Ep. 13: How can art and storytelling bring awareness to real life challenges? With David Heska Wanbli Weiden
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We are so lucky to have esteemed professor, attorney, and bestselling author David Heska Wanbli Weiden joining the Are We Happy Yet? podcast to talk about his lived experience as a Lakota Nation citizen and his family heritage on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota.
Jane and David talk about the resurgence of indigenous art, music, and movies and how using fiction and art can help us explore deeper social issues. They unpack David's amazing and award-winning book, Winter Counts, and how he used storytelling in this novel to explore issues like crime and prosecution of crime, food inequity, lack of access to healthcare, and low life expectancy on the Lakota Rosebud reservation.
David shares about his multifaceted identity as a writer, professor, and former lawyer, and how these roles intersect.
It's a great conversation, and we highly encourage you to learn more about how to support the Rosebud Reservation and the Lakota people!
David Heska Wanbli Weiden's Website
David's short stories and other writing
The Indians Won by Martin Cruz Smith
Support the Rosebud Reservation
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