Reviving Culture with Language and Storytelling with guest Nicholas DeShaw
About this episode
Nicholas DeShaw discusses the importance of language and storytelling in Native culture and education.
In this episode, Native Roots Radio host Robert Pilot speakswith Nicholas DeShaw, a Bois Forte Ojibwe descendant, educator, author, and aspiring Ojibwe language speaker. DeShaw explains how reading with very young children builds connection, supports abstract thinking, and becomes a shareddaily experience. He discusses writing Loaf the Cat Goes to a Powwow to center contemporary Native life and offer both Native and non-Native children an accessible, joyful view of powwow culture. They explore storytelling’s role in teaching values, language revitalization at home and through immersion, the impact of representation in schools, and how traditional games like lacrosse strengthen identity and wellbeing. This episode was recorded live on the radio program NativeRoots Radio: I’m Awake, which airs on multiple stations throughout the Midwest. For more information, visitlittlemomentscount.org/podcasts
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