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“College Native Style” is a lecture led by Tomaquag Museum executive director Lorén Spears. The subject focuses on Indigenous Peoples, who think about things generally very differently than that of the western European mindset. This series explores the many facets of an indigenous person, and the challenges they can sometimes face in the education system. This series is aimed to be a good guide for other educators, and for those who are looking to broaden their understanding of Indigenous people and their culture. In episode 10: This episode discusses the availability of Narragansett Indian transcripts of “The Narragansett Dawn” written in 1936 - 38 through the University of Rhode Island Library Archives. Lorén explains the ideological differences between outside western thinking, to that of Indigenous ways. As an example, the differences in how Scientists and archeologists quantify history based only on what they see written vs How information is passed down orally in Indigenous culture. This episode total running time: 8:38 New Episodes of our “College Native Style” series are released Once a week. The series has a total of 11 episodes. For more information about Tomaquag Museum, please visit our website at:http://www.tomaquagmuseum.org Please consider supporting our podcasts! Please visit our patreon page at:http://www.patreon.com/artways