S1:E6 - The Legacy of Colonialism Part 2 w/ Shawna Larson, Aaron Leggett, TJ Smith, Curt Karns & Curtis Ivanoff

In this episode we continue to unpack the legacy of colonialism with these guests:

• Shawna Larson (Deputy Director of the Native Movement)
• Aaron Leggett (Senior Curator of Alaska History and Indigenous Culture at Anchorage Museum and the President of the Native Village of Eklutna)
• TJ Smith (President of the Indigenous Ministers Association and Pastor of New Song Covenant Church in Anchorage)
• Curt Karns (Executive Presbyter of the Presbytery of Yukon)
• Curtis Ivanoff (Superintendent of the Alaska Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church)

More from our guests / resources they mentioned:

• All about the excellent work of Native Movement including the trainings they offer: https://www.nativemovement.org
• Mark Charles TED talk on the Doctrine of Discovery:  https://www.ted.com/talks/mark_charles_the_truth_behind_we_the_people_the_three_most_misunderstood_words_in_us_history
• Is an apology in order? By Curtis Ivanoff: https://issuu.com/eccaksinew/docs/spring_2017
• About the Indigenous Ministers Association of the Evangelical Covenant Church: https://www.northwestconference.org/interview-with-the-rev-tj-smith-president-of-the-indigenous-ministers-association/
• About indigenous leaders in the Evangelical Covenant Church: https://covenantcompanion.com/2020/03/12/sacred-stories/
• News Story about the Presbyterain Church apology:  https://www.alaskapublic.org/2017/02/08/presbyterian-church-formally-apologizes-to-north-slope-natives-for-denouncing-culture/

Resources Used to Create this Episode:

• https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/1720/the-art-of-fiction-no-139-chinua-achebe
• https://slate.com/culture/2019/11/history-is-written-by-the-victors-quote-origin.html
• George Santayana (1905) Reason in Common Sense, p. 284, volume 1 of The Life of Reason  https://www.gutenberg.org/files/15000/15000-h/15000-h.htm#vol1
• https://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_ngozi_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story?language=en
• https://ltgov.alaska.gov/information/alaskas-constitution/
• Jones, P., 2010, City for empire: An Anchorage history, 1914-1941, University of Alaska Press, Fairbanks.