Native American

Today on Your Call: What is the power of reconciliation?

Ali Budner — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:09:48 +0000

Today on Your Call: What is life like on Native American reservations today?

Ali Budner — Thu, 24 May 2012 07:00:00 +0000

On today's Your Call, we’ll speak with David Treuer, author of Rez Life, an examination of Native American reservation life, past and present. A United Nations special rapporteur recently recommended the restoration of some tribal lands in the US, including the Black Hills in South Dakota. Does the United States owe reparati

One hundred years with Ishi, the "last wild Indian" of North America

Terria Smith — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:26:31 +0000

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the public debut of a man called Ishi. Ishi was Native American, aYana from the Deer Creek area, about 150 miles northeast of Berkeley. And for the past century he’s been known as “the last wild Indian in North America.”

Science versus the sacred: studying native remains at UC Berkeley

Joaquin Palomino — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:30:36 +0000

UC Berkeley is home to the country’s second largest collection of human skeletons outside of a graveyard, about 12 thousand total. Some are thousands of years old. The University has unearthed and studied these remains for centuries. They’ve taught researchers a great deal about California’s prehistoric past.