1.15: Native American Voices Pt. 1

First Name Basis Podcast

Jasmine Bradshaw

How To, Parenting, Education, Kids & Family

5 • 629 Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2019

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

In this episode we interview Ryan Kamper. Ryan is from the Diné (Navajo) Nation. He is of the Folded arms people born for the Anglo-Saxon people, his maternal grandfather is of the Blackstreaked woods people and his paternal grandfather is Anglo-Saxon.

Ryan grew up on the reservation and moved to the city when he was 12 years old. He received an Associates of arts from Paradise Valley community college and is working toward a bachelor’s degree in technology management. Ryan is currently a Senior Business Systems Analyst working in Higher Education at Maricopa Community Colleges. His current career goals are to finish his bachelor's degree and work toward becoming a software developer his personal goals are to continue preserving family history, culture and traditions of his tribe. In this episode we discuss:

Teaching your children about Thanksgiving
Ryan’s personal experience with stereotypes and oppression
Cultural appropriation during Halloween and Thanksgiving
How to get involved with the Native American community
Native American cultural values of family, respect for the environment, and the legacy we want to leave on this earth

Articles, Studies, & Podcasts Referenced in the Episode

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Song Credit: “Away” by Geographer and “Beach Disco” by Dougie Wood

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0:00.0	You're listening to the First Name Basis podcast, episode 15. Native American Voices Part 1.
0:12.0	Welcome to First Name Basis, a community of parents committed to making the transformation, from good intentions to confident action.
0:20.7	Join us each week as we cover
0:22.3	critical topics and answer the questions you've never felt comfortable asking. We'll use the lessons
0:27.3	we learn to teach our children about race, religion, and culture. I am so glad you are here. Before we get into the episode,
0:51.3	I just want to tell you, this is our second to last episode in this
0:55.0	first season of first name basis. So we'll have this Native American Voices episode and then the
1:00.5	next one. And after that, we're just going to take a little break until 2020. We will be back on
1:06.6	January 9th, 2020. So make sure you check back in and catch up on those episodes that you missed.
1:13.3	Today on the podcast, I am so excited to start our Native American Voices series.
1:19.6	We have just a couple of episodes in this series, but after talking so much about Thanksgiving,
1:24.7	we felt like it was important to go to the source. And we have interviewed two
1:29.2	amazing men from the Native American community. I know. You heard me say men and you are like me
1:36.0	and you're thinking, wait a minute, where are the women? Don't you worry. I have them coming up.
1:42.1	We have an amazing panel of Native American women
1:45.6	coming in March for Women's History Month. So don't worry. I would never leave our sisters out.
1:52.2	But today on the podcast we have Ryan Camper, who I actually met through my dad. My dad has worked
2:00.1	in financial aid my entire life and I have totally loved
2:03.9	watching him allow people to go to college and get a higher education who wouldn't have been
2:10.0	able to previously. So he's the dean of financial aid for all of the Maricopa Community
2:15.4	Colleges across the state. And he works with Ryan. Ryan is a
2:19.8	senior business analyst for Maricopa Community Colleges and they work together. Ryan was explaining to me
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