Radio Aula Mundi

Felicia Pichette is an indigenous language student and teacher at the Spokane Language House in the state of Washington, in the United States. Its mission is to create a new generation of fluent speakers of Np’oq͗ ínišcn, the Spokane language, which is a dialect of Salish. In turn, the Salish language is highly endangered and at risk of disappearing. Only a few years ago, there were just two Eld...

Dennis Dewa is a Zuni Pueblo artist dedicated to preserving his cultural heritage through vibrant and meaningful artwork. His paintings capture the essence of his Native American roots, blending traditional motifs and iconography with contemporary flairs. He has also taught art classes to youth at the Zuni Youth Enrichment Program in the Pueblo of Zuni, inspiring the next generation of Native Amer...

Steph Littlebird is an artist, curator, writer, and a registered member of Oregon’s Grand Ronde Confederated Tribes. As a descendant of the Chinook and Kalapuyan people, Littlebird makes sure that much of her artwork challenges mainstream portrayals of Native people. As an artist, Littlebird’s work combines traditional aesthetics with contemporary materials and subject matter to forge connections...

Mily Treviño-Sauceda is an American writer, trade unionist and executive director of ‘Alianza Nacional De Campesinas’, the National Alliance of Farmworker Women, a nonprofit organization advocating for the safety and rights of women laborers in agriculture. She is celebrated as a founder of the women’s farmworker movement in the United States. Woody Guthrie’s ‘Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)’...

Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate is a Chickasaw classical composer and pianist. His compositions are inspired by North American Indian history, culture, and language. Among many recent premieres, Tate’s highlights include commissions from the New York Philharmonic and Turtle Island Quartet. On August 15, 2025, the Dover Quartet released their newest album ‘Abokkoli Taloowa’ (Woodland Songs), which fea...

Hataałii is a Diné (Navajo) singer, songwriter, and poet born Hataałiinez Wheeler in Window Rock, AZ, the capital of the Navajo Nation. His name comes from the Navajo term ‘hatałii’, also spelled ‘yataalii’, which means ‘singer’ in English. Singers are medicine men who perform traditional healing ceremonies and blessing rites intended to protect and cure the body, mind, and spirit. Hataałii's...

Preston Singletary is a Native American musician glass artist. He grew up in the Seattle area listening to the stories told by his Tlingit great-grandparents. His art has become synonymous with the relationship between Tlingit culture and fine art. His glass sculptures deal with themes of Tlingit mythology and traditional designs, while also using music to shape his contemporary perspective of Nat...

Daisychain is a female-fronted blues/psych rock band based out of Chicago. Drawing from influences like Patti Smith, Melvins, The Velvet Underground, and Jack White, audiences can expect expressive guitar solos, a dynamic rhythm section, and smoky vocal harmonies all paying homage to a familiar sound. Their debut album, ‘All In A Name’, has been released June 27, 2025, and was produced by Sylvia M...

Américo Mendoza Mori, a Peruvian researcher and teacher of Latin American and Indigenous Studies at Harvard University, introduces himself in Quechua… ••• The following narrative includes excerpts from a collection of testimonies and interviews entitled ‘The Universal Phrasebook Of Indigenous Languages (UPIL), where it is all about the voices, accents, and speech patterns of indigenous people anyw...

Her question is an ongoing topic and issue, especially for indigenous communities, due to tariffs, immigration policies, authoritarianism, especially in the United States… ••• Ellen Jones is a British literary translator from Spanish to English, an editor, and an occasional writer based in Mexico City. https://youtu.be/jFjb0P8eDpg?si=Tvie5eABqnteH5fI ••• Rebecca Webster is an Oneida teacher, autho...

The following narrative includes excerpts from ‘Since The Age Of Our Grandfathers’, a travelogue which is part of a collection of testimonies and interviews entitled ‘The Universal Phrasebook Of Indigenous Languages (UPIL), where it is all about the voices, accents, and speech patterns of indigenous people anywhere in the world, hand in hand with my own personal anecdotes and observations. In addi...

The following narrative includes excerpts from a currently untitled collection of testimonies and interviews, where it is all about people’s voices, accents, and speech patterns, hand in hand with my own personal anecdotes and observations. In addition to that, people are free to introduce themselves and speak their minds openly in their indigenous languages, without any paraphrases or expectation...

Steph Littlebird is an artist, curator, writer, and a registered member of Oregon’s Grand Ronde Confederated Tribes. As a descendant of the Chinook and Kalapuyan people, Littlebird makes sure that much of her artwork challenges mainstream portrayals of Native people. As an artist, Littlebird’s work combines traditional aesthetics with contemporary materials and subject matter to forge connections...

