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Buffalo Soldier Speaks

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Latest episodes

  • Time in Yosemite

    January 22, 2014 · 6 min

    Sgt. Boman talks about Time as its own sort of geography, that in the Sierra Nevada you can get lost in the when, the here and now, as easily as taking a wrong turn in the mountains.

  • On Two Fronts III

    December 18, 2013 · 5 min

    Sgt. Boman�s final thoughts on fighting that war for freedom, for true emancipation.

  • On Two Fronts II

    December 11, 2013 · 5 min

    Sgt. Boman continues this conversation about colored men who serve in the military, and their fight for freedoms that are elusive once they return from the battlefield.

  • On Two Fronts

    December 4, 2013 · 9 min

    Sgt. Boman tells of an encounter in Jerseydale that prompts him to consider some of the differences between being a colored soldier versus a white soldier in a time of war.

  • Power

    November 20, 2013 · 10 min

    Sgt. Boman reflects on his status as a sergeant in the Ninth Cavalry and the meaning in his own life of the word �power�.

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  • Moonlight on Banner Peak

    November 13, 2013 · 7 min

    Sgt. Boman feels the power of Yosemite on another memorable night in the wild.

  • Taken at Thousand Island Lake

    November 6, 2013 · 7 min

    What's the power of beauty on the human spirit? Can a place be so beautiful that when we give ourselves over to that beauty we lose a part of ourselves? On a routine patrol Sgt. Boman encounters such a place.

  • Spiritual

    October 30, 2013 · 8 min

    Sgt. Boman reflects on the impact of his 20 year separation from his family.

  • The Hunt

    September 25, 2013 · 14 min

    After Sgt. Boman evicts a poacher from the park, he has a feeling that he may be the one who's being stalked.

  • Birthday

    September 18, 2013 · 7 min

    Sgt. Boman has a birthday in Yosemite Valley and thinks about the family he has left behind in the South.

  • The Silence of Mountains

    September 11, 2013 · 6 min

    Quiet is a good thing to find in a city, but what about Yosemite?

  • Roaring Mountain

    September 4, 2013 · 8 min

    Sgt. Boman races to the safety of a meadow while Mono winds rise around him.

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About the show

"A Buffalo Soldier Speaks" an audio podcast featuring National Park Ranger Shelton Johnson as Sergeant Elizy Boman, Troop "K", Ninth U.S. Cavalry, who was dispatched to Yosemite National Park in 1903 and served there through 1904.