All posts filed under: Audio Vignettes

Kimberly Craven and a Social Media Community

Published by

November is the National Native American Heritage Month and my conversation with Kimberly Craven about Native American affairs was fascinating. I met Kimberly in Chadron and we talked at length about the richness of native culture, ethnic passing, identity, politics, religion, and beef… Some of that conversation will follow in another post, however, as in this short extract Kimberly offers a view of what community means that I heard little while traveling for this project. Listen below:

Mark Swanson

Published by

Mark has spent much of his life ministering to others. I found his warmth and spiritual intelligence to be utterly compelling. In these brief excerpts Mark talks about the therapeutic, freeing and connecting power of conversation. Listen below

Chris Hernstrom

Published by

Chris Hernstrom moved to Valentine, sight unseen, because he believed in the vision of a new brewery in a beautiful location in the middle of the country supported by its community. I tried some of Chris’s test brews… delicious. Payback was helping Chris and Kyle collect wild plums from around the area so Chris could experiment with a new beer. While we did so, Chris talked about how he came to Valentine, beer and the nature of brewing. Listen below

Wayne Mills, “War is hell”

Published by

There were many wonderful and warm aspects to Wayne Mills, though this vignette focuses on his experiences as a veteran. Wayne told me, “… They called for us to go down into central France, down south of Strasbourg, it would be in eastern France. And we got into combat down there. And I got wounded the first day. Well, I got shot with a machine gun, which several of us did at the time. And I spent about a month in the hospital, then went back up into Germany after that. I was up in Germany when the war ended.” Listen below

Edison Red Nest III

Published by

This project is about our stories, histories, sense of place and the nature of our conversational reflections. Over the coming weeks I shall be sharing some of the Nebraskan voices I encountered. I hope that we may hear and recognize Nebraska, discerning familiar themes and making surprising discoveries. Please listen out for those coming out on this site, social media and in collaboration with KIOS. Among many intimate and moving narratives was that of Edison Red Nest III in Alliance. In this tiny snippet, a teaser really, from our 90 minute conversation, Edison calls upon his Native American heritage to inspire Native Futures. Listen below