Chris Welter
Managing Editor, Eichelberger Center for Community VoicesChris Welter is the Managing Editor at The Eichelberger Center for Community Voices at WYSO.
Chris started in radio in 2017 when he trained at the Eichelberger Center for Community Voices. Most recently, he worked as a substitute host and the Environment Reporter at WYSO.
He is a graduate of Antioch College, where he edited the campus newspaper, The Record. He now sits on the newspaper's advisory board.
Chris is a lifelong Ohioan. He was born and raised in Columbus and lives in Yellow Springs with his partner and their cats and dog. He moonlights as a mediocre disc golfer and loves cooking, hiking, and reading about Ohio history.
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Springfield mayor has said no evidence has been found to support rumors of stolen pets. The vast majority of Haitians in Springfield have legal status. -
The Miami Tribe of Oklahoma and Miami University have partnered since the 1970s. This relationship resulted in the Myaamia Center, a research and education initiative. -
As K-12 students return to school, many will wear new shoes. Some of the most popular are in Nike's Air Jordan line, named after famous basketball player Michael Jordan. -
Artist and Ohio resident Suzanne Chouteau became a citizen of The Shawnee Tribe as an adult. Chouteau said her art reflects her appreciation for the brilliance and struggles of her Shawnee ancestors. -
The Indian Removal Act resulted in the relocation of thousands of people. It was chaotic and deadly for tribal nations. Still, those nations maintain their communities today. -
Historic interpreter Talon Silverhorn, of the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, spoke about Tecumseh’s legacy and invited Ohioans to rebuild authentic relationships with Shawnee people. -
The Ohio Country’s population and economy were transformed in the 1700s as the Shawnee, Miami, and others returned to the region, and traders and settlers arrived by the thousands. -
This spring, Edwin C. Moses spoke with two track athletes at Meadowdale High School in West Dayton about his Olympic experience in the nineteen seventies and eighties. -
Shawnee and Myaamia ancestral cultures have been grouped into the Adena, Hopewell and Fort Ancient eras. Fort Ancient era people thrived for 700 years before Europeans arrived. -
In this episode, we'll hear about the Shawnee and Miami practice of intentionally burning land. But when the settlers came to the Ohio Country, they did not embrace that practice. Can it come back?
