Becoming Little Shell w/ Chris La Tray
The Red Nation Podcast
The Red Nation
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 24 November 2025
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
**Red Media is hiring an Executive Director!**
Chris La Tray joins TRN Podcast host Nick Estes in studio to discuss his latest book, Becoming Little Shell: A Landless Indian's Journey Home. He talks about the complexities of Indigenous family and tribal histories and fighting back against Indigenous erasure in this moment of backlash.
Check out his Substack, An Irritable Métis
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| 0:00.0 | I'm They'll just wait. This is weird. |
| 0:32.2 | I haven't done like an in-person podcast. |
| 0:34.5 | I know. |
| 0:34.8 | We're all cuddled up next to each other. |
| 0:37.4 | That's very intimate. |
| 0:38.3 | You're like two big native dudes in a closet recording a podcast. |
| 0:43.3 | Drinking coffee. |
| 0:44.3 | Drinking coffee. |
| 0:45.3 | Very close together. |
| 0:47.3 | Uh-huh. |
| 0:50.3 | So before we get started, I just wanted to let our viewers know that we are hiring. |
| 0:58.0 | Red Media Press is hiring an executive director. |
| 1:01.0 | You can go on the Red Media Press website and find it. |
| 1:05.0 | It's just Redmedia.P-R-E-S-S. |
| 1:08.0 | And there should be a job announcement for that. |
| 1:10.0 | I believe the closing date is next week. |
| 1:12.6 | So if you were interested in working for our amazing team and producing indigenous podcasts |
| 1:18.0 | in media, please apply. |
| 1:21.0 | If you know somebody, please share the link on there. |
| 1:23.2 | We'll put it in the show notes to this podcast. |
| 1:25.2 | But without further ado, I would like to welcome our guests today. |
| 1:30.9 | Chris LaTray, he wrote this book, Becoming Little Shell. |
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