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The Red Nation Podcast

Hope is revolutionary, hope is Indigenous (Pt.1)

The Red Nation Podcast

The Red Nation

History, Society & Culture

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2021

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Red Power Hour is back!

RPH co-hosts Elena Ortiz (@spiritofpopay) and Melanie Yazzie break down the major stories for Indigenous liberation in 2021 in a two-episode series (yes it took us that long to talk about 2021).

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0:00.0

One of the principal barriers to the simulation seems to be the natural

0:07.8

tendency of white people to violence. They love violence. They love it as entertainment, the very foundation of their way of life, death and sacrifice.

0:20.0

White people with almost missionary zeal have done the best to export death and sacrifice for every corner of the world.

0:27.0

We are not Americans. We are not Americans.

0:34.0

We are not Americans.

0:36.0

We are not Americans.

0:38.0

Better red than death.

0:40.0

Better red than Death.

0:43.0

Than Death.

0:44.0

Yeah!

0:45.0

Yeah!

0:48.0

But we're gonna close it out, you know, close it out for 2021 here. It's just gonna be me and Elena today

0:56.8

talking about all of the crazy things that happened in 2021

1:02.3

Yeah, we're gonna try to hit the top 10. What we decided are the

1:06.8

top 10 stories pertaining to indigenous people and indigenous liberation. And I don't know,

1:11.6

just try to close out with a good feeling good heart and hopefully

1:15.4

2022 won't be as I've said before such a dumpster fire

1:19.1

of a goddamn year but before we get started I think we said that last year too. Oh yeah a year ago we said that and then

1:28.4

2021 I mean it's not like the mat something years really matter in this sense right like

1:34.4

indigenous new years don't fall on December 31st into January 1sts but I think it's

1:40.4

helpful to mark things and those kinds of cycles or whatever.

1:44.0

We're still in some sort of like horrific cycle of like hopelessness and death. I'm really hoping that when we do this again in 365 days or whenever that

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