Joseph Russell Diabo, born on December 25th 1955, is a son of a Kahnawake Mohawk Iron Worker, and is a member of the Mohawk Nation at Kahnawake, Quebec, Canada. His work as a First Nations policy analyst focuses on Canada’s colonial history, the history of resistance, and decades of advocacy. Since Russ was a teenager, he has been active in indigenous politics. He was at the 1972 BIA takeover in W...

Question for Marcie Carter: “In the beginning, the mountains thought they were people… How does the story go on from there?” ••• Marcie D. Carter was born and raised in Lewiston, Idaho and is an enrolled member of the Nez Perce Tribe. She has a BS in Biology from Lewis Clark State College and an MS in Wildlife Resources from the UI. She’s currently working on a PhD in Natural Resources at the UI-C...

Daisychain is a female-fronted blues/psych rock band based out of Chicago. Drawing from influences like Patti Smith, Melvins, The Velvet Underground, and Jack White, audiences can expect expressive guitar solos, a dynamic rhythm section, and smoky vocal harmonies all paying homage to a familiar sound. Their debut album, ‘All In A Name’, has been released June 27, 2025, and was produced by Sylvia M...

Chris Vallillo is a singer-songwriter and roots musician, who makes the people and places of ‘unmetropolitan’ America come to life in song. Having spent dozens of years in the rural Midwest, he has a natural affinity for American roots music. ••• https://www.chrisvallillo.com/ https://ilhumanities.org/speakers/chris-vallillo https://m.youtube.com/user/1936Angelus ••• Interview conducted by Marco R...

Calvin Crosby is the co-owner of The King’s English Bookshop and the Executive Director of Brain Food Books, a non-profit dedicated to making books accessible to underserved populations. After initially providing books through community pediatric clinics, under Crosby’s guidance, Brain Food Books has expanded to serve homeless, immigrant, and Native communities in several school districts. Crosby,...

Kevin M. Schultz is professor and chair of history at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) and an award-winning author. He teaches 20th and 21st century American history with special interests in religion and American intellectual and cultural life. Kevin M. Schultz’s most recent book, ‘Why Everyone Hates White Liberals (Including White Liberals)’, explores the deeper reasons behind the motiva...

Laura Hollingsworth is a singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and co-founder of The Transference, a Chicago-based indie rock band whose dark themes are perfectly paired with joyful melodies and vocal harmonies. In 2025, the band signed with Hardstop Records and will release their first full-length album,  ‘Floodlights’, digitally on July 17. The corresponding vinyl LP is set to be released in the f...

Esther Belin is the author of two poetry books and coeditor of ‘The Diné Reader: An Anthology of Navajo Literature’. Belin’s visual art combines a variety of disciplines and works to reframe the mythical primitivism often associated with indigenous cultures. She is a citizen of the Navajo Nation and a member of ‘Saad Bee Hózhǫ́’, a Diné Writers’ Collective. She teaches in the Native American and I...

Claire Bubb is an Assistant Professor of Classical Literature and Science at the Institute For The Study Of The Ancient World at New York University. Parts of her research center on medicine and biological science. She has published many books, her most recent one being ‘How To Eat’, a collection of texts introducing the reader to traditional ways of feasting and healing in Ancient Greece and Rome...

Nicholas Bimibatoo Mishtadim DeShaw is an Ojibwe (Eagle Clan) author currently residing in St Paul, Minnesota. Nicholas is a self-described aspiring Ojibwe language speaker and educator. His debut book, Loaf the Cat Goes to the Pow Wow, will be released May 28, 2024 through Nancy Paulsen Press. ••• https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/690490/loaf-the-cat-goes-to-the-powwow-by-nicholas-deshaw-i...

William A Rodriguez is an indigenous Taino multi-instrumentalist, producer, arranger, composer, and performer. As an active member of the Taino/Arawakan community, he makes ceremonial tools for a variety of cultures. He lives on a sustainable farm in rural Georgia, United States. ••• https://archaicroots.com/ https://m.facebook.com/warodriguez0/ ••• Interview conducted by Marco Rixecker https://ww...

Esther Belin is the author of two poetry books and coeditor of ‘The Diné Reader: An Anthology of Navajo Literature’. Belin’s visual art combines a variety of disciplines and works to reframe the mythical primitivism often associated with indigenous cultures. She is a citizen of the Navajo Nation and a member of ‘Saad Bee Hózhǫ́’, a Diné Writers’ Collective. She teaches in the Native American and I...