Indigenous Leaders on Protecting Native Rights, Land, & Culture

Our Body Politic

Diaspora Farms, LLC

News Commentary, Documentary, Society & Culture, Government, News

4.8 • 658 Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

We’re uplifting Indigenous voices! First, Farai interviews Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland on what she’s learning from the survivors and descendants of the Federal Indian Boarding School system. Then, Farai speaks with Deputy Director of Western Native Voice, Ta’jin Perez, on the fight for tribal sovereignty. Plus, we revisit a 2014 conversation about Native American media from the podcast, “One With Farai” featuring Bird Runningwater, co-executive producer of the forthcoming TV series "Sovereign", and former director of the Sundance Institute Indigenous Program.

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0:00.0	Hi, folks, we are so glad that you're listening to Our Body Politic. If you haven't yet,
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0:33.2	feedback. Here's what one of you had to say. This podcast offers cogent and lively discussions of contemporary news and on issues affecting women of color.
0:43.1	Great cross-section of topics with sharp, trusted, and notable guest, sipping the political
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1:01.0	the show if you are able. You can find out more at ourbodypolitic.com slash donate. Thanks for listening.
1:12.6	This is Our BodyP Politic. I'm Farai Chidea.
1:17.4	Secretary of the Interior Deb Holland is a member of the Laguna Pueblo tribe
1:21.4	and the first Native American to lead the Department of the Interior.
1:25.8	Last May, her office released an initial investigative report
1:28.7	about the federal government system of Indian boarding schools. The investigation found that
1:34.3	between 1819 and 1969, the system included 408 federal schools across 37 states or then
1:42.1	territories, including 21 schools in Alaska and seven schools
1:45.5	in Hawaii. These schools forcibly removed indigenous children from their homes, changing their
1:52.9	names, cutting their hair, forcing them to perform military drills and forbidding them from speaking
1:57.9	their own languages. When children disobeyed, they faced harsh abuse, including whippings, food deprivation,
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