On today's episode, Jessica hosts Ernest House, Jr. (Ute Mountain Ute), Senior Policy Director for the Keystone Policy Center and former Executive Director for the Colorado Commission of Indian Affairs (CCIA). Ernest talks about his experiences working for CCIA including their efforts in collaboration with 48 tribes associated with the state of Colorado to develop a statewide repatriation policy and his work to support the Cheyenne and Arapaho Nations' ongoing efforts to commemorate the Sand Creek Massacre. Ernest also discusses the importance of public education on Indigenous topics, as well as land co-management with Tribes and the Land Back movement. Transcripts For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/heritagevoices/69 Links * Heritage Voices on the APN [https://www.archpodnet.com/heritagevoices] * Keystone Policy Center [https://www.keystone.org/] * Colorado Commission of Indian Affairs [https://ccia.colorado.gov/] * Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Park [http://www.utemountaintribalpark.info/index.html] * Ute Mountain Ute Tribe's Bow and Arrow Enterprise [https://bowandarrowbrand.com/#products] * Ute Mountain Casino Hotel [https://utemountaincasino.com/] * Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site [https://www.nps.gov/sand/learn/historyculture/index.htm] * Atlantic article "Return the National Parks to the Tribes" by David Treuer [https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/05/return-the-national-parks-to-the-tribes/618395/] Contact * Jessica Jessica@livingheritageanthropology.org @livingheritageA [http://www.twitter.com/livingheritageA]@LivingHeritageResearchCouncil [http://www.twitter.com/LivingHeritageResearchCouncil] ArchPodNet * APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com [https://www.archpodnet.com/] * APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet * APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet * APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet * Tee Public Store [https://www.teepublic.com/stores/archaeology-podcast-network?ref_id=5724] Affiliates * Wildnote [http://www.wildnoteapp.com/] * TeePublic [https://www.teepublic.com/?ref_id=5724&ref_type=aff] * Timeular [https://timeular.com/ref/chriswebster/] * Motion [https://www.archpodnet.com/motion]