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Brooke Pepion Swaney (Blackfeet/Salish) and Kendra Potter (Lummi) join All My Relations for “Native Children Belong in Native Homes.” This heartfelt, vulnerable and raw story is centered around their film, “Daughter of A Lost Bird”, which follows Kendra, an adult Native adoptee, as she reconnects with her birth family, discovers her Lummi heritage, and confronts issues of her own identity. Her singular story echoes many affected by the Indian Child Welfare Act and the Indian Adoption Project. 

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Special thanks to  Santa Monica College and everyone there who made this possible, thank you to the AMR team: Jonathan Stein, Max Levin, Teo Shantz, Lindsay Hightower,  and Charlie Stavish. Major shout out to KP of Blackbelt Eaglescout for being our live music for the event and to Ciara Sana for the episode artwork.

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Resources mentioned in this episode:

Download the Daughter of A Lost Bird Discussion Guide here: https://www.daughterofalostbird.com/impact

This Land Podcast: https://crooked.com/podcast-series/this-land/ 

The National Indian Child Welfare Association: https://www.nicwa.org/about-icwa/ 

Blood Memory (documentary): https://www.bloodmemorydoc.com/ 

Dawnland (documentary): https://dawnland.org/ 

Sign the petition now:
https://www.change.org/p/protect-the-indian-child-welfare-act
or
https://action.lakotalaw.org/action/protect-icwa

Illuminative Protect ICWA tool kit: https://illuminative.org/protect-icwa-toolkit/

Native American Rights Fund: https://icwa.narf.org/ 

Follow us on Instagam @amrpodcast, or support our work on Patreon. Show notes are published on our website, amrpodcast.com. Matika's book Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America is available now! T'igwicid and Wado for being on this journey with us.

Sterlin Harjo (Muskogee/Seminole) and Ryan Redcorn (Osage), join All My Relations for a live podcast to discuss how Native representation in Hollywood can be done right (or Rez-dogged). 

The conversation is packed with giggles, the importance of sharing opportunities with your community,  the power of creating all Native spaces in entertainment and the journey from the 1491s to now.

The tone of this episode is slightly different than some of our more narrative episodes, mostly because you get to hear Matika and Adrienne try to hold it together and not bust up into laughter every two seconds! But also because this series of episodes are from our live recordings at Santa Monica College. The event was part of Matika’s year-long artist-in-residency Santa Monica College Barrett Gallery, curated by Emily Silver and developed by an incredible team of students. We’re so grateful for all the time and effort that went into making these live recordings happen!

Huge thank yous to Santa Monica College and everyone there who made this possible, thank you to the AMR team: Jonathan Stein, Max Levin, Teo Shantz, Lindsey Hightower,  Darrien Camarillo and Charlie Stavish. Major shout out to KP of Blackbelt Eaglescout for sharing live music at this event, to Ciara Sana for the episode artwork, and to the 1491s for letting us use the clip from their original sketch “New Moon: Wolfpack Audition”.

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Follow us on Instagam @amrpodcast, or support our work on Patreon. Show notes are published on our website, amrpodcast.com. Matika's book Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America is available now! T'igwicid and Wado for being on this journey with us.