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Big Idea: A Filipino Writer in Wichita
Dr. Thomas X. Sarmiento explores a Kansas story from Wichita, discussing the life and work of writer Bienvenido Santos.
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From International Trade to Shakespeare's Stage: Asian American Angles on Law and Literature
What does international trade have to do with Shakespeare? Raj Bhala explores the connection in his Big Idea.
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Big Idea: Sharing Women's Stories in Museums
Dr. Sarah Bell, Director, and Donna Rae Pearson, Curator, Kansas Museum of History, in conversation with Big Idea host Dr. Valerie Mendoza as they discuss the future of telling women's stories in museums.
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Big Idea: African American Storytelling in Museums
Kansas history is African American history and has been since before settlement. In museums, however, the stories of African Americans are often missing or inaccurate.
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Big Idea: Indigenous Storytelling in Museums
Building relationships represents an important new approach by the museum community and one that begins with trust. Who tells the stories of Indigenous history?
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Big Idea: On Kansas, sentiment, memory, and obsession, which are all really variants of the same thing
Gary Jackson on how poetry is an act of reclamation.
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Big Idea: Discourse for a Better Community
Gary Jackson on how poetry is an act of reclamation.
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Big Idea: Stories of Resilience and Determination: African American Genealogy Research in Kansas
Gary Jackson on how poetry is an act of reclamation.
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Big Idea: Harriet Tubman, Freedom's Conductor
Gary Jackson on how poetry is an act of reclamation.
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Big Idea: Democracy As a Matter of the Spirit
Gary Jackson on how poetry is an act of reclamation.
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Big Idea: How Should We Honor Someone's Military Service?
Gary Jackson on how poetry is an act of reclamation.
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Big Idea: Doing Indigenous Language
Gary Jackson on how poetry is an act of reclamation.
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Big Idea: Turning Land Acknowledgements into Action…In a Good Way
Dr. Alex Red Corn (Osage Nation), assistant professor at K-State University, writes that land acknowledgements need to be paired with action in order to have an impact.
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Big Idea: American Indian Students Define Success in Their Own Terms
Dr. Darryl Monteau explores her research findings on the persistence and accomplishments of American Indian graduate students who did their undergraduate work at a tribal college or university.
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Big Idea: Story as Medicine
Rachel C. Jackson (Cherokee Nation) explores the power of words in Indigenous storytelling and poetry, including the work of Joy Harjo, in her Big Idea "Story as Medicine."
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Big Idea: Confronting the Legacy of Indian Boarding Schools
Eric P. Anderson (Citizen Potawatomi Nation) writes about how the cultural and moral injury inflicted by Indian boarding schools, like Haskell Institute, impacted generations of families and still reverberate today.
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Big Idea: Natives Making News: Toward a More Authentic and Ethical Representation of American Indian Identity, Issues, and Individuals
Dr. Melissa Greene-Blye's Big Idea examines why news media often fail to offer authentic representations of Indigenous communities and individuals.
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