Native Opinion Podcast An American Indian Perspective

    Native Opinion Episode  104 “WHY DOES OUR EXISTENCE HAVE TO BE A STRUGGLE?”   How to Reach our show: hosts@nativeopinion.com Twitter: @nativeopinion Facebook: facebook.com/nativeopinionpodcast/ Website: nativeopinion.com Youtube: https://www.Youtube.com/c/NativeOpinion Leave us a voicemail: Call us! (860) 381-0207 Or Use our Speakpipe app on our website! 2 great ways to leave us audio messages!   GUEST: Dr. Paulette Steeves E-Mail: psteeves@mta.ca   Dr. Paulette Steeves is the director of the Native American Studies program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and her work as an archaeologist seeks to upend long-held notions about indigenous culture in the Americas. Steeves, who is Cree-Metis, was the first Ph.D. candidate in her field to successfully defend her dissertation using indigenous method and theory. She has spent years building a database of Pleistocene archeological sites that show her ancestors have been in the Americas far longer than previously acknowledged. (The Pleistocene [Pleis·t