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Tovah Kohl (36) shares with her colleague, Helen Wilmot [no age given], how her cultural background influences her identity and the importance she places on preserving her family's story for future generations.

I chose to interview deputy hunt. he is 42 years old and married. He was able to provide answers to all of the questions I asked him. I learn that his father was Native American.

Colleagues and friends, Jerilyn DeCoteau (74) and Rick Williams [no age given], discuss the term "indigenous" and its implications regarding identity and tribal sovereignty. Both also speak about the benefits and services meant for individuals who are members of sovereign...

One Small Step conversation partners Carla Yoder (68) and Chloe Beelby (42) discuss the well-being of kids, teaching, ancestry, and religion.

Friends Agnetha "Jaime" Gloshay (41) and Amy Dale (58) reflect on their identities as Native women and discuss the work they have been doing in the community to uplift women and youth.

Colleagues Monica Jojola (53), Gina Euell (56), and Phoebe Suina (46) reflect on their experiences as Native women business leaders and share their biggest influences and the lessons they have learned.

Stephine "Steph" Poston (55) speaks to fellow entrepreneur and friend Shayai Lucero (48) about the impact of the Native Women Lead organization on their entrepreneurial journeys as Native women business owners.

I interviewed my grandmother, Mama Jackie for my history project. We discussed our family history, traditions, and ancestry. I learned a lot about my family history during my interview with grandmother.

Please, If you have suffered from abuse or anything. PLEASE DON'T LISTEN, THERE IS HEAVY TOPICS IN THIS INTERVIEW. Me and my grandmother spoke about her past, growing up with her father who went to a boarding school. We both...

One Small Step conversation partners Stephen Fox (72) and Leonard Hayes (61) discuss the power of divisive media, the importance of transparent government, and the challenges that Native Americans continue to face.

Interviewer, Karla Victoria is 27 years old student and is a close friend of Cesar who is an petroleum engineer being interviewed. The conversation is about hydraulic fracturing operations and the contamination concerns.

An interview with a 1/2 native girl about her native culture and how it plays into her modern life.

Marlo Faulkner, 80 years old and Bob, 75 years old meet for the first time and talk about their ancestry, politics, and serving their community

Don Ed Cook is a Native American of the Chickasaw, Choctaw and Cherokee tribes. He has also been adopted by the Lakota tribe. He was adopted as a toddler by a white school teacher in Hendrix, OK named Veda Cook...

Former colleagues Linda White (61) and Gaylord Yost (89) discuss their shared experiences working for the United States Forest Service and how that work intersected with the North Country National Scenic Trail.

Dylan Running Crane [no age given] interviews her colleague Sean Chandler (51) about his perspective and connection to his art, language revitalization, and Indigenous culture.

In this interview that was conducted on in May 2022, I (Michael Kelly) interview my father(Bryon Kelly) about his childhood and current life. Bryon shares his early childhood experiences about growing up in Glendora. He then transitions into how serving...

Norris Streetman (65) interviews his friend Daniel Warrior (40) about his journey as an actor, finding his identity as a Native American, and the struggles that he overcame along the way.

Betty O'Connor (64) interviews her mother, Milly Murphy (93), about her childhood, marriage to her husband, and her earliest memories from the 1930s in Sapulpa, Oklahoma.

Actress and playwright Carol Smart (83) talks with Kelly Davis (43) about Carol's experience turning her grandmother’s life story into a one-woman show. Carol's grandmother, Doctor Rosa Minoka-Hill, was one of the first Native American women to become a physician.

Christopher John Yarsawich (37) talks with his friend Charles Reyes-Little Eagle (75) about his Native American heritage, his military service, and his role as an instructor at Aiken County Career and Technology Center.

I interview my grandma

We spoke about the of cultural importance and past youthful experiences.

Danny Bell (73) talks to his friend Patti Palmer (61) about his life growing up in a Native American community in North Carolina. He shares the untold story of the American Indian and he talks about the importance of bringing...

Michael Sumida (33) shares his experiences as a medic in the military to his conversation partner Hazel Diaz (35). He discusses how his service challenged and shaped his morals and values, his work with Chief Seattle Club, and how becoming...