November is Native American Heritage month. I had the pleasure of sitting down with Loyola Rankin and Isaac Moore, who candidly share about life as indigenous people in this country, from family structures different from what mainstream America has taught as the traditional family to having to navigate code switching starting in elementary school, to addressing stereotypes -- hmm, do they pay taxes? is their college free? --the shock on people’s faces that they wear jeans & t-shirts, and what that NFL Washington football team’s mascot really meant and why it was horribly offensive. Plus they talk about life growing up as well as present day, and being a part of an indigenous educator organization called FIERCE that hopes to impact and revolutionize the teaching of history to be more accurate. Also, is it Native American? Indian? Indigenous? Loyola and Isaac don’t presume to speak for every native person or tribe in this country, but they’ve got thoughts and ideas on this and much much more on DBC.