This week, we're taking a break from sharing our conversations to highlight some awesome podcasts by Indigenous creators centering Indigenous voices and experiences. Content Warning: missing and murdered Indigenous women
This week, in honor of Indigenous Peoples' Day, we're taking a break from sharing our conversations to highlight some awesome podcasts by Indigenous creators centering Indigenous voices and experiences.
Content Warning: missing and murdered Indigenous women
PODCASTS TO CHECK OUT:
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Resources and action items on our Linktree
Cover artwork by Be Boggs
Music by Malaventura
Full transcript available HERE
TINA: We the People take this moment to recognize the fact that we are recording from the occupied territory of the Odawa, Ojibwe, and Potawatomi people, for those of us in the city colonially known as Chicago, and the Chumash, Kizh, and Tataviam people, for those in what is colonially referred to as LA. We ask that you take this time to look up whose lands you currently occupy, learn their history, and take meaningful action to decolonize and restore those lands to their rightful stewards, and to support, uplift, and fight for Indigenous communities. Action items and resources can be found in the link tree on our instagram: @wethepeoplepresent
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TINA: Hey y’all, Tina here. This week we’re doing something a little different. In honor of Indigenous Peoples’ Day this past Monday, we wanted to highlight some amazing podcasts by Native creators centered on Native voices and experiences for you to add to your podcast arsenal. There’s truly something for everyone, whether you’re interested in conversations about identity and culture, love a good true crime podcast, or need a pop culture fix. Here we go.
DANA: All My Relations is hosted by Matika Wilbur, from the Swinomish and Tulalip peoples of coastal Washington, and Adrienne Keene, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. They delve into what it means to be a Native person in today’s cultural landscape, and often speak with guests to provide a broad range of perspectives. Each episode they cover a different topic facing Native peoples today, such as food sovereignty, sex education, fashion, appropriation, the pandemic, and voting. It is heartfelt, smart, funny, and warm, and it’s a great way to listen, learn, and incorporate Indigenous perspectives into your own thinking and activism. You can subscribe to All My Relations on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Google Podcasts.
LYONEL: The Henceforward was born out of a graduate course taught by Eve Tuck at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, and has become a hub for examining the intersections of settler colonialism and antiblackness. There is no set format, and the hosts and topics change each week, but the core running through every episode is how the relationships and conversations between Black and Indigenous Peoples can go beyond what has been constructed by settler colonialism and antiblackness, and the theories of decolonization and abolition within settler colonial contexts. It is really informative, emotional, and rooted in transformative change, and it’s an amazing resource for anyone looking to reinforce their activism with knowledge and respect, or looking to broaden their understanding of what it meant to be Black, Indigenous, or Black and Indigenous. You can subscribe to The Henceforward on Apple Podcasts.
TINA: Métis in Space is a film and TV podcast where hosts Molly Swain and Chelsea Vowel, who are both Métis from Canada, deconstruct Sci-Fi movies and television that feature Indigenous Peoples, tropes, or themes through a decolonial lens, with plenty of red wine on hand. Their tagline is: Unapologetically Indigenous, unabashedly female, and unblinkingly nerdy. It’s funny, it’s insightful, and it’s the perfect place for all you film and tv nerds to broaden your perspectives and become more conscious viewers. You can subscribe to Métis in Space on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher.
AJA: Missing and Murdered is a multiple-award-winning dive into several cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women. The first season focuses on the 1989 murder of Alberta Williams which was never solved by police, though one officer says he knows who did it. Season 2 covers the case of a young Cree girl who was taken by child welfare workers in the 70s and whose family say was stolen and murdered while trying to find her way back home. Cree Journalist Connie Walker delves into not only the cases themselves, but Canada’s history of anti-Indigenous practices like the “Sixties Scoop” practice of stealing Indigenous children from their families and placing them into foster care. It’s an incredibly nuanced look at Canada’s dark past and present, and highlights the epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous women that continues to rage on with little action from those with the power to address it. You can subscribe to Missing and Murdered on Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts.
TINA: Produced by Crooked Media, This Land is an in-depth exploration of two murder cases-the assassination of a Cherokee leader in 1839 and a 1999 murder trial- that figure greatly into the 2020 Supreme Court decision that ruled on the treaty rights of five tribes and the fate of almost half of the land in Oklahoma. Hosted by Oklahoma journalist and citizen of the Cherokee Nation Rebecca Nagle, This Land delves into not only tribal land issues and treaty laws, but the political implications of the Trump administration and right-wing attacks on tribal sovereignty on a landmark land restoration case. It’s captivating to listen to and provides such important context for those of us who may not understand contemporary tribal issues as well as we should. You can subscribe to This Land on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Stitcher.
TINA: Thank you all for listening, We the People will be back with more in-depth conversations next week! In the meantime, we hope this helps you begin to center more Indigenous voices in the media you consume regularly, because every day is Indigenous peoples’ day when you live on stolen land. For links to each of the podcasts we mentioned today, and for more ways to support Indigenous communities, visit the linktree in our episode description and on our instagram, @wethepeoplepresent. We’ll see y’all next week!
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