an iTaukei (Indigenous Fijian) womxn born and raised in Fiji with village ties to Ekita, Yawe in Kadavu and maternal links to Nasilai in Rewa. In this episode she goes over the Treaty of the Cession as examined by the work of Joeli Baledrokadroka. Signed on the 10 th of Octo...

Halena Kapuni-Reynolds, a PhD student in American Studies, writing his dissertation on the history of Kaukaha and Hawaiian homesteading discusses his research and experience about Puhi Bay and the founding of the Keaukaha homestead community.

Before there were homes here today, it was farmland, and before that Hawaii Kai or originally named maunalua was known to be one of the largest fishponds and food producing areas on Oahu, sustaining the people. Today we will be discussing the Kalama Valley Protests in the 1970’s. High cost of living was hard on residents, like my grandparents , people had to leave Hawaii to afford a roof over thei...

Kenneth Gofigan Kuper is Assistant Professor of Political Science (specializing in Security Studies and International Relations) and Chamoru Studies at the University of Guam. He holds a Ph. D. in Political Science and a M.A. in Pacific Islands Studies from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. His dissertation focused on the complexities of military presence and security in Guam through the concept...

Matahi was born in Tahiti, lived most of his childhood in Papetoai, Moorea. He did part of my studies in Aotearoa and Hawai'i, which is when he realized how little he knew about his own heritage, and it pushed him to learn te reo, and to be more proactive about anything that has to do with our "nativeness". He’s been a reporter for about 10 years, with RFO and then Tahiti Nui Television. Today he’...

SundayNovember 22, 20207AM HST Pōkā is a native son of Hawai`i, and like others, was taught to love the U.S., enough to give his life in war. Like his male siblings, he volunteered in the active U.S. military service. While in that service, he came upon “Hawaii’s Story by Hawaii’s Queen” in 1970. He took a new direction - a commitment to break from U.S. colonization and restore Hawaii’s independen...

Manuia Maiti from Afareaitu, Mo’orea is a local young entrepreneur who exports Tahitian arts and crafts to counties around the world. She believes in the perpetuation of our Ma’ohi cultural goods and identity for the young and future generations. www.facebook.com/TahitiArtCrafts #TahitiArtCrafts #RimaiForASustainableLiving #artisanat #handicrafts #TheIslandsOfTahiti #OurPeople #UNSDGs #FightPovert...