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This episode, Senator Heitkamp speaks to Jodi Archambault (Hunkpapa and Oglala Lakota), a strategic advisor for the Bush Foundation and former Special Assistant to the President for Native American Affairs for the White House Domestic Policy Council, Deputy Assistant Secretary to the Assistant-Secretary Indian Affairs at the Department of the Interior and separately as the White House Associate Director of Intergovernmental Affairs under the Obama Administration.   Jodi and Senator Heitkamp spoke about race in the United States, the resilience of Native Americans, Christopher Columbus, and COVID-19.  Below are the resources Jodi spoke about throughout the episode.  Reading List Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI (2017) By David Grann  Website: https://www.davidgrann.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/davidgrann Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DavidGrannAuthor/ A true account of the Osage Murders, a series of crimes against the Osage people in the early 1920s, which resulted in the death of more than 20 Indians and stripped tribal rights to large oil deposits on the reservation. God is Red: A Native View of Religion (1973) By Vine Deloria Jr, Standing Rock Sioux A nonfiction exploration of traditional Native American religious beliefs in relation to Western Christianity. Ceremony (1977) By Leslie Marmon Silko, Laguna Pueblo Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lesliemarmon.silko Twitter: https://twitter.com/lesliemsilko7b?lang=en A fictional novel based on the oral traditions and ceremonial practices of the Navajo and Pueblo peoples. The Journey of Crazy Horse: A Lakota History (2005) By Joseph M. Marshall, Sicangu Lakota Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joseph.marshalliii A study of Lakota Culture through the life of Crazy Horse, a revered leader and celebrated native icon. ALSO BY Joseph Marshal: In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse (2015) A fictional story following Jimmy McClean, a young Lakota boy, as he discovers his native heritage through the story of Crazy Horse. Education Illuminative: https://illuminatives.org/ A Native-led initiative to “challenge the negative narrative that surrounds Native communities and to ensure accurate and authentic portrayals of Native communities are present in pop culture and media.” National Congress for American Indians: http://www.ncai.org/ The nation’s oldest, largest, and most representative American Indian and Alaska Native organization serving the broad interests of tribal governments and communities. How to Help Native American Rights Fund: https://www.narf.org/ National Congress for American Indians: http://www.ncai.org/donate Illuminative: https://secure.donationpay.org/illuminative/ Indian Collective: https://ndncollective.org/donate