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Pâripakûru’ with Zach Rice and Taylor Moore - Ep 89

In this special four-part episode we are joined by Zach Rice and Taylor to talk about how they are working on the reawakening of the Pawnee language. Both Zach and Taylor are citizens of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma and grew up in Pawnee, Oklahoma. We talk about growing up in Pawnee, where they went to school, what inspired them to pursue M.A.'s in Linguistic Anthropology at the University of Oklahoma. We dive into their M.A. Theses research, the relationships between Northern Caddoan Languages, working with the Pawnee Nation on the Pawnee Language Program, the challenges they face, and their goals for Pawnee language.

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Literature Recommendations

  • "A Dictionary of Skiri Pawnee" by Douglas R. Parks & Lula Nora Pratt

  • "We Still Live Here" a film by Anne Makepeace

  • "Bringing Our Languages Home: Langauge Revitalization for Families" by Leanne Hinton

  • "The languages of native North America" by Marianne Mithun

  • Volume 13 of the Handbook of North American Indians: Plains by Smithsonian Press

  • Volume 17 of the Handbook of North American Indians: Languages by Smithsonian Press

  • "When Languages Die" by K. David Harrison

  • "The Language Warrior's Manifesto: How to Keep Our Languages Alive No Matter the Odds" by Anton Treuer

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Our Ruined Lives with Gino Caspari - Ep 48

In this episode, we are chatting with Dr. Gino Caspari, a Postdoc in Archaeology at the University of Sydney and the University College London. Dr. Caspari also runs a very popular archaeology Instagram account @ginocaspari that currently has over 123K followers and we discuss the importance of science communication and his experiences on Instagram. We cover his wild and interesting academic career, with many changes in majors and degrees. We also discuss Dr. Caspari's ongoing research in Siberia and his collaborative work with Indigenous Siberians and the issues of language barriers in publications.

Dr. Caspari’s Literature Recommendations:

  • Frozen Tombs of Siberia: The Pazyryk Burials of Iron-Age Horsemen by S. I Rudenko

  • Who We Are and How We Got Here by David Reich

  • Kon-Tiki: Across The Pacific By Raft by Thor Heyerdahl