From the ACLU, this is at Liberty. I'm Molly Kaplan, your host.

This week, on Monday, October 12th, a growing number of cities and states across the country celebrated Indigenous People's Day.

It comes as an important corrective after decades of celebrating the quote, discovery of the

Americas by Christopher Columbus each year. We know, of course, that no such discovery happened. What did

happen was colonization and centuries of subjugation, murder, disenfranchisement, and displacement of

Native Americans. As we reflect on our history and on the stories that have been too often excluded,

we consider the importance of not just what stories get told, but of who gets to tell them.

Today we're thrilled to be joined on the podcast by Jose

Wei Rivas, who will help us think through these questions. Hoseway is a visual storyteller,

educator, creative director, and self-described indigenous futurist. He descended from the

Mexica Otomi peoples. He aims to challenge the quote mainstream narrative about indigenous peoples

and to be a visual messenger for those in the shadows of our society. His work has

appeared in The Guardian, The New York Times, and National Geographic to name a few publications.

He is also the founder of the 2018 Standing Strong Project, a tribute to the water protectors at Standing Rock,

North Dakota, and co-founder of Natives Photograph, a database for photo editors looking to hire

indigenous photographers in North America. Today he joins me to discuss his work at the intersection

of art, journalism, and social justice. I'll be speaking to him from my home in Fort Green, Brooklyn,

the occupied land of the Lenape Canarsie people,

and he from Portland, Oregon, the land of the Chinook.

Welcome, Hosew, and thank you so much for joining us today.

Yeah, thank you for having me on your podcast today.

It's an honor.

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