Episode 01: Hobart hates Oneida
In Episode #1 we'll introduce my purpose behind the podcast, take a quick journey through illegal and immoral land development and procurement (including the greatest affirmative action program in modern history), segueing into a modern day example of colonizing - HOBART!
Our guest, Rebecca Webster, joined the American Indian Studies Department in the fall of 2016. She teaches primarily online courses for the Master of Tribal Administration and Governance (MTAG) program and for the undergraduate Tribal Administration and Governance (TAG) program. She is an enrolled member of the Oneida Nation in Wisconsin where she currently serves on the Oneida Land Commission, an elected tribal body responsible for setting land use and acquisition priorities for the Oneida Nation. Prior to joining the American Indian Studies team at UMD, Dr. Webster served the Oneida Nation as an attorney for 13 years where she provided legal advice for the Nation's administration on government relations, jurisdiction concerns, and a wide variety of tribal land issues. She received her B.A. (2000), M.P.A. (2003), and J.D. (2003) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and her Ph.D. (2014) in Public Policy and Administration from Walden University.