About this episode

This episode features a discussion on early childhood development and cultural restoration with Barb Fabre, emphasizing the importance of the first five years for brain development and healing historical trauma.

In this episode, Native Roots Radio host Robert Pilot speaks with Barb Fabre, CEO of Indigenous Visioning and All Nations Rise and a White Earth Ojibwe Nation member, about a new report, “A National Agenda for Tribal Early Childhood Development,” created with representatives from 40–50 tribal nations to guide tribal leaders in building high-quality early childhood systems in reservation and urban communities. Fabre explains why the first five years are critical for brain development, language, self-regulation, and school readiness, noting ROI estimates of $13–$17 for every dollar invested. She emphasizes restoring language and culture through early childhood as a way to heal historical trauma from colonization and boarding schools, address vocabulary gaps, and confrontschildcare and funding challenges in urban Native communities. The report is available at childcaretrust.org. This episode was recorded live on the radio program Native Roots Radio: I’m Awake, which airs on multiple stationsthroughout the Midwest. For more information, visitlittlemomentscount.org/podcasts

People in this episode

Host: Robert Pilot

Guest: Barb Fabre

Topics covered

• brain development
• early childhood education
• cultural restoration
• tribal communities
• historical trauma
• language preservation

Keywords

• early childhood development
• brain development
• cultural restoration
• tribal nations
• language
• self-regulation
• school readiness
• historical trauma
• urban Native communities

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Indigenous Visioning, All Nations Rise, childcaretrust.org

Places: White Earth Ojibwe Nation, Midwest

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