Native Women Are Funny

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

🗓️ 22 March 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Three incredible women, Sierra Ornales (Diné ), Jana Schmieding (Mniconjou and Sicangu Lakota) and Tazbah Rose Chavez (Nüümü, Diné and San Carlos Apache tribes) join All My Relations to talk about the comedy scene, sisterhood and above all else— laughter as a way of life. These are the the women that brought us Rutherford Falls, and you may have also seen Jana in Reservation Dogs, but these amazing women have been working in television for years. We feel very lucky to be in conversation with them, and are so grateful for all the work the’ve done for positive Indigenous representation.

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Jana Schmieding (@janaunplgd) is a Mniconjou and Sicangu Lakota actor, writer, podcaster, beadwork artist, and comedian known for her work on Rutherford Falls and Reservation Dogs.

Tazbah Rose Chavez (@tazbah) is a performance poet turned director and television writer. She is currently a writer on FX's Reservation Dogs, and previously wrote for NBCUniversal's series "Rutherford Falls”.

Sierra Teller Ornelas (@sierraornelas) is Navajo and a showrunner, screenwriter, filmmaker and weaver from Tucson, Arizona. She is one of three co-creators of the scripted NBC comedy series Rutherford Falls, alongside Ed Helms and Mike Schur.

This is our last episode in our live series from Santa Monica College! Special thanks to Emily Silver, 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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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello! Welcome back to all my relations.
0:06.6	Tee-Greeted! Thank you for joining us. It's such an honor to get to share space with y'all.
0:11.8	Today we have our last live episode from our Santa Monica College event.
0:16.6	Yes, we're so excited to share our conversation with Sierra or Nella's
0:21.0	Janish meeting and Taz Vachavez, three incredible native women in Hollywood.
0:26.4	Yes, they're so awesome. They're all part of the team that brought us Brotherford Falls,
0:31.0	which is a sitcom on peacock that has two seasons,
0:34.1	and the show tells the story of a small town in upstate New York,
0:37.9	grappling with its history and identity, and it features many native characters.
0:43.5	And for me, it was so exciting when it came out on TV.
0:47.4	I've wanted my entire life to watch a comedy with native women in it,
0:53.3	written by native women. I just can't get over how cool it is,
0:57.4	and I remember the premiere. I actually was crying like happy tears.
1:02.4	So I feel incredibly excited to be sharing the story with y'all.
1:07.9	Yeah, it was such a huge moment for representation and meant so much for so many of us,
1:12.8	and I am so happy that we get to talk with them today.
1:15.7	And it is such a fun conversation. We get to hear about their sisterhood
1:20.8	and how they're trying to do things differently.
1:23.0	And we get to talk about how having funny native women are.
1:27.1	It's awesome. I love it because we are funny. I just want you to know we're super funny.
1:35.6	And I realized that maybe the title of this episode is not the most clever,
1:40.6	but it really actually needs to be said because native women are super funny.
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