Rachael Cassidy {Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma} (Masters’ Program, University of New Mexico; New Mexico State Representative, SOHA Board of Directors) Diana [“Midge”] Dellinger {Muscogee/Creek} (Masters’ Program, American Studies, Northeastern State University; Student Representative, SOHA Board of Directors) Bridget Groat {Alaska Native} (Ph.D. Candidate, Arizona State University; Native Representative, SOHA Board of Directors), Michael [“Mike”] Barthelemy {Hidatsa-Mandan} (Ph.D. Program, History, University of New Mexico), Neil Dodge {Diné} (Ph.D. Program, History, UNLV), and Joshua Thunder Little {Oglala Lakota} (Ph.D. Program, History, University of California, Riverside), emerging Indigenous scholars, share stories and experiences of Native American community members – in some cases, members of their own families. Each delves into their own personal spaces and ties to Native American communities, within or beyond Native American reservations. They have initiated Indigenous oral history projects from rural, to bordertown, to urban spaces. They seek to serve and address the questions and needs of Native American communities. Some of them face the intricate processes of tribal review boards along with institutional review boards to gather and apply the oral histories in their writing and work. They have interviewed and had learn close to home and from home, discovering and developing oral history methodologies that balance professional, personal, and community goals.
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