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Due South's America at 250: Native History in NC
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Teaching the teachers about Native American history
Dr. Brittany Hunt grew up in Robeson County, North Carolina, where there's a large Indigenous population. But when she got to college, she was just one of a few Native students on campus. That’s when she realized how little most people know about Native history and culture – and what they think they know is often flawed and racist. So instead of pursuing her dream of becoming a pediatrician, she became another kind of doctor. Hunt is now an assistant professor at the Virginia Tech School of Education, where she teaches the teachers about centering Indigenous stories and changing how history is taught.(This encore interview originally aired November 13,2023.)
Dr. Brittany Hunt, Assistant Professor, School of Education at Virginia Tech
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UNC Chapel Hill professor wins Pulitzer for indigenous history book, ‘Native Nations’
Kathleen DuVal’s latest book has been called a “magisterial overview of a thousand years of Native American history.” DuVal’s scholarship on the history of indigenous peoples in America has earned the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for History.(This encore interview originally aired June 10, 2025)
Kathleen DuVal, professor of history, UNC Chapel Hill and author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Native Nations: A Millennium in North America