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Jessica Yaquinto is an ethnographer and deals in tribal consultation. The podcast includes topics on mediating between tribes, community based participatory research, and tribes' perspectives of anthropology.

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Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026

Heritage Voices makes the ethics of archaeology and anthropology tangible by centering authority, community participation, and the consequences of institutional decisions.

Jessica Uquinto builds Heritage Voices around interviews that examine who controls research, preservation, and decisions about culturally significant places.

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A Union uniform button prompts family speculation, and Jessica Yaquinto gives you a seat at the table.

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  • to hear why descendants get to correct an archaeologist's draft report
  • to hear an Indigenous scholar say what universities must change to keep Native scientists
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The 2024 Updated NAGPRA Regulations - Ep 92

A careful look at updated NAGPRA rules, consultation, and the day-to-day work of making policy practical.

Heritage Voices stays close to the 2024 updated NAGPRA regulations and makes the work feel concrete rather than abstract. The conversation moves through consultation, collections, duty of care, and the effort to build more culturally centered internal guidance, with Christiana…

Encore - Anthropology of the US-Mexico Border - Ep 32

A reflective conversation about border anthropology that keeps ethics, representation, and human consequence in view.

Heritage Voices episode 32 pairs Jessica Uquinto with Jason DeLeon on the anthropology of the US-Mexico border. The conversation keeps coming back to ethics in ethnographic work: how to represent vulnerable communities, what should stay private, and how long-term relationships…

Seeing the Hozhó in Anthropology - Ep 94

Hojo, anthropology, and Indigenous personhood come together in a grounded, thoughtful conversation.

The conversation around Hojo broadens into a sharper critique of what anthropology misses when it turns identity into a box to tick. Kendrick McCabe comes through as a cultural anthropologist with cultural-resource and ethnographic experience, which keeps the discussion tied to…

Nubia: It's a real place! - Ep 83

A grounded conversation that makes Nubia feel immediate, not distant.

Heritage Voices episode 83 treats Nubia as a place with a present tense, not a sidelong reference. The conversation moves from archaeology into land, history, and the people doing the work now. Dr. Shayla Monroe and Deborah Heard keep it exact and grounded.

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Episodes

  1. 1

    Pawnee Nation NAGPRA - Ep 96

    Hidden gem

    Heritage Voices episode 96 centers on Martha Onlyachief, a Pawnee Nation NAGPRA coordinator and Cultural Resource Division worker who describes moving relatives and funerary objects home from places like Rhode Island, the Denver Art Museum, California, Kansas, and Nebraska.

    ·53m·3 clips
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    Boulder Ethnographic-Education Project: Indigenous Perspectives on Ethnography - Ep 84

    Hidden gem

    Heritage Voices episode 84 centers on the Boulder Ethnographic Education Project, with host Jessica Aquinto joined by Erica Walters, Joseph Gazing-Wolf, and Rashaun Edison.

    ·53m·3 clips
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    Seeing the Hozhó in Anthropology - Ep 94

    Hidden gem

    Jessica opens with a land acknowledgment and sets up a conversation about seeing the Hojo in anthropology.

    ·58m·3 clips
  4. 4

    Maroon Heritage in Dominica - Ep 82

    Hidden gem

    Jonathan Rodriguez frames maroon heritage in Dominica through his Fulbright research, his training in historical archaeology at the University of South Florida, and his work with Dr.

    ·50m·3 clips
  5. 5

    Revisiting With Ayana Omilade Flewellen - Ep 102

    Hidden gem

    Heritage Voices episode 102 brings back Dr.

    ·56m·3 clips
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    Working with Indigenous Communities and Orangutan Conservation in Borneo - Ep 81

    Hidden gem

    Heritage Voices episode 81 features host Jessica Uquinto speaking with Dr.

    ·58m·3 clips
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    Relational Engagement with Indigenous Communities through the Heritage Lands Collective - Ep 86

    Hidden gem

    Heritage Voices episode 86 centers on Jessica Uquinto and guest Joseph Gazingwolf, who says he is Lakota from Standing Rock, Hamazig and Nubian from Upper Egypt, and the new executive director of the Heritage Lands Collective.

