Best Lingít Podcasts (2025)

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Cacophony of Joy | Lingit aani áyá | Part 1 56:19

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In the Spring, the Herring Protectors -- an Indigenous women-led grassroots movement -- invited We Rise and our friends at Movement Generation to what is known as Sitka, Alaska or Sheet'ká Kwáan for the yaaw koo.eex, a Lingit ceremony honoring the herring and Lingit ways of life. In this series, we share teachings from our time together in Sheet'ká…

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Rising for Our Motherlands | nicky & Nadya's Pivot Points | Bonus Episode 46:35

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Rising For Our Motherlands is a project born from deep commitments to our people, our homelands, and to one another. This episode features a conversation between friend, kasama, and early collaborator of Rising For Our Motherlands, Nadya Tannous, and co-host nicky, as they reflect on their pivot points, their shared history of organizing, and what …

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Rising for Our Motherlands | We Become a Wave | EP 1 50:56

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Rising For Our Motherlands is a podcast about our love for our people, our lands, each other. Our first season draws connections from Palestine to the Philippines and illuminates our interconnected struggles. In this first episode, we introduce the vision and power behind Rising for Our Motherlands. You’ll get to know our hosts, Maisa and nicky — w…

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Cacophony of Joy | Gunalchéesh | Part 3 54:29

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In the Spring, the Herring Protectors -- an Indigenous women-led grassroots movement -- invited We Rise and our friends at Movement Generation to what is known as Sitka, Alaska or Sheet'ká Kwáan for the yaaw koo.eex, a Lingit ceremony honoring the herring and Lingit ways of life. In the last episode of this series, we return to Totem Square with Lo…

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Cacophony of Joy | Original Teachings | Part 2 1:08:32

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In the Spring, the Herring Protectors -- an Indigenous women-led grassroots movement -- invited We Rise and our friends at Movement Generation to what is known as Sitka, Alaska or Sheet'ká Kwáan for the yaaw koo.eex, a Lingit ceremony honoring the herring and Lingit ways of life. In part two, we spend most of our time with the Kaayani Sisters Counc…

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Rising for Our Motherlands | Trailer 5:24

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Oakland People's Arms Embargo | Press Conference | EP 60 54:56

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Live from Oakland International Airport, members of AROC (Arab Resource & Organizing Center) Action, Bay Area PYM (Palestinian Youth Movement) & the US Palestinian Community Network (USPCN), along with other local leaders, gathered in solidarity demanding an end to all shipments of military cargo from ports of Oakland to Israel and an Oakland Arms …

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For the Salmon | Herring Protectors Series | EP 59 50:48

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In early May, on the morning of the kuu.éex --a nightlong ceremony in celebration of Tlingit ways of life, to honor relatives, and in this specific gathering, the herring -- we circled round a coffee table, folks on the floor, in chairs, cozied up on the couch and listened to Deloole & Rochelle talk about protecting Indigenous sovereignty in the Yu…

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Visions of a Climate Just World, Ep. 58 1:20:18

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In autumn of 2024, a diverse crowd of artists, activists, and community members gathered at the New Parkway Theater on occupied Ohlone land known as Huchiun for a private screening co-hosted by the Center for Cultural Power and Movement Generation. Excited to immerse themselves in stories of climate justice, the audience came for the debut of two s…

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Enero Zapatista: Lithium Mining & Indigenous Resistance, Ep. 57 1:07:36

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Enero Zapatista is an autonomously organized month-long series of events commemorating the Zapatistas' January 1st 1994 uprising. The aim of the events is to gather and form connections through Zapatismo and the Zapatista struggle, across calendars and geographies.We Rise has been attending these events all month to record and document the series. …

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Crosspollination | Roots of Justice, Panel Part 2 | Ep 56 29:12

