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4:00 Dan says, “Make it sound like I went to Haskell,” referring to the all-Indian higher education institution in Lawrence, Kansas. Credit Gen. Quon, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons This is the High Plains Public Radio Reader’s Book Club, and my name is Freddy Gipp. I am born and raised in Lawrence, KS and currently head a small community development firm called Lead Horse LLC. I am an enrolled member of the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma, my Indian name is “T’san T’hoop A’hn, meaning “Le...

Credit PC bro, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons This is the High Plains Public Radio Reader’s Book Club and my name is Freddy Gipp. I am born and raised in Lawrence, KS and currently head a small community development firm called Lead Horse LLC. I am an enrolled member of the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma, my Indian name is “T’san T’hoop A’hn, meaning “Lead Horse” in the Kiowa Language, and I graduated from the University of Kansas in 2016 with a degree in strategic communications f...

4:00 Since the late 19th Century through the present day, medical and cultural practices have been influenced by shamanism in many cultures. Depicted here is an Athapascan Hupa female shaman from northwest California. Credit Edward R. Curtis, 1868 – 1952 from Library of Congress You are listening to the High Plains Public Radio Reader’s Book Club. My name is Freddy Gipp, I am an enrolled member of the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma, and my Indian name is T’san T’hoop Ah’n, meaning “Lead...