“Solomon’s Sword” from This Land

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🗓️ 2 September 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

ALM – as referred to in court documents – is a Navajo and Cherokee toddler. When he was a baby, a white couple from the suburbs of Dallas wanted to adopt him, but a federal law said they couldn’t. So they sued. Today, the lawsuit doesn’t just impact the future of one child, or even the future of one law. It threatens the entire legal structure defending Native American rights.

Today, from Crooked Media, we’re sharing the first episode of This Land Season 2.

This episode touches on different kinds of trauma. Please take care of yourself while you listen.

To hear the full series, subscribe now to This Land wherever you get your podcasts.

Snap Spotlight - Season 12 - Episode 35

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0:00.0	Snap Judgment Studios
0:15.2	Today in Snap Judgment, we're going to spotlight an incredible podcast from crooked media.
0:20.4	It's called This Land.
0:21.4	It's about the present-day struggles for Native American rights that report it and host it
0:26.7	by Rebecca Nagle.
0:27.7	She's an award-winning journalist and citizen of Cherokee Nation.
0:31.8	And last season on This Land, Rebecca filed the story of one small town murder that led
0:37.0	to a Supreme Court decision that restored nearly half the land in Oklahoma to Native American
0:42.0	tribes.
0:43.0	And This Land season 2, it's out right now.
0:45.2	And it filed its Rebecca's reporting as she works to untangle a string of custody battles
0:50.8	over Native American children.
0:53.3	And we got to hear some of season 2 early and think you're going to want to hear it
0:56.9	too.
0:57.9	So while you're listening, be sure to subscribe to crooked media this land wherever you get
1:02.1	your podcast.
1:03.1	And here's episode 1, season 2.
1:09.6	Just a note before we get started.
1:11.5	The stories we're sharing in season touch on different kinds of trauma.
1:15.9	Please take care of yourself while you listen.
1:26.4	On a warm day in May of 2016, I gassed up my pickup truck and hit the highway.
1:33.2	I was driving north towards a military base in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
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