Lucas Brown Eyes

Writer and comedian Lucas Brown Eyes joins Andrew and Tawny once again to discuss caller questions about cosplaying as “shadow” characters, dreamcatchers, and more. As always, leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

Can all Natives attend college for free? (No!) Can Natives vote in US elections? (Yes!) Do all Natives live in teepees? (Of course not!) These are all real questions that comedian, writer, performer Joey Clift, a member of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe, has had to answer! Luckily he’s not doing it alone, this week Joey chats with Lucas Brown Eyes, an Oglala Lakota tribe member and the first Native American writer to sale a sitcom a major television network. 

Writer and comedian Lucas Brown Eyes joins Andrew and Tawny to discuss the original mascot of the Atlanta Braves “Chief Noc-A-Homa,” which ethnicity you identify as if you are mixed-race, and much more. As always, leave us a message about anything you think is racist at (323) 389-RACE.

Syllabus: Elizabeth Warren Cherokee Citizenship, and DNA Testing:

http://www.criticalethnicstudiesjournal.org/blog/2018/12/19/syllabus-elizabeth-warren-cherokee-citizenship-and-dna-testing [criticalethnicstudiesjournal.org]

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