Posts Tagged ‘New Mexico PBS’
Joan Naviyuk Kane: Bringing An Alaskan Perspective To Teaching In Santa Fe
November 23, 2018 – Joan Kane is an Alaska Native poet who grew up in Anchorage with family from King Island and Mary’s Igloo, Alaska. A graduate of Harvard and Columbia University’s School of the Arts, Kane is the author of a number of collections of poetry. Her lyric poems are rooted in her Arctic homeland.…
Read MoreLaDonna Harris: Supporting A New Generation Of Indigenous Leaders
November 23, 2018 – LaDonna Harris has spent most of her life advocating for Native Americans. A member of the Comanche Nation, she grew up in Oklahoma and became active in Native issues when her husband, Fred Harris, got involved in state politics. He went on to serve in the U.S. Senate from 1964 to 1973…
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