Nostalgia Research ~ Robin Poor Bear ~ Stories of Native American Resilience

  Tuesday, November 24 – As we head into the Thanksgiving holiday, we talk about nostalgia with NDSU professor Clay Routledge, who says nostalgia provides a boost in positive psychological states such as mood, social connectedness, self-esteem, and meaning.  His new book is titled: Nostalgia: A Psychological Resource. ~~~ Robin Poor Bear, an Oglala Sioux woman, opened up to filmmaker David Sutherland about a life of sexual abuse in the documentary “Kind Hearted Woman.” She passed away on Friday. We’re airing an excerpt from a conversation with her that aired right before the documentary premiered in 2013. ~~~ In this week’s installment of “Stories of Native American Resilience,” we hear from Robert His Chase of the Standing Rock Reservation.  ~~~ Ed Goerger is the executive director of the Northern Plains Sustainable Agriculture Society, and he’s Matt Olien’s guest on this week’s Prairie Pulse show.