LANDBACK For The People

In this episode Nick Tilsen is joined by Foster Cournoyer Hogan, NDN Collective Bison Coordinator, and Wizipan Little Elk Garriott, NDN Collective President, to announce the launch of a critical mutual aid campaign in response to the SNAP benefits crisis, discuss how this moment calls us into action, and to share about the upcoming work for the Bison Homelands Initiative at NDN Collective. GUESTS: Foster Cournoyer Hogan Wizipan Little Elk Garriott LEARN MORE: https://ndnco.cc/feedthepeople NDN Collective is launching the "Feed The People" campaign in response to the SNAP benefits crisis. The U.S. Government shutdown is disrupting SNAP, deepening food insecurity in many Native and rural communities. The crisis is not just about hunger — it reflects the erosion of systems that once ensured community health and sovereignty of food sources. The "Feed the People" campaign is a call to action for funding mutual aid support in response to the disruption of SNAP in the Oceti Sakowin. While responding to the urgent needs of our community, we are also strengthening traditional food systems and collaborating with Indigenous-led projects focused on food sovereignty. NDN is seeking immediate funding to purchase and distribute bison meat boxes from Sacred Storm Buffalo to families affected in Rapid City and the surrounding communities. ➡️If you live in Rapid City and are looking for food assistance, we will have our first distribution on November 21. Stay tuned for updates on location and time. ℹ️Learn more about the campaign: https://ndnco.cc/feedthepeople 💌 Contribute today: https://ndnco.cc/donatebison NDN COLLECTIVE'S IMPACT: To learn about our big wins and hear stories from our grantees and loan relative across Turtle Island, read our 2024 Impact Report on our website at: https://ndncollective.org/impact-reports EPISODE CREDITS: Host: Nick Tilsen Executive Producer: Willi White Music: Mato Wayuhi Editor: Willi White Copywriter: Jordynn Paz Digital Engagement: Angie Solloa Production Support: Layne L. LeBeaux PRESS & MEDIA: press@ndncollective.org FOLLOW PODCAST: https://www.instagram.com/landbackforthepeople https://www.tiktok.com/@landbackforthepeople FOLLOW NDN COLLECTIVE: https://ndncollective.org https://www.instagram.com/ndncollective https://www.linkedin.com/company/ndncollective/ https://www.facebook.com/ndncol https://www.threads.net/@ndncollective https://bsky.app/profile/ndncollective.bsky.social https://www.tiktok.com/@ndncollective https://x.com/ndncollective Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Nick sits down with three amazing leaders of the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition (NABS). NABS is conducting an oral history project documenting the stories of boarding school survivors for the Library of Congress. The work of NABS includes development and implementation of a national strategy to increase public awareness and cultivate healing for the traumas experienced by those who attended these schools, their families and communities. At the heart of this work is healing. Join us as we dive into the cross-intersections of LANDBACK, truth, reconciliation, healing and boarding schools. GUESTS: Charlee Brissette, Sault St. Marie Tribe of Ojibwe Lacey Kinnart, Sault St. Marie Tribe of Ojibwe Jason Packineau, MHA Nation/Jemez/Laguna