    ·1h 5m·4 clips
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    The Tohono O'odham Nation and Kitt Peak National Observatory: Building Relationships and Creating Resources - Ep 90

    Hidden gem

    Jessica Aquinto opens the conversation with a land acknowledgement from the lands where she is recording.

    ·1h 3m·4 clips
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    Sámi Land Protection - Ep 88

    Hidden gem

    Heritage Voices episode 88 features host Jessica Uquinto and coastal Sami guest Tula Sharma Vasvik, who works in Oslo on a guideline for Sami land protection and a podcast called Sami stories of resistance.

    ·53m·3 clips
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    Tamamta (all of us): Transforming Western and Indigenous Sciences together - Ep 89

    Hidden gem

    Jessica Equinto welcomes Dr.

    ·57m·3 clips
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    Bolivar Archaeological Project, Part Two - HeVo 100

    Hidden gem

    Heritage Voices episode 100 centers on the Bolivar Archaeological Project and features Betty Kimball and Howard Clark, descendants of Tom Cook and Kitty Clark.

    ·1h 8m·4 clips
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    Working with Tribes as a Non-Anthropologist - Ep 93

    Hidden gem

    Jessica Uquinto interviews Maya Poston about the unique career path of working as a non-anthropologist tribal liaison.

    ·55m·1 clip
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    Lumbee Perspectives on Environment, Culture, and Community - Ep 80

    Hidden gem

    Jessica Uquinto opens Heritage Voices Episode 80 with Dr.

    ·54m·3 clips
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    The Intensive NAGPRA Summer Training and Education Program (INSTEP) - Ep 79

    Hidden gem

    Heritage Voices episode 79 centers on the Intensive NAGPRA Summer Training and Education Program, a week-long pilot funded by a Werner Grand project and built around the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act passed on November 16th, 1990.

    ·53m·3 clips
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    Kathryn M. Buder Center for American Indian studies at Washington University in St. Louis - Ep 85

    Hidden gem

    Heritage Voices interviews a staff member at the Kathryn M.

    ·53m·3 clips
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    Nuxawiš: unwilling to give up - Ep 87

    Hidden gem

    Jessica Aquinto interviews Maura Sullivan, an enrolled member of the Coastal Band of the Chumash Nation, about Chumash language work, archives, and a six-year Ph.D.

    ·56m·3 clips
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    Esto'k Gna Somi Se'k [The Human Beings of Texas] - Ep 77

    Hidden gem

    Heritage Voices Episode 77 centers on Juan Mencius, who identifies himself as Juan Benito Mencius, a Texas-born tribal chairman with nearly 38 years of research into ancestral land, language, and sacred sites.

    ·1h·3 clips
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    Decolonial Approaches to Writing and Teaching Indigenous History and Geography - Ep 97

    Hidden gem

    Heritage Voices episode 97 centers on decolonial approaches to writing and teaching Indigenous history and geography with host Jessica Uquinto and guests Dr.

    ·43m·2 clips
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    Perspectives from a Post-Menopausal Brown Girl in CRM - Ep 95

    Hidden gem

    Heritage Voices hosts Trish Fernandez, president and CEO of InContext CRM firm and former RPA president.

    ·56m·1 clip
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    Nunalleq Digital Museum - Ep 98

    ·58m
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    Bolivar Archaeological Project, Part One - Ep 99

    The show turns to the Bolivar Archaeological Project and the people behind it.

    ·1h 3m·5 clips
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    Encore - Anthropology of the US-Mexico Border - Ep 32

    Heritage Voices episode 32 turns to the anthropology of the US-Mexico border.

    ·53m·3 clips
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    Digging Deep with Norma Gregory, African Diaspora Industrial Heritage Historian - Ep 104

    Post-war Britain invited Commonwealth workers to rebuild the nation, yet their stories disappeared from official history.

