{"id":3564229,"uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3564229/?format=json","airdate":"2025-10-12T14:03:36-07:00","show":64816,"show_uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/64816/?format=json","image_uri":"","thumbnail_uri":"","song":"Interview with Mary Jane H. Topash, Assistant Director of Cultural Education Initiatives at The Burke Museum","track_id":null,"recording_id":null,"artist":"","artist_ids":[],"album":"","release_id":null,"release_group_id":null,"labels":[],"label_ids":[],"release_date":null,"rotation_status":null,"is_local":false,"is_request":false,"is_live":false,"comment":"Mary Jane Topash (she/her), Tulalip Tribes, is the Assistant Director of Cultural Education Initiatives at the Burke Museum. She has a well-rounded approach to sharing Tribal history with lived experience, education, and professional work. She graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in Anthropology and American Indian Studies and achieved her Master of Arts from from the University of Washington Bothell in Cultural Studies. Mary Jane has worked in informal education in the museum field for over 12 years, focusing on Coast Salish Tribal history. Her work focuses on decolonial practices, equity and inclusion, informal teaching, anti-stereotyping, and anti-appropriation. She served as co-chair to the Burke Museum’s Equity and Inclusion Committee for multiple terms and serves on UW’s Friends of the Educational Opportunity Board for the last five years.","location":1,"location_name":"Default","play_type":"nontrackplay"}