Melungeon Voices S5 E7 – Melungeon and Redbone Ancestral Connections
In this season’s finale episode, MHA Board President Heather Andolina welcomes YouTube creator Danielle Romero and discovers how she found out about…
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Melungeon Voices S5 E2 – “Generations: An Indigenous Exhibit”
In this episode Heather Andolina (MHA Board President) talks to organizers Simone El Bey, Joanna Henry, and Brooke Gibbons about an all new exhibit ca…
Melungeon Voices S5 E6 – At-Risk Populations of Appalachia & Southern U.S.
In this episode, Heather Andolina welcomes John King to discuss at-risk populations, specifically the poor, homeless, and mixed-ethnic and non-white c…
Melungeon Voices S5 E5 – Overcoming Generational Trauma and Melungeon Resilience
Nae Whitman joins Heather Andolina to talk about her journey in overcoming generational trauma, the resilience of the Melungeon people, her fierce sup…
Melungeon Voices S5 E4 – Melungeon & Maroon Communities and the Underground Railroad
Heather Andolina welcomes Dr. Kimberly Cheek to examine the Tribal connections to the Underground Railroad in North Carolina and Virginia, how maroon …
Ginseng Diggers: A History of Root Gathering in Appalachia
Luke Manget is an author, historian, and assistant professor of history at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina. After a reading f…
Melungeon Voices S5 E3 – Discovering Melungeon & Indigenous Ancestry
In this episode's discussion, Heather Andolina invites Chief Deanna Wood-Priddy to sharing her discovery of her Melungeon heritage, what inspired her …
Melungeon Voices S5 E1 – Southern & Appalachian Folk Medicine
For the Season 5 debut episode, Heather Andolina (MHA Board President) is joined by Lindsay Kolasa and Phyllis Light to discuss Southern and Appalachi…