On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Mason Pashia is joined for a second time on the podcast by Awaachiáookaate', or Jason Cummins Ed.D. He is an enrolled member of the Apsaalooke Nation, and recently served as a principal at Crow Agency Public School. As an Indigenous scholar and school leader he has innovatively worked to lead schools towards authentically serving Native American students PreK-12 and their communities by implementing culturally sustaining, trauma-informed, and restorative approaches. Dr. Cummins is currently serving as the Deputy Director for the White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Native Americans and Strengthening Tribal Colleges and Universities, Office of the Secretary.

Links:

• Department of the Interior: Boarding School Report

• Dr. Jason Cummins and Mike Ruyle on the School Wellness Wheel

• Exterminate All the Brutes

• Lanny Real Bird

• Difference Making

• Sweeney Windchief 

• Alex Redcorn 

• Ethan Chang: Dangerous Leadership

• Trail-Cast Podcast