Listen Up: Online Audio

The following is a roundup of some of the interesting, and free, audio content currently available online that is relevant to the scope of our collections. For those just becoming familiar with online audio, a podcast is a series of audio programs in MP3 format that can be downloaded individually or subscribed to through a syndication feed (RSS). Streaming audio is audio content that you listen to on demand, usually directly through your web browser.

Historian David Naumec Discusses Connecticut Native American Military Involvment
Bill Fowler, Chair of New England Quarterly's Board of Directors, speaks with Mr. Naumec about his article, "From Mashantucket to Appomattox: The Native American Veterans of Connecticut's Volunteer Regiments and the Union Navy" in New England Quarterly, December 2008, Vol. 81, No. 4
http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/suppl/10.1162/tneq.2008.81.4.596


Eastern Pequot Archaeology
Stephen Silliman (UMass) Discusses His Work with the Eastern Pequot Archaeological Field School on WFUMB, FM 91.9, Boston.
http://www.faculty.umb.edu/stephen_silliman/Articles/WUMB%20Commonwealth%20Journal%20(May%202006).mp3

"Keeping The Native Nipmuc Language Alive"
Streaming audio. Feature story on NPR's All Things Considered, April 13, 2009. Part of a four-part series aired in conjunction with the PBS television series We Shall Remain.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103028551

Indigenous Politics: From Native New England and Beyond
Audio series by Dr. J. Kehaulani Kauanui, of Wesleyan University. http://indigenouspolitics.mypodcast.com/
Includes discussions of regional interest, such as:
2-13-09 Crisis on the Schaghticoke Reservation
3-11-08 A Native American Affairs Commission in Connecticut?
2-26-08 Engaging Indigenous Critiques of Native New England History
2-19-08 Beyond Conquest: Rewriting Native Connecticut: Interview with Dr. Amy Den Ouden
10-16-07 Interview with Chief Richard Velky (Chief of the Schaghticoke Tribal Nation)

Native Studies Program at St. Thomas University, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
Features discussions of academic topics regarding Canadian First Nations.
http://www.nativestudies.org/works.html#audio

National Museum of the American Indian
Audio content regarding programming at the NMAI.
http://www.nmai.si.edu/podcasts/

Indian Country Headline News Podcasts
A weekly audio podcast, produced by Indian County Today, providing a summary of national news items important to Native communities.
http://www.podcastdirectory.com/podcasts/14818

United States, Department of the Interior Podcast
Look for information related to the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
http://www.doi.gov/news/audio/podcasts/index.html