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Welcome to the third and final episode from our Crosspollination community block party series Roots of Justice: Protecting the Land, Protecting the People. As you probably know, we’re sharing this event out in 3 episodes. You can listen to episodes 54 and 55 to hear the beautiful opening ritual and the first part of the conversation with our paneli…

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Crosspollination | Roots of Justice, Panel Part 1 | Ep 55 1:00:48

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Welcome to part two of our final iteration of the Crosspollination community block party series Roots of Justice: Protecting the Land, Protecting the People. Because of the fullness of the dialogue, we’re sharing this event out in 3 episodes. Listen to episode 54 to hear the beautiful opening ritual, featuring musical artists Sam and Nikbo, and our…

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Crosspollination | Roots of Justice, Opening | Ep 54 29:41

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In this political moment, we are so grateful to share with you the final episodes of our Crosspollination series. In these transformational times of simultaneous pain and potential, may we continue to weave & fortify our relationships with ourselves, each other, our ancestors, with land, with water and the other beings that call this earth home. Ma…

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Blessed Assurance | Ep. 53 24:29

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La Madre Tiarra of Auspicious Acoustics introduces Blessed Assurance: Auspicious Acoustics grassroots fundraising initiative for their work with the Parents, Families, Caregivers and Loved Ones of Ascended Young Ones, aka The Angel Baby Constellations (ABCs). We Rise invites you to listen to our dear friend & collaborator, Tiarra as she shares abou…

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Healing with the Land, Stewarding Shelterwood Collective | Ep. 52 49:05

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Welcome to this conversation between Co-founder, Layel Camargo, Wellness Practitioner, Erica Gibbons & Artist in Residence and Somatic Scribber Kate Morales, of Shelterwood Collective. We Rise is honored to be in community with Shelterwood, a queer, trans, black, indigenous, people of color-led land stewardship project located on unceded Kashia and…

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Crosspollination | We Show Up for Each Other, Part Two | Ep. 51 1:06:23

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Welcome to part two of our recording from our June 8th Crosspollination community block party, Diasporic Care: We Show Up for Each Other. Because we had so many incredible guest speakers on our panel, we are breaking this conversation up into parts one & two. If you missed part one, we highly encourage you to listen to We Rise podcast episode 50, D…

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Crosspollination | Diasporic Care, Part One | Ep. 50 1:01:46

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Diasporic Care: We Show Up for Each Other Welcome to Part 1 of 2 of this live recording from our Crosspollination community block party series. This event took place on June 8th, 2024. This episode features our opening prayer* with Dr. Uzo Nwankpa, & the beginning of our speakers panel, featuring the brilliant hearts & minds of: Sarah O'Neal, Oakla…

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Stewardship, Remembrance, & Sovereignty with Layla Feghali & Iman Labanieh | Ep. 49 1:33:50

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Join Layla K. Feghali of River Rose Remembrance & Iman Labanieh of Baylasan Botanicals for a timely conversation about Layla's newly released book, The Land in Our Bones. Highlighting lineages of herbal resilience, diasporic stewardship, and unraveling the rippling impacts of colonial violence on our earth and communities, this book about people an…

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Crosspollination | Emergent Orgs for the People | Ep. 48 1:13:12

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Crosspollination is a block party series created by We Rise Production with the purpose of strengthening and deepening existing connections and initiating new ones, after the changing culture and community landscape Oakland experienced in years of social distancing and pandemic. Our themes will deepen into an exploration of how WE TAKE CARE OF US. …

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Coast to Coast: The Season Finale 1:00:07

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We are joined by Éedaa Heather Burge and Shodzi'dzo:wa:’ Damian Webster to talk about their language journey and current work, and also about systemic changes they hope to see in the near future. They also shared their thoughts on how to balance teaching the complexities of Indigenous languages while also being true to the spirit of the language an…

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Be the Change Agent of the Goal You Seek 55:51

