In this episode of Rooted Wisdom, host Tish Mindemann speaks with key figures involved in the University of Arkansas’ Indigenous community: Gregory Jones (Shawnee Nation), the director for the Native American Student Services office, and Dr. Marty Matlock (Cherokee Nation), professor in the Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department and longtime Indigenous student advocate.

Listeners will gain greater insight into the successes and resilience involved in building Indigenous communal webs within the University of Arkansas – as well as the challenges Native students, staff, and faculty face in PWI settings.