Season 13

7 Episodes

In season 13 of Profiles of a Nation, meet Oklahoma State Associate Dean Kent Smith, bow maker Eric Smith, Chickasaw Cultural Center Executive Officer Valorie Walters, former Assistant Secretary of the Department of the Interior Kevin Washburn, dermatologist Dr. Whitney Tolpinrud, World War II veteran Jerry Brown, the Chickasaw Princess and Rosetta Stone actors Navaeh Smith and Jariah Eyachabbe.

Nevaeh Smith & Jariah Eyachabbe

S13 • E7
Nevaeh Smith and Jariah Eyachabbe are two young Chickasaw citizens acting in the Nation's new Rosetta Stone Chickasaw language lesson video series.

Jerry Brown

S13 • E6
Graduating from Oklahoma A&M in 1943 with a degree in education, Chickasaw Jerry Brown was soon recruited into the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps.

Dr. Whitney Tolpinrud

S13 • E5
Chickasaw citizen Dr. Whitney Tolpinrud says she always knew she would figure out a way to give back to her tribe.

Kevin Washburn

S13 • E4
A native of OKC and a graduate of Yale Law School, Kevin Washburn is currently a faculty member at the University of New Mexico School of Law.

Valorie Walters

S13 • E3
Valorie Walters says it's an amazing feeling to know the Cultural Center is a home for the Chickasaw people and for the Nation's history.

Eric Smith

S13 • E2
Eric Smith is a bow maker, a modern artisan paying homage to a truly ancient craft.

Kent Smith, Ph.D.

S13 • E1
Kent Smith founded the Native Explorers program as a way to recruit, train and educate the next generation of Native Americans in science & medicine.