And So, Don't go out on it. Cool.

All right.

You want to just go ahead and introduce yourself?

Yeah, my name is Rebecca Nagel and I'm a citizen of Cherokee Nation.

I live in Talliqua, Oklahoma. I grew up in Jopl, Missouri and yeah, I'm a journalist. I write things.

Cool, yeah, you also have a podcast as well.

Yeah, you have a podcast with a crooked media called This Land, which is about a Supreme Court case that is going to have a really big impact on the treaty rights and land rights of tribes here in Oklahoma.

Yeah, and so before we get into that, which is a really fascinating podcast series, I'm you know I'm I'm really

excited to talk to you about you know the potential of that that decision what it

means the implications for Oklahoma but you and I have a connection that I found out randomly when I was going through photos of Standing Rock and actually you ended up in one of the photos that I took that made it into my book project.

So I don't know if you remember that but you were part of the Two spirit grand entry two spirit nation grand entry

a standing rock and yeah I don't know if you if you I think we had met in passing

but we never like formally formally met so.

Yeah I was really honored to be able to be there you know I mean I I consider myself a visitor to Standing Rock. I was there for such a small

amount of time compared to the people who really led the resistance there and maintain the camp. But an Oglala Lakota woman named Candy

brings plenty organized a two-spirit grant entry so as the two- spirit nation, we were welcomed the way that other tribal

nations were welcomed.

So when different tribes across the U.S. came to show their support at the O'Shati Sackowang camp, they would, you know, start at the entrance like that main gate and walk in and like walk into the main fire. And so, you know know she asked for permission for the two spirit

camp to be recognized that way and we were it was amazing it was really

beautiful we lined up and everybody came and shook our hands and it's a really

really powerful day that I felt really lucky to be able to be a part of.

Yeah and just so for folks that are listening, you know, that was a very historic moment

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