Listen "S1:E6 - The Legacy of Colonialism Part 2 w/ Shawna Larson, Aaron Leggett, TJ Smith, Curt Karns & Curtis Ivanoff"
Episode Synopsis
In this episode we continue to unpack the legacy of colonialism with these guests:
Shawna Larson (Deputy Director of the Native Movement)
Aaron Leggett (Senior Curator of Alaska History and Indigenous Culture at Anchorage Museum and the President of the Native Village of Eklutna)
TJ Smith (President of the Indigenous Ministers Association and Pastor of New Song Covenant Church in Anchorage)
Curt Karns (Executive Presbyter of the Presbytery of Yukon)
Curtis Ivanoff (Superintendent of the Alaska Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church)
More from our guests / resources they mentioned:
All about the excellent work of Native Movement including the trainings they offer: https://www.nativemovement.org
Mark Charles TED talk on the Doctrine of Discovery: https://www.ted.com/talks/mark_charles_the_truth_behind_we_the_people_the_three_most_misunderstood_words_in_us_history
Is an apology in order? By Curtis Ivanoff: https://issuu.com/eccaksinew/docs/spring_2017
About the Indigenous Ministers Association of the Evangelical Covenant Church: https://www.northwestconference.org/interview-with-the-rev-tj-smith-president-of-the-indigenous-ministers-association/
About indigenous leaders in the Evangelical Covenant Church: https://covenantcompanion.com/2020/03/12/sacred-stories/
News Story about the Presbyterain Church apology: https://www.alaskapublic.org/2017/02/08/presbyterian-church-formally-apologizes-to-north-slope-natives-for-denouncing-culture/
Resources Used to Create this Episode:
https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/1720/the-art-of-fiction-no-139-chinua-achebe
https://slate.com/culture/2019/11/history-is-written-by-the-victors-quote-origin.html
George Santayana (1905) Reason in Common Sense, p. 284, volume 1 of The Life of Reason https://www.gutenberg.org/files/15000/15000-h/15000-h.htm#vol1
https://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_ngozi_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story?language=en
https://ltgov.alaska.gov/information/alaskas-constitution/
Jones, P., 2010, City for empire: An Anchorage history, 1914-1941, University of Alaska Press, Fairbanks.
Shawna Larson (Deputy Director of the Native Movement)
Aaron Leggett (Senior Curator of Alaska History and Indigenous Culture at Anchorage Museum and the President of the Native Village of Eklutna)
TJ Smith (President of the Indigenous Ministers Association and Pastor of New Song Covenant Church in Anchorage)
Curt Karns (Executive Presbyter of the Presbytery of Yukon)
Curtis Ivanoff (Superintendent of the Alaska Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church)
More from our guests / resources they mentioned:
All about the excellent work of Native Movement including the trainings they offer: https://www.nativemovement.org
Mark Charles TED talk on the Doctrine of Discovery: https://www.ted.com/talks/mark_charles_the_truth_behind_we_the_people_the_three_most_misunderstood_words_in_us_history
Is an apology in order? By Curtis Ivanoff: https://issuu.com/eccaksinew/docs/spring_2017
About the Indigenous Ministers Association of the Evangelical Covenant Church: https://www.northwestconference.org/interview-with-the-rev-tj-smith-president-of-the-indigenous-ministers-association/
About indigenous leaders in the Evangelical Covenant Church: https://covenantcompanion.com/2020/03/12/sacred-stories/
News Story about the Presbyterain Church apology: https://www.alaskapublic.org/2017/02/08/presbyterian-church-formally-apologizes-to-north-slope-natives-for-denouncing-culture/
Resources Used to Create this Episode:
https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/1720/the-art-of-fiction-no-139-chinua-achebe
https://slate.com/culture/2019/11/history-is-written-by-the-victors-quote-origin.html
George Santayana (1905) Reason in Common Sense, p. 284, volume 1 of The Life of Reason https://www.gutenberg.org/files/15000/15000-h/15000-h.htm#vol1
https://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_ngozi_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story?language=en
https://ltgov.alaska.gov/information/alaskas-constitution/
Jones, P., 2010, City for empire: An Anchorage history, 1914-1941, University of Alaska Press, Fairbanks.
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