Host Taylor interviews Chas Jewett—organizer, rancher, and member of the Cheyenne River Sioux tribe—about her work in environmental and anti-racist organizing and the ways her life has transformed since stepping back from that work in recent years. Discussion includes the connections between seemingly separate social movements, ways we can decolonize our own approaches to life and movement work, and much more.
This show is part of a series running through the end of 2020, new episodes published weekly, in which I revisit interviews taken during a radio show road trip in the summer of 2015—checking back in with those activists, organizers and artists I met to see how their lives and work have adapted to changing times. You can find more information about that project praxisradio.com/praxis.
Find a full transcript of the episode here.
You may also be interested in this episode (starting at 25:40) from the archive, which we reference here–an interview with Leota Ironcloud and Gary Dorr.
For more information about the different projects and campaigns mentioned:
*Tiny House Warriors—http://www.tinyhousewarriors.com/
*Three Sisters Collective—https://threesisterscollective.org/
*The Red Nation—https://therednation.org/
*Nibi (Water) Walk—http://www.nibiwalk.org/
*Land Acknowledgment Hotline—text your city and state to 1-917-312-5085
*Article about Sturgis bikers blockade—https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/prevention-cures/511294-cheyenne-river-sioux-tribe-denies-sturgis-bikers
*Article about Black Hills Land Defenders blocking access to Mount Rushmore—https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/treaty-defenders-block-road-leading-to-mount-rushmore-ctPNfZ1W0UiABOWreb-srA
*Article about Black Hills Land Defenders release from jail and charges—https://ndncollective.org/indigenous-land-defenders-released-from-jail-after-mt-rushmore-trump-visit-prosecutor-launches-campaign-of-charges-against-them/
More general resources to learn more and connect in your region:
LANDBACK campaign sign up and information—https://landback.org/
Interactive tool to learn about whose land you live on—https://native-land.ca/
NDN Collective “While Indigenous” podcast—https://ndncollective.org/podcasts/
“All My Relations” podcast—https://www.allmyrelationspodcast.com/
Decolonial Atlas—https://decolonialatlas.wordpress.com/about/