The Right to Belong: Are Native Americans Sub-Citizens?

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

🗓️ 7 February 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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In this episode of All My Relations, Matika Wilbur (Swinomish and Tulalip) and Temryss Lane (Lummi Nation)—sit down with Indigenous rights attorney Gabe Galanda (Round Valley Indian Tribes) to discuss the mounting legal threats to Tribal Nationhood, citizenship, and sovereignty. As executive orders and court cases attempt to undermine Native status and question our birthright citizenship, we unpack what’s happening and what’s at stake. Together, we explore the legal history behind Native Citi...

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0:00.0	Here we are at Tidelands. Welcome back for another episode of All My Relations. I'm
0:05.2	Antica Wilbur, and I'm here today with Temeris and Gabe. I'm really excited to be at the table
0:11.4	with both of you. Yeah, I'm really happy to have you here, Gabe. Hi to all of our listeners.
0:17.9	It's been a wild start to 2025.
0:22.2	But here we are together.
0:24.4	We're really glad you could join us, Gabe,
0:26.6	to have this really topical conversation around, you know,
0:32.1	legal threats to tribal nationhood, citizenship, sovereignty,
0:41.2	and just really all the executive orders we're seeing as a mechanism of the strategy of distraction to overwhelm, you know, U.S. citizens
0:50.0	and people that live here. And we want to just dive right into some of the questions that, you know,
0:58.6	from your legal opinion.
1:00.0	Maybe before we get there, though, it would be great if you could introduce yourself to our audience in your way.
1:05.7	Well, and also, you've been here before.
1:07.5	This is getting second time on the show.
1:09.6	He came on to talk about blood quantum.
1:12.0	And since then, you've been named like 40 under 40. You, that you've...
1:16.8	I'm almost 50 now. So that's been, it's been a minute. 50 under 50 already.
1:23.8	Sorry, Gabe. Sorry you're aging. It's happening to me, too.
1:29.5	Sorry. Gabe. Sorry, you're aging. It happening to me, too. Sorry.
1:46.0	It's great to be back. We were in Tacoma then with some really great people.
1:49.6	Happy to be here in downtown Seattle.
1:52.9	My name is Gabe Galanda. I belong to Round Valley in Mendocino County.
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