382 - Indigenous Peoples' Day: Un-Erasing America's History
Public Health On Call
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
4.6 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 11 October 2021
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
Monday, October 11 is Indigenous Peoples' Day in the U.S.—a day previously recognized as Columbus Day that is now reserved for reflection, education, and untangling the false narrative of discovery. Dr. Sophie Neuner of the Center for American Indian Health and co-host of a new podcast, Indigenae, talks with Dr. Josh Sharfstein about how non-Indigenous people can think about this observance and how Indigenous people are leading on health practices and environmental revitalization. Learn more about Indigenae: https://caih.jhu.edu/programs/indigenae-podcast. Find your area on the Native Land map: native-land.ca
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Season 4 of Public Health On Call, a podcast from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. |
| 0:13.0 | I'm Josh Sharfstein, Vice Dean for Public Health Practice and Community Engagement, and a former Commissioner of Health in Baltimore City. |
| 0:20.0 | Our goal is to bring |
| 0:21.7 | scientific evidence and experience to current topics in public health through engaging interviews |
| 0:27.1 | with scientists, community leaders, policy experts, public health officials, clinicians, and more. |
| 0:32.8 | If you have ideas or questions for us to cover, please email us at public health question at jhhhu.edu. |
| 0:40.4 | That's public health question at jhhu.edu for future podcast episodes. |
| 0:46.7 | Hi, I'm Lindsay Smith-Rogers, producer of Public Health on Call. Today is Indigenous People's Day. |
| 0:53.0 | Dr. Josh Sharfstein talks to Dr. Sophie Noiner, a researcher with the Center for American Indian Health, who's also a member of the Karuk tribe. |
| 1:01.3 | They discuss how to counter the erasure of indigenous people from history by appreciating opportunities for improved indigenous health today. |
| 1:09.2 | Let's listen. |
| 1:10.8 | Dr. Sophie Noiner, thank you so much for joining me today for this conversation. |
| 1:15.2 | How are you doing? |
| 1:16.2 | I'm great. How are you, Josh? It's a pleasure to be here today. |
| 1:20.2 | Well, really appreciate your time. Now, we're talking via Zoom, but I wonder where are you physically? |
| 1:26.5 | Well, I'm currently based in my |
| 1:29.3 | Aboriginal territory in what is now known as Northern California. I'm a Karuk person from a member |
| 1:37.3 | of the Karuk tribe, and Karuk literally translates to upriver. My ancestors have made their homes on the banks of the Klamath River since |
| 1:45.8 | time immemorial. And I am very lucky to have been working and living at home since the beginning |
| 1:54.5 | of the pandemic. It's been one of those rare pandemic perks for me. It sounds like a beautiful location, too. |
| 2:03.2 | It's gorgeous, I think the best place on earth. |
| 2:07.0 | Let me ask you about your work, because you do work that relates to the Center for American |
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