    ·47m·1 clip
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    Nubia: It's a real place! - Ep 83

    Hidden gem

    Heritage Voices episode 83 features Dr.

    ·1h 6m·3 clips
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    Rapa Nui - Ep 91

    Hidden gem

    In this Heritage Voices episode, Friar Francisco Nahoy and filmmaker Mata'u Rapu discuss the repatriation of Rapa Nui ancestral remains from museums worldwide.

    ·1h 2m·2 clips
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    Browns Canyon National Monument - Ep 78

    Host Jessica Yaquinto interviews Ute tribal members Terry Knight, Mark Wing, and Sapphire Ortiz about an ethnographic project at Browns Canyon National Monument.

    ·59m·5 clips
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    The 2024 Updated NAGPRA Regulations - Ep 92

    Hidden gem

    Jessica Iacuinto opens the discussion with the 2024 updated NAGPRA regulations.

    ·55m·3 clips
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    Encore: The Ramblings of a Lakota Anthropologist on American Indians and Anthropology and Tribal Relations - Ep 75

    Hidden gem

    Jessica Uquinto opens with a land acknowledgment and welcomes listeners to Heritage Voices episode 75.

    ·1h 2m·4 clips
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    Chance Ward FINALLY - Ep 101

    Chance Ford, NAGPRA Collection Specialist at History Colorado and enrolled citizen of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, joins host Jessica Uquinto for a long-awaited one-on-one episode.

    ·50m·2 clips
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    Chatting with Aaron Brien - Ep 103

    Hidden gem

    Jessica Quinto welcomes Aaron Brin back after more than five years since their last episode together.

    ·57m·3 clips
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    PROMO - BREAKING NEWS - Monte Verde is no longer a pre-Clovis site, with Dr. Todd Surovell - Ethno 33

    This episode discusses new research suggesting the Monteverde site may no longer be considered pre-Clovis, potentially pushing back the timeline for human arrival in the Americas.

    Mar 24, 2026·50m
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    Changing Landscapes in Higher Education - Ep 76

    Host Jessica Yaquinto interviews Dr.

    Jul 27, 2023·55m
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    The Ramblings of a Lakota Anthropologist on American Indians and Anthropology and Tribal Relations - Ep 75

    An ethnographer discusses Lakota perspectives on anthropology and tribal relations, including community-based participatory research.

    Jun 22, 2023·1h 2m
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    Walking the Ancestors Home - Ep 74

    Host Jessica Yaquinto interviews Dr.

    May 18, 2023·55m
  35. 35

    Exploring the Ethics in Experimental Archaeology - Ep 73

    A panel discussion on ethics in experimental archaeology, featuring indigenous scholars and museum professionals.

    Apr 25, 2023·53m
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    Working with Indigenous Communities in the Philippines - Ep 72

    Host Jessica Yaquinto interviews Dr.

    Mar 21, 2023·53m
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    Tribal Collaboration at Archaeology Southwest - Ep 71

    Host Jessica Yaquinto interviews Ashley Thompson about tribal collaboration at Archaeology Southwest, discussing indigenous perspectives and community-based research.

    Feb 21, 2023·44m
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    Black Cemeteries - Ep 70

    Jan 17, 2023·57m
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    The Utes as a Forgotten People - Ep 69

    Dec 20, 2022·57m
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    Indigenous Fire and Climate Justice - Ep 68

    Nov 15, 2022·50m
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    PROMO - Finding Our Religion with Dr. Candace Lukasik - The Dirt 208

    This episode features an interview with an anthropologist discussing religion, introduced as a crossover from another archaeology podcast.

