Daniel Spaulding
Indigenous Affairs Reporter/Producer, Our Living LandsExpertise: Radio hosting, station operations/management, underwriting, audio production, broadcast technician
Highlights
- Interviewed the first Native American Secretary of the Interior, Deb Haaland
- Passionate advocate for Indigenous voices and created multiple outlets in media to amplify and uplift Indigenous perspectives
- A board member of Voces Internship of Idaho
- Won “Idaho’s Best Radio Show 2024”
Experience
I joined Boise State Public Radio as the Indigenous Affairs Reporter and Producer for Our Living Lands, a weekly radio show that focuses on climate change and its impact on Indigenous communities. It is a collaboration between the Mountain West News Bureau, Native Public Media and Koahnic Broadcast Corporation.
I also serve my community on the Nez Perce Reservation as the KIYE FM Radio Coordinator, “The Voice of the Nimiipuu.” Beyond broadcasting, I have built a personal brand as a dynamic speaker and event host. I have delivered keynote addresses at universities across Idaho, inspired youth at leadership summits and emceed numerous community events. I am a champion for Indigenous voices and empower Indigenous people to reclaim their narratives. I have uplifted their stories through the diverse platforms I have created in media.
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Crisosto Apache was recently named Colorado’s poet laureate, the first Indigenous person to hold that title. Apache is Mescalero Apache, Chiricahua Apache, and Diné. -
Nika Bartoo-Smith is a reporter who covers Indigenous communities in the Pacific Northwest. Our Living Lands Producer Daniel Spaulding spoke with Bartoo-Smith about her work and the impact of climate change on tribes in the region. -
Declining snowpack is creating new challenges for irrigation, livestock, and traditional food systems in tribal communities -
As immigration enforcement expands nationwide, Native families say increased ICE activity is creating fear in their communities, even among U.S. citizens and tribal members. -
Across the West, climate change is putting snow sports like skiing at risk. For Indigenous skiers, that adds to a long history of exclusion from the sport. Let My People Go Skiing is a new film highlighting those challenges and some of the possible solutions. The film follows Ellen Bradley, the film's director and a Lingít skier, to her homelands in Southeast Alaska, where she works with Alaska Native Youth. -
Cheyenne McNeil, a Cohaire journalist, spoke with Our Living Lands Producer Daniel Spaulding about Cohaire land and water in North Carolina. -
KUNM Reporter Jeanette DeDios, who is Jicarilla Apache and Diné, spoke with Our Living Lands Producer Daniel Spaulding about issues facing Indigenous communities in New Mexico. -
The U.S. Department of Education started to send notices of collection, which may include wage garnishment, to borrowers whose student loans have gone unpaid for more than nine months and are in default status. Employers can withhold up to 15% of disposable income, without a court order, from employees whose student loans are in default. -
A group of young Indigenous men spent a week on the Wind River Reservation for a photo camp with National Geographic. The students camped, fished, explored and even helped with a bison harvest, all while honing their skills as storytellers and photographers. -
Researchers from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa are using Okinawan songs to learn about climate and geology. Our Living Lands Producer Daniel Spaulding spoke with Justin Higa, a postdoctoral fellow and a Ryukyuan traditional music practitioner, about the connections between climate, music, and culture.
