#30 - "This one time at the Vine Deloria Symposium" - A conversation with a Lumbee Scholar - Dr. Ryan Emanuel

Tribal Research Specialist: The Podcast

In this episode, the TRS team have an interesting conversation with Lumbee scholar Dr. Ryan Emanuel. The episode starts with an classic war dance song by the Fort Kipp Singers recorded around late 1960's or early 1970's. The Fort Kipp Singers from Montana are still considered one of the great singing groups among the Northern Plains. During the time period, Their singing style and songs made them in demand at pow-wows and celebrations in the Northern Plains States and Canada. The influence of their style of singing and songs are alive still alive today.
The discussion continues with Dr. Ryan Emanuel (Lumbee), a hydrologist and professor at North Carolina State University, where he studies connections between water, ecosystems, climate, and communities. He also studies environmental policy and environmental justice through an Indigenous lens, focusing on barriers to tribal participation in environmental permitting. He is an ex officio member of the North Carolina Commission of Indian Affairs’ environmental justice committee and has served on North Carolina’s statewide advisory council on Indian education. Emanuel currently serves on the National Science Foundation’s Committee for Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering, and the American Geophysical Union’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee. He is also a member of the American Indian Science and Engineering Society’s Academic Advisory Council. Emanuel holds a Ph.D. and M.S. from the University of Virginia and a B.S. from Duke University.
The discussion continues, where the TRS team establishes our connection with the Ryan's tribal group, including where the Norther Rockies tribes timelines intersect. This fascinating discussion highlights the span of history that the Lumbee and other east coast tribes have had with colonialism. Their history of contact began far in the distance past in relationship to the our Tribes here in Montana. They are a great example of resilience in the face of many waves of oppression. Their reality also provides a mirror of what may be the fate of our Tribes here in the West if we take for granted the cultural resources that remain.
Learn more about Ryan and the Lumbee

NC Native Environment (my website/blog): https://nativeenvironment.weebly.com
Water in the Lumbee World (2019 article, free access): https://academic.oup.com/envhis/article/24/1/25/5232296
Lumbees on Somewhere South (2020 TV show on PBS, requires PBS subscription): https://www.pbs.org/video/its-a-greens-thing-9gxgcu/
Malinda Maynor Lowery on the KKK rout of 1958: https://scalawagmagazine.org/2020/01/ambush/
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