Good morning and Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day!
We’ve had some amazing guests on the podcast before- Oscar and Emmy winning directors, Nobel Prize laureates, Pulitzer Prize winners, actors, screenwriters, astronomers, and historians. But I am more excited about today’s guest than any we’ve had before.
Comanche Chairman Forrest Tahdooahnippah sat down with me last Friday to talk about Comanche history, culture, and so much more. We had a chance to talk about the legal relationships between Tribal nations and the United States, the importance of language preservation, what it’s like to lead a Tribe, thoughts on how Comanche people have been portrayed on film, and how historians and others can conduct ethical scholarship in Indian Country. This was a really wonderful conversation and I’m so thankful to the Chairman for the time to talk with us.
About our guest:
Forrest Tahdooahnippah is Chairman of the Comanche Nation. He earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Public Policy from Stanford University and his Juris Doctorate from the University of Minnesota Law School. Prior to his service as Chairman, he was legal counsel at Dorsey & Whitney, LLP and an assistant professor of law at Mitchell Hamline School of Law.
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