Native Children Belong in Native Homes

All My Relations Podcast

Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane

Native, Documentary, Pop Culture, Society & Culture, Relationships, Indigenous, Native American, Society, Contemporary Native American Culture

5 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Brooke Pepion Swaney (Blackfeet/Salish) and Kendra Potter (Lummi) join All My Relations for “Native Children Belong in Native Homes.” This heartfelt, vulnerable and raw story is centered around their film, “Daughter of A Lost Bird”, which follows Kendra, an adult Native adoptee, as she reconnects with her birth family, discovers her Lummi heritage, and confronts issues of her own identity. Her singular story echoes many affected by the Indian Child Welfare Act and the Indian Adoption Project.

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Special thanks to Santa Monica College and everyone there who made this possible, thank you to the AMR team: Jonathan Stein, Max Levin, Teo Shantz, Lindsay Hightower, and Charlie Stavish. Major shout out to KP of Blackbelt Eaglescout for being our live music for the event and to Ciara Sana for the episode artwork.

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Resources mentioned in this episode:

Download the Daughter of A Lost Bird Discussion Guide here: https://www.daughterofalostbird.com/impact

This Land Podcast: https://crooked.com/podcast-series/this-land/

The National Indian Child Welfare Association: https://www.nicwa.org/about-icwa/

Blood Memory (documentary): https://www.bloodmemorydoc.com/

Dawnland (documentary): https://dawnland.org/

Sign the petition now:
https://www.change.org/p/protect-the-indian-child-welfare-act
or
https://action.lakotalaw.org/action/protect-icwa

Illuminative Protect ICWA tool kit: https://illuminative.org/protect-icwa-toolkit/

Native American Rights Fund: https://icwa.narf.org/

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey yo! Matika here! Welcome back! This week we are really excited to share the second episode
0:06.0	of our live series from Santa Monica College. This is a really special series and especially because
0:13.3	it features music by KP from Black Belt Eagle Scalp. Yeah, it was so cool! They were there with us
0:19.8	live the whole time, um, providing the the interludes and the before and after. It just changed the
0:27.2	entire tone of the day. It was amazing! Good vibes! Oh yeah! Hi, it's Adrienne! So in our last episode
0:35.2	we talked with Sterling Harjo and Ryan Regcorn and that show is up on the interwebs for your
0:41.2	listening pleasure. Especially if you're looking for a good laugh, we can barely hold it together
0:46.0	the whole time. And then this week we're sharing our conversation with Brooke Peppey on Swainey and
0:52.9	Kendra Potter about their documentary daughter of a lost bird. This film is about Kendra's journey
0:58.5	of being a native adoptee and reconnecting with her lummy family and community. We also talk about
1:03.9	the Indian Child Welfare Act or Iqwa and the importance of keeping native children in native families.
1:10.1	We're so happy to be sharing this with you and we hope you enjoy! And before we start the episode,
1:15.6	I want to mention a quick plug for the books, my book, Project 562, changing the way we see Native
1:22.0	America is now available for pre-order. The official launch date is April 25th so
1:29.1	if you would consider pre-ordering that would make a huge difference in the life of the book and also
1:34.5	Adrienne's book Notable Native People is also out on shelves now you can find it wherever you buy books.
1:40.8	One of our books...
2:10.8	All my relations.
2:13.9	Okay, ready?
2:14.9	Yes.
2:15.8	Okay.
2:16.6	Today we have a really special episode for you.
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