100 Ways to Support—Not Appropriate From—Native People
Podcasts for your Journey
ALL My Relations Podcast
On each episode hosts Matika Wilbur (Tulalip and Swinomish) and Adrienne Keene (Cherokee Nation), delve into a different topic facing Native peoples today, bringing in guests from all over Indian Country to offer perspectives and stories. We dive deep, play some games, laugh a lot, cry sometimes, and hope that you’ll join us on this journey together.
Their first season covers a wide range of topics from food sovereignty to Native mascots, fashion, literature, sex, relationships, DNA, identity, politics, and more.
The Red Nation Podcast
The Red Nation is dedicated to the liberation of Native peoples from capitalism and colonialism. We center Native political agendas and struggles through direct action, advocacy, mobilization, and education.
This Land Podcast
In This Land, host Rebecca Nagle, a journalist who covers tribal politics, digs into current policy and the backdoor ways that industries have been chipping at tribal sovereignty for decades. It’s a story that reveals a bigger picture of how tribes have been treated for all of U.S. history.
Media Indigena Podcast
Each week, guests from the worlds of activism, arts, academia and beyond join Rick for lively, insightful conversation that goes beyond the headlines to get at what matters most to Indigenous peoples.
Curriculum Resources
Pulling Together: A Guide for Curriculum Developers
Pulling Together: A guide for Indigenization of post-secondary institutions. A professional learning series.
Authors:Asma-na-hi Antoine, Rachel Mason, Roberta Mason, Sophia Palahicky, and Carmen Rodriguez de France.
STOLEN LIVES: The Indigenous Peoples of Canada and the Indian Residential Schools
All our children have a right to the truth--the whole truth. Stolen Lives can help them learn that truth, and explore new pathways to ongoing reconciliation." - Dr Marie Wilson, Commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
Stolen Lives is a program that walks students and teachers through an examination of the devastating legacy of Indian Residential Schools. Students make the essential connection between the history of Canada and their world today.
International Indigenous Youth Council
The International Indigenous Youth Council (IIYC) was started and led by womxn and two-spirit peoples during the Standing Rock Indigenous Uprising of 2016 while peacefully protecting the Cannonball and Missouri Rivers against the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. In 2017 we extended the reach of the organization through a chapter model and now have IIYC chapters across Turtle Island, including Chicago, Denver, New Mexico, Southern California, South Dakota, Texas (Yanaguana Chapter) and Twin Cities Minnesota. We are rooted in the protection of the elements and have been brought together and continue to be guided by the prayer for the water. We aspire to inspire young individuals to build bridges of solidarity and become leaders of their communities.
Read, watch videos, and connect with members of the council and start asking your own questions with family, friends, teachers, and classmates.
Coloring Pages: Urban Iskwew
Books
Bowwow Powwow
Windy Girl is blessed with a vivid imagination. From Uncle she gathers stories of long-ago traditions, about dances and sharing and gratitude. Windy can tell such stories herself–about her dog, Itchy Boy, and the way he dances to request a treat and how he wriggles with joy in response to, well, just about everything.
When Uncle and Windy Girl and Itchy Boy attend a powwow, Windy watches the dancers and listens to the singers. She eats tasty food and joins family and friends around the campfire. Later, Windy falls asleep under the stars. Now Uncle’s stories inspire other visions in her head: a bowwow powwow, where all the dancers are dogs. In these magical scenes, Windy sees veterans in a Grand Entry, and a visiting drum group, and traditional dancers, grass dancers, and jingle-dress dancers–all with telltale ears and paws and tails. All celebrating in song and dance. All attesting to the wonder of the powwow.
This playful story by Brenda Child is accompanied by a companion retelling in Ojibwe by Gordon Jourdain and brought to life by Jonathan Thunder’s vibrant dreamscapes. The result is a powwow tale for the ages.
We Are Grateful
"Cherokee words are always pronounced slowly and clearly by several authentic narrators of different ages, making the reading accessible to all . . . A unique aural presentation of present-day Cherokees sharing their traditions.” —Booklist review of audiobook
We Are Water Protectors
Inspired by the many Indigenous-led movements across North America, We Are Water Protectors issues an urgent rallying cry to safeguard the Earth's water from harm and corruption--a bold and lyrical picture book written by Carole Lindstrom and vibrantly illustrated by Michaela Goade.
Water is the first medicine.
It affects and connects us all . . . When a black snake threatens to destroy the Earth
And poison her people's water, one young water protector takes a stand to defend Earth's most sacred resource.
Curriculum Resources: Seeding Sovereignty
Acting in kinship and building community, like our grandparents taught us to.
Seeding Sovereignty; an Indigenous-led collective, works to radicalize and disrupt colonized spaces through land, body, and food sovereignty work, community building, and cultural preservation. By investing in Indigenous folks and communities of the global majority, we cross the threshold of liberation together.
Rise with us. Grow with us.
Seeding Sovereignty is NOT associated with NTV RITES, but they have so many amazing campaigns that you need to visit their site to fully utilize their resources and work. Big thank you to all involved in the work there, and below are three of the campaigns that we need you to see.
Land Acknowledgement
A Land Acknowledgement is a formal recognition of any and all original peoples and protectors of the land, waterways, and their connection to it. Honoring whose land you’re gathering on is a sign of respect, and showing gratitude to the land helps heal, and shows a commitment to healing years of colonial displacement, genocide, and environmental devastation. Practicing land acknowledgements can help begin a process of reconciliation between the majority of our existence, and the continual displacement of Indigenous Peoples.
As gentrification and displacement become words too many communities are becoming familiar with, it is important to also acknowledge those that were first displaced and eradicated for expansion and “development.”
Truthsgiving
November is recognized as Native American Heritage Month, a time that invites non-Natives to learn through the lived experiences of Indigenous folks throughout the so-called United States. We at Seeding Sovereignty honor this time by acknowledging and educating our communities about Truthsgiving; a way we aim to share our pasts, honor our present/presence, and be mindful of our futures, not only as the original stewards of these lands, but as communities working together to ensure our collective ability to thrive.
We ask that you join us in supporting Indigenous folks not only this month, but every day of the year.
Please elevate Indigenous leaders from across the nation as they celebrate,
educate and honor the First Peoples of these lands for Truthsgiving 2020.
The Kakichihiwewin Project
The kakichihiwewin Project aims to create strong bonds in Indigenous communities by continuing the healing process of those affected by the residential school system, boarding schools, the sixties scoop, foster care, and forced removal.
The ongoing traumas we face often make us feel like we’re walking alone, but we aren’t. Through stories, community efforts and retrospect into how we’ve been shaped by a system set to dismantle us, we can ensure our thrival as peoples - by using our words and experiences to heal.