    Oct 18, 2022·1h 8m
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    Makoons to Makwa: Early Career Archaeological Contracting - Ep 67

    Sep 20, 2022·54m
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    Poarch Identity - Ep 66

    Aug 16, 2022·59m
  44. 44

    Indigenous Led Cultural Resource Management and Heritage Companies - Ep 65

    Jul 19, 2022·1h 2m
  45. 45

    Indigenous Education, Climate Change, and Technologies of Care - Ep 64

    Jun 21, 2022·1h 4m
  46. 46

    Digging to the Other Side Podcast - Ep 63

    May 17, 2022·1h 18m
  47. 47

    From Researched to Researcher - One Indigenous Archaeologist's Journey through Academia - Ep 62

    Apr 19, 2022·1h 2m
  48. 48

    Decolonizing the Museum of Us - Ep 61

    Mar 15, 2022·53m
  49. 49

    Bonus: Redrawing Boundaries episode from the Sapiens Podcast - Ep 60.1

    Mar 1, 2022·31m
  50. 50

    Historical Archaeology for the Future - Ep 60

    Feb 15, 2022·55m
  51. 51

    Identity and Repatriation - Ep 59

    Jan 18, 2022·1h 8m
  52. 52

    Land Acknowledgements and Catching Up with Anna Cordova - Ep 58

    Host Jessica Yaquinto interviews archaeologist Anna Cordova about land acknowledgements and the Living Heritage Research Council.

