Tuesday, October 14, 2025 – Shifting the balance in historical scholarship

The stories and written documentation on boarding schools, Indian Agents, and even the fictional character, Paul Bunyan, all have an influence on how we view history. The Western History Association Conference in Albuquerque, N.M., this week assembles a number of discussions led by Native American historians on those and other topics, gauging how well Native perspectives are taken into account. We’ll hear from some of those historians about the changing influence of Native historical scholarship.

GUESTS

Vivien Tejada (Cherokee), assistant professor of history at University of California, Los Angeles

Dr. Farina King (Diné), professor of Native American studies and Horizon Chair of NA ecology and culture at the University of Oklahoma

Michael Holloman (Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation), professor in the Department of Art at Washington State University

Break 1 Music: Dat One (song) The Delbert Anderson Trio (artist) MANITOU (album)

Break 2 Music: Reservation of Education (song) XIT (artist) Silent Warrior (album)