X’unei Lance Twitchell teaches Alaska Native languages at the University of Alaska Southeast. He started listening to podcasts years ago – long before he ever considered creating one of his own. “And then he started to think, ‘Well, where are the Indigenous voices?’” Now his Tongue Unbroken podcast brings real talk about decolonization to mainstream media… Twitchell’s name is practically synonymous with a growing Indigenous language movement in Southeast Alaska. He’s also writing Lingit language textbooks and a dictionary.
When a University of North Dakota English professor went on a search for Indigenous artifacts, she wound up discovering their remains stashed away in the “most inhumane way possible.” The discovery of approximately 250 boxes occurred in March but was only publicized last week… Laine Lyons, who works for the UND Alumni Association and Foundation says, “just completely disregarded that these were once people.” Lyons, a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, said that more than 70 human remains were found. Headdresses, war bonnets, and a ceremonial pipe were also uncovered.
