Indianz.Com > News > Native America Calling: Elder wisdom vs. aging out
All Episodes on Spotify | More Options
Native America Calling: Elder wisdom vs. aging out
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
nativeamericacalling.com   180099native   nativeamericacalling

Elder wisdom vs. aging out
President Joe Biden’s age in relation to his ability to do his job is a topic making front page news with questions about his memory, cognitive function, and physical stamina.

At 81, President Biden is not that much older than his presumptive Republican election opponent, 77-year-old Donald Trump. Native Americans have a pronounced respect for the wisdom of elders.

Join the conversation to explore Native voters’ perceptions of age for elected officials as well as ways Native traditions for elders can inform the larger society’s views on aging.

Joe Biden
President Joe Biden in the Indian Treaty Room of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House. Photo by Adam Schultz / White House

Guests on Native America Calling
OJ Semans Sr. (Rosebud Sioux Tribe), co-executive director of Four Directions Vote

Dr. Sandy Grande (Quechua), professor of Political Science and Native American and Indigenous Studies at the University of Connecticut

David Baldridge (Cherokee), co-founder and executive director of the International Association for Indigenous Aging

Billie Tohee (Otoe-Missouria), executive director of the National Indian Council on Aging

native america calling
Native America Calling
Listen to Native America Calling every weekday at 1pm Eastern.
Alternate Links: Native Voice One | NAC
Search
Filed Under
Tags
More Headlines
Montana Free Press: Bill addresses law enforcement on Flathead Reservation
Cronkite News: Republicans in Congress push for health care cuts
Native America Calling: Native Playlist with Morgan Toney, Tanaya Winder and The Reztones
KFF Health News: Medicaid cuts ‘a tremendous hit’ to Indian Country
Arizona Mirror: Trump administration removes Native contributions from Defense website
‘A historic victory’: Spirit Lake Nation reclaims land taken by federal government
Cronkite News: Democratic lawmaker Raúl Grijalva passes on at age of 77
Native America Calling: Native women who made history
Arizona Mirror: Bipartisan bill provides $5.1 billion for tribal water settlement
Cronkite News: Navajo Code Talker blasts removal of content from U.S. military sites as ‘racist’
Native America Calling: Higher education for Native students at a crossroads
Press Release: Senate Committee on Indian Affairs announces Republican majority staff
MSU News: American Indian Council hosts 49th annual powwow
People’s World: Indigenous coalition celebrates release of Leonard Peltier
National Congress of American Indians ‘deeply concerned’ about removal of Native content from U.S. military sites
More Headlines