    Dec 22, 2021·58m
  53. 53

    Perishable Artifacts and Tribally Driven Archaeology - Ep 57

    Nov 16, 2021·1h 5m
  54. 54

    Indigenous Mapping: The One Holding the Pen Tells the Story - Ep 56

    Oct 19, 2021·1h 8m
  55. 55

    Redefining Tribal Archaeology - Ep 55

    Sep 21, 2021·1h 13m
  56. 56

    Kwatsáan Voices, Kwatsáan Views - Ep 54

    Aug 24, 2021·54m
  57. 57

    Methods in Indigenous Archaeology - Ep 53

    Jul 20, 2021·1h
  58. 58

    Anti-Colonial Digital Archaeology in Canada and India - Ep 52

    Jun 15, 2021·1h 2m
  59. 59

    Language, Community, and Context - Ep 51

    May 24, 2021·56m
  60. 60

    Native Youth and Land Based Education - Ep 50

    Apr 20, 2021·57m
  61. 61

    Reclaiming Culture Through Archaeology - Ep 49

    Mar 16, 2021·48m
  62. 62

    Heritage, Tourism, and Race - Ep 48

    Feb 16, 2021·1h 6m
  63. 63

    National Park Service Native American Affairs Program - Ep 47

    Jan 26, 2021·1h 4m
  64. 64

    Protecting the Honuukvetam [Ancestors] - Ep 46

    Dec 15, 2020·1h 2m
  65. 65

    Maori Homes and Communities - Ep 45

    Nov 17, 2020·53m
  66. 66

    Convergent Migrations of Humans and Monarch Butterflies - Ep 44

    Oct 20, 2020·1h 3m
  67. 67

    Tribal Capacity Building to Support Sovereignty - Ep 43

    Sep 23, 2020·1h 10m
  68. 68

    Sovereign Stories - Ep 42

    Aug 18, 2020·59m
  69. 69

    Collecting Oral Histories in Indian Country - Ep 41

    Jul 21, 2020·56m
  70. 70

    Indigenous Land Management - Ep 40

    Jun 17, 2020·46m
  71. 71

    Cultural Landscapes and Indigenous Connections in Aotearoa New Zealand - Ep 39

    May 19, 2020·52m
  72. 72

    Indigenous Australian Archaeology - Ep 38

    Apr 21, 2020·58m
  73. 73

    Heritage Media Conference Presentation - Ep 37

    Jan 21, 2020·31m
  74. 74

    BONUS : APN 5 Year Anniversary - A Message from Jessica Yaquinto

    Dec 20, 2019·16m
  75. 75

    Yakama Tribal Archaeology - Ep 36

    Dec 17, 2019·1h 3m
  76. 76

    Indigenous Archaeology as Practice - Ep 35

    Nov 19, 2019·1h 13m
  77. 77

    Planting Seeds for Transformation in Cultural Heritage Management - Ep 34

    Oct 15, 2019·50m
  78. 78

    Coast Salish Archaeology - Ep 33

    Sep 17, 2019·1h 6m
  79. 79

    Anthropology of the US-Mexico Border - Ep 32

    Aug 20, 2019·55m
  80. 80

    Reclaiming Indigenous Histories and the Indigenous Paleolithic - Ep31

    Jul 16, 2019·1h 11m
  81. 81

    Cultural Landscapes Panel SAA2019 - Ep 30

    Jun 18, 2019·56m
  82. 82

    A Journey to Ancient Pawneeland - Ep 29

    May 21, 2019·56m
  83. 83

    The Archaeological Spectrum - Ep 28

    Apr 23, 2019·1h 3m
  84. 84

    Central Plains Archaeology: Plain and Simple - Ep 27

    Mar 19, 2019·57m
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    Archaeology Outreach in local Maya communities in the Yucatan - Ep 26

    Feb 19, 2019·1h 3m
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    Technology - Episode 25

    Jan 15, 2019·1h 1m
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    Museums, Representation, and Intersectionality - Episode 24

    Dec 18, 2018·1h 30m
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    Salish-Kootenai College's Tribal Historic Preservation Program - Ep 23

    Nov 20, 2018·1h 13m
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    Greater Chaco Landscape - Ep22

    Oct 16, 2018·1h 25m
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    Food Sovereignty and Natives Outdoors - Episode 21

    Host Jessica Yaquinto interviews Ashley Thompson about food sovereignty and indigenous perspectives in anthropology.

    Sep 18, 2018·1h 6m
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    Seneca-Iroquois National Museum - Episode 20

    Aug 21, 2018·1h 13m
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    Updates - Episode 19.1

    Aug 7, 2018·37m
  93. 93

    Publishing - Episode 19

    Jul 17, 2018·1h 13m
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    Tribal Collaboration on the Lower Colorado River - Episode 18

    Jun 19, 2018·1h 16m
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    SAA2018 Wrap-Up - Episode 17

    May 15, 2018·1h 3m
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    Ethnography with African Descendent Communities - Episode 16

    Apr 17, 2018·1h 22m
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    Live Panel on Bears Ears National Monument - Episode 15

    Mar 20, 2018·56m
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    Nation-Building After Federal Recognition - Episode 14

    Feb 20, 2018·1h 3m
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    Ethnography, Videography, and Public Anthropology - Episode 13

    Jan 16, 2018·1h 8m
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    Mashantucket Pequot - Episode 12

    Dec 19, 2017·1h 10m
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    Hawaiian Heritage - Episode 11

    Nov 21, 2017·1h 16m
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    Hopivewat- Hopi Museum and Learning Center Development - Episode 10

    Oct 17, 2017·1h 13m
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    Working with Museums Panel - Episode 9

    Sep 12, 2017·1h 22m
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    Decolonizing Anthropology - Episode 8

    Aug 15, 2017·1h 10m
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    California State and Local Tribal Consultation Law - Episode 7

    Jul 18, 2017·1h 20m
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    International Indigenous Archaeology, NAGPRA, and the Northern Plains - Episode 6

    Jun 20, 2017·1h 11m
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    SHPOs, Tribal Consultation, and Collaboration - Episode 5

    May 16, 2017·1h 17m
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    Protecting Marshall Island's Heritage in the Face of Climate Change - Episode 4.1

    Apr 18, 2017·1h 1m
  109. 109

    Climate Change and the Nuclear Legacy in the Marshall Islands - Episode 4

    Apr 18, 2017·51m
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    Diné Public, Fire, and Indigenous Archaeology - Episode 3

    Mar 21, 2017·58m
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    A Hopi perspective on Diversity in Anthropology and Grand Canyon- Episode 2

    Feb 21, 2017·54m
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    Grand Canyon Tribal Program - Janet Cohen - Episode 1

    Jan 17, 2017·55m
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    Introducing Heritage Voices - Episode 0

    Jan 16, 2017·54m