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We are joined by Dr. Keiki Kawaiʻaeʻa, Interim Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and former director of Ka Haka ‘Ula O Ke‘elikōlani College of Hawaiian Language at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo. She shares her language journey, and then we talk about the elements that may have made the Hawaiian language movement successful. We also talk abou…

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Ḵúx̱de Kagux̱daháa: Landback, Languageback, Objectback 55:27

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We are joined by multimedia artist Yéil Ya-Tseen Nicholas Galnin, who is from Sheetkʼá (Sitka, Alaska) and performs music as Ya Tseen. He is a 2024 Guggenheim Fellow, can be found on Sub-Pop Records, and has work featured around the world that is in sculpture, jewelry, video, and installation. His works speak to sovereignty, racial, social, and env…

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Yaaw Káx̱ Adéli: Herring Protectors 55:14

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We are joined by Ḵasheechtlaa Louise Brady to talk about the path that led to sobriety and work with protecting the invaluable and threatened herring run to Southeast Alaska. Yaaw (herring) produce a vital food source to the Lingít peoples, and are an indicator species for ecosystem balance within the interconnected worlds of living things in the o…

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Indigenous Opera: Reclamations in Storytelling 1:18:34

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We are joined by writer T’set kwei Vera Starbard and musician Shaaḵindustóow Ed Littlefield to discuss their path to becoming an Emmy-nominated writer, playwright, editor, professional percussionist, educator, and composer. They also talk about their experiences as the librettist, translator, and composer of an upcoming Lingít opera about Sheetkʼá …

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The Ocean That Unites Us 59:32

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Dr. Iene Vini Olsen-Reeder joins us for a conversation about Individual language journeys and social reclamation movements with the intention of bringing our languages home by being excellent multilinguals. Iene is a co-host of the upcoming podcast 2 Couple to Kōrero, which will talk about bringing languages home from the perspective of a couple co…

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Preparing for the Eclipse: Healing the Individual and the Collective 59:39

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We are joined by Denaʼina scholar and language teacher Łiq'a yes Joel Isaak to talk about language journeys, the ways that being a visual artist can help create visual representations of grammar, Tribal school and programs, and staying strong and focused through dramatic changes. Isaak is an artist and installs large level artwork, and also works i…

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Indigenous Hip Hop & More 51:04

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We are joined by Yawdunéi Arias Hoyle, who performs as Air Jazz, to talk about his work as a Hip Hop artist that uses Lingít Yoo X̱ʼatángi (the Lingít language) in his work. We are honored to feature three of his songs: S’áxt’, Nakaaní/Shaax’wsaani, and Ch’áak Waak (ft. Radiophonic), and talk about learning and using Lingít, taking the language int…

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Indigenous Futures: If We Can Do It, You Can Do It! 55:13

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We are joined by Rochelle Adams, Language Access Director for the Alaska Public Interest Research Group and Gwichʼin language speaker, learner, and teacher, for a discussion on language journeys, making Indigenous voices count, and brilliant Indigenous futures. Indigenous languages connect with each other across vast time and space to make lasting …

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From Surviving to Thriving: The Genocidal Boarding School Era 55:12

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Dr. Walkie Charles is a Yupʼik language professor and the Director of the Alaska Native Language Center. He joins us to talk about his approach to language teaching, surviving and overcoming horrendous boarding school experiences, and brushing off the terrible parts of life in order to be yourself in language reclamation movements. The Boarding Sch…

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Creating Safe Learning Zones for the Mother Tongue 54:10

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We are joined by Yaayuk Bernadette Alvanna-Stimpfle, a high fluency first language speaker of Iñupaq, the director of the Kawerak, Inc. Heritage Program, and a doctoral candidate at Ka Haka ʻUla o Keʻelikōlani College of Hawaiian Language at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo. She shares her wisdom as an Indigenous language teacher, developer of tea…

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A Conversation with Master Carver Yéil Yádi Nathan Jackson 43:38

