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On this episode of the Little Moments Count Radio Podcast, we hear from Anna Sheppard, president of White Earth Tribal and Community College (WETCC) and Tammi Jalowiec, the Head Start Pathways Program Coordinator for WETCC. Sheppard and Jalowiec reflect on the education programs and scholarships at WETCC, the importance of seeing yourself and culture represented in your educators, and why sign language is important for infants to learn. This episode was recorded on February 15th, 2023.

On this episode of the Little Moments Count Radio Podcast, we hear from Barb Fabre, CEO of Indigenous Visioning as she discusses their tribal childcare licensing program.
  
Hosts Robert and Ogimaa Giniw Ikwe from Native Roots Radio, I’m Awake, interview Fabre about the need for more childcare providers in Indian Country and the tribal childcare licensing program Fabre and Indigenous Visioning created. This episode was recorded on December 21st, 2022.

Today we hear from four members of the Great Start for All MN Children Task Force. This task force was proposed by early care and education advocates, legislators, and the Walz-Flanagan Administration for the purposes of developing a state plan to accomplish the goal that “all families to have access to affordable, high-quality early care and education." Listen to find out why it's important all voices be heard in decisions affecting education in MN. Information on the task force can be found at https://bit.ly/3GzQePE. This episode was recorded on December 7th, 2022.

Fawn Youngbear Tibbetts and Jewell Arcoren of the Wicoie Nandagikendan Minneapolis’s Ojibwe and Dakhota Language Immersion Early Childhood Center, one of the first early childhood urban immersion language learning programs, appear on this podcast. They are interviewed on the importance of the development of young children through culture and language. This episode was recorded on October 26th, 2022.

On this episode, we hear from Tammy Wickstrom, Executive Director of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Aanjibimaadizing program, which integrates employment, training, and related services to support workforce development, self-sufficiency and family stability. We also talk to Baabiitawigiizhigookwe Melissa Boyd, who currently serves as the Senior Advisor on Language Revitalization Initiatives for the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe. Wickstrom and Boyd are interviewed on the importance of recognizing the effects of how cultivating connections with one’s Indigenous language and culture contributes to improved physical and mental wellbeing, and therefore greater success in school, family, and the workplace. This episode was recorded on November 30th, 2022.

On this episode, we hear Barb Fabre and Lucy Littlewolf Arias discuss the Indigenous Professional Development for Early childhood Educators. Hosts Robert Pilot and Ogimaa Giniw Ikwe interview Fabre and Arias on the results of a survey from early childhood educators and how, with knowledge and training, teachers can help reverse adverse experiences for young children and replace them with positive experiences. This episode was recorded on November 9th, 2022.

On this episode of the Little Moments Count Radio Podcast, we hear from Brook LaFloe. LaFloe, of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, is an Indigenous Montessori Educator and Entrepreneur and CEO of Niniijaanis One of Ones, which produces culturally-relevant learning materials and curriculum for birth though age-6 Indigenous children. LaFloe discusses Montessori teachings and how they relate to Indigenous teachings and the importance of revitalizing Indigenous languages. This episode was recorded on October 10th, 2022 .

Our guests on this episode are Barb Fabre, CEO of Indigenous Visioning and Lynn Sheils, Lead Teacher at Grand Portage Head Start. Hosts Robert and Wendy Pilot from Native Roots Radio, I’m Awake, interview Fabre and Sheils about INDIGEBOX, an educational subscription box for early childhood learning environments serving American Indian children. This episode was recorded on September 28th, 2022.

On this episode of the Little Moments Count Radio Podcast, we hear from a crew of people in the Indigenous Parent Leadership Initiative. Beth Ann Dodds is a project coordinator of the program, Kris Manning is a program facilitator, and Lacy Armstrong is a parent participant in the program. Guests speak about the 21-week civics program, the Indigenous Parent Leadership Initiative, from the perspectives of teachers and participants. This episode was recorded on September 14th, 2022.

This episode, we hear from Barb Fabre, CEO of Indigenous Visioning and developer of the Indigenous Parent Leadership Initiative. Fabre discusses the Initiative, whose goal is to transform parents into better versions of themselves, helping them become the leaders they would like to be for their children and families, all through a cultural lens. This episode was recorded on August 17th, 2022.

On this episode of the Little Moments Count Radio Podcast, we hear from Vanessa Goodthunder, director of the C̣aƞṡayapi Waḳaƞyeża Owayawa Oṭi, the Lower Sioux Early Head Start and Head Start Dakota language immersion program. Hosts Robert and Wendy Pilot from Native Roots Radio, I’m Awake, interview Goodthunder on the benefits of children and adults knowing their indigenous language. This episode was recorded on August 3, 2022.

We hear from Barb Fabre in this Little Moments Count Radio Podcast episode. Barb Fabre is the CEO of Indigenous Visioning and All Nations Rise. She is an enrolled member of the White Earth Ojibwe Nation in northwest Minnesota. Hosts Robert and Wendy Pilot from Native Roots Radio, I’m Awake, interview Barb on her work with early childhood education in Native communities. This episode was recorded on July 20, 2022.