Hi everyone, it's Rebecca. I'm dropping in with a special episode and an announcement.

So first, this episode comes from our friends at Snap Judgment and I'm so excited to share it

with you. Snap Judgment is a podcast and radio show you should definitely check out. They produce

amazing and immersive stories told by the people who live them and take you places you never thought

you'd go. And today, we're going with them to the Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota.

Home of the Mandan Hitatsa Erika Rade Nation. My friend, colleague and writer, Julian Brave

Noisecat brings us a story about what it means to count. And he found out the answer might depend

on who's doing the counting. Last year, Cheyenne Brady's tribe gave her a new job to count everyone

on her reservation. Julian follows her through the ups and downs of the 2020 census, culminating

in the first ever census powwow. It's a beautiful story. I hope you enjoy it.

But before I hand you over to Julian, my special announcement, I've got a brand new season of

this land coming to you this fall. I'll be uncovering a whole new story, one that I've been trying to

crack for years. I can't say too much about it right now, but stay tuned. But for now, here's the

census powwow.

What if everything you've seen, everything you've learned, everything taught you that the powers

that be, want to make you, your family and your community they want to make it disappear?

What do you do?

But today, my heart is swelling because we're going on a journey. Following one woman who decides

to take responsibility for counting everyone she holds dear, a very special step judgment,

years in the making. You probably present the census powwow.

And understand because this is real life, the story includes descriptions of genocide and

historical trauma. Since the flisters, please be advised, our story begins in a conference room,

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