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The Northwest Coast is well known for totem poles, bentwood boxes, Chilkat blankets, wall screens, and many more items that are significant cultural property of Indigenous peoples of the area. We are joined by master Lingít artist Yéil Yádi Nathan Jackson, who has been a practicing artist for over six decades and whose works have been installed wor…

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Indigenous Dreamers and Content Creators 51:38

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We are joined by the talented and wonderful Princess Daazhraii Johnson, who is an actor, producer, writer, and concerned citizen of the universe. She is the former Creative Producer and still is a writer for the Emmy-nominated PBS series Molly of Denali, which features a Native American female as the lead character. She shares about her journey in …

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Náakw áwé i tóo yéi yatee: Healing from Within 57:19

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In this episode we visit with Dr. Náakw Latseení Tina Woods, Senior Director of Community & Behavioral Services at Central Council Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska. Dr. Tina shares her perspective on Indigenous healing centers, living in wellness, and dealing with historical and personal traumas while on a lifelong language journey. This epi…

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West side!! Language learning on the West side of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy 1:11:21

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In episode 2, we are joined by Shodzi'dzo:wa:’ Damian Webster and Montgomery Hill who do amazing work in the Seneca and Tuscarora languages. We talk about their languages, communities, and work, and then give perspectives on what it takes to create speakers, and then talk about what it takes to keep going and not quit while doing this type of work.…

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Language Nests Across Cultures 1:03:25

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In the first episode of season two, we are joined by Dr Kauanoe Kamana and Dr William “Pila” Wilson, who were both instrumental to the Hawaiian Language Reclamation movement. They collaborated with a courageous and amazing group of changemakers to create the ‘Aha Pūnana Leo (language nest) and Ke Kula ʻo Nāwahīokalaniʻōpuʻu (language medium school)…

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Tongue Unbroken Trailer Season 2 4:57

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Season 2 of the Tongue Unbroken is coming out on January 16th. Please join us for conversations on language revitalization and decolonization in North America. We will be covering a wide range of topics this season that are relevant to everyone in North America, because if you live in North America, you live in Native America. Indigenous lands, Ind…

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¡Aye Que Chismear! with Nalgona Positivity Pride & Radically Fit, Ep. 47 57:03

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Join Gloria Lucas of Nalgona Positivity Pride & Luca Yacón of Radically Fit Oakland in this enlightening & heart-to-heart discussion diving deep into the realms of Harm Reduction, Eating Disorders, & Body Movement. This thought-provoking conversation is an exploration of:⁠ Harm Reduction Strategies⁠ Personal Eating Disorder Journey⁠ Body Movement a…

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Wash It All Away with Adrienne Shamszad, Ep. 46 47:53

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Born and raised in the Bay, Iranian-American singer-songwriter Adrienne Shamszad hops on the mic and shares her voice with We Rise listeners, debuting her first full-length album in 15 years: Wash It All Away! Adrienne's music is dedicated to our collective liberation - and is an intimate incantation of her heart. Equal parts silly and heartfelt, C…

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Somos Semillas EP 5: Sacred Rainbows, Weaving Our Crossroads 1:05:51

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Somos Semillas, We Are Seeds: A Podcast about Indigenous Sovereignty & Collective Storytelling This creative collaboration with indigenous poet & scholar Erika Murcia invites us to explore inquiries about living with greater purpose, presence & rootedness. EP 5: Sacred Rainbows, Weaving Our Crossroads In this bonus episode Cat, Erika, & nicky gathe…

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Somos Semillas EP 4: Sacred Winds, Returning to our Power of Shedding 1:03:31

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Somos Semillas, We Are Seeds: A Podcast about Indigenous Sovereignty & Collective Storytelling This creative collaboration with indigenous poet & scholar Erika Murcia invites us to explore inquiries about living with greater purpose, presence & rootedness. EP 4: Sacred Winds, Returning to our Power of Shedding In this episode Erika, nicky & Cat are…

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Somos Semillas EP 3: Sacred Fires, Returning to our Sexual Creativity 1:17:26

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Somos Semillas, We Are Seeds: A Podcast about Indigenous Sovereignty & Collective Storytelling This creative collaboration with indigenous poet & scholar Erika Murcia invites us to explore inquiries about living with greater purpose, presence & rootedness. EP 3: Sacred Fires, Returning to our Sexual Creativity In this episode Erika, nicky & Cat are…

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Queer & Well: We Take Care of Us, Ep. 45 42:46

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From Queer & Well's Earth Day event: A panel with Christina Chase of National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA) & Cat Brooks of Anti Police Terror Project (APTP), moderated by Layel Camargo When we think about communal care it is vital that we talk about the ways in which we take care of each other as queer and trans Black and brown fol…

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Queer & Well: Caring for the Land, Ep. 44 45:33

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From Queer & Well's Earth Day event: A Conversation with Layel Camargo of Shelterwood Collective & Inés Ixierda of Sogorea Te Land Trust As queer Black and brown folks, what does it look like to be reconnected to land our ancestors stewarded before colonialism & white supremacy? What are the ways we can come back to this land and rebuild not only t…

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Somos Semillas EP 2: Sacred Earth, Returning to our Body Sovereignty 49:54

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Somos Semillas, We Are Seeds: A Podcast about Indigenous Sovereignty & Collective Storytelling This creative collaboration with indigenous poet & scholar Erika Murcia invites us to explore inquiries about living with greater purpose, presence & rootedness. In this episode we are reclaiming Earth Mother and the soils as part of who we are, what we'r…

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Somos Semillas EP 1: Sacred Waters, Returning to our Natural Flow 51:33

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Somos Semillas, We Are Seeds: A Podcast about Indigenous Sovereignty & Collective Storytelling This creative collaboration with indigenous poet & scholar Erika Murcia invites us to explore inquiries about living with greater purpose, presence & rootedness. Episode One: Sacred Waters, Returning to Our Natural Flow offers expansive praxis for a calli…

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Somos Semillas EP 0: Sacred Ether, Returning to our Spirit 1:11:59

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Somos Semillas, We Are Seeds: A Podcast about Indigenous Sovereignty & Collective Storytelling This creative collaboration with indigenous poet & scholar Erika Murcia invites us to explore inquiries about living with greater purpose, presence & rootedness. How do we want to be seeds now? In Episode 0, Erika, nicky, & Cat are accompanied by writer &…

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Pilot: Somos Semillas, We Are Seeds 8:32

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Somos Semillas, We Are Seeds: A Podcast about Indigenous Sovereignty & Collective Storytelling This creative collaboration with indigenous poet & scholar Erika Murcia invites us to explore inquiries about living with greater purpose, presence & rootedness. In this 5-episode series, we’ll deconstruct the ways we connect to each sacred element -Water…

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The Real Work, Ep 6: Dreaming Forward 1:35:38

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This is it, right here, this is the final episode. And if you’re here right now, and you’ve been choosing to return to this work again and again, I want to say, thank you. Cuz If we want alternative means to responding to harm other than the systems on offer from the state, we are the ones who have to invest time, energy, labor into learning, heali…

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The Real Work, EP 5: Applied Practice 1:45:24

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Last episode, we focused on the accountability part of community accountability. We explored how changing our behavior to live accountably is lifelong work, is violence prevention, takes building skills until they become muscle memory. Fortunately for us, Mia gave us many opportunities to practice. In this episode, we learn from this practice – and…

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Finale with La quen náay Liz Medicine Crow and Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins 1:41:23

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La quen náay Liz Medicine Crow and Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins join X̱ʼunei to look back on the spring of 2014 when they worked together with each other and others to pass a law that made Alaska Native Languages the co-official languages of Alaska. They talk about the process and how to create change through political methods, including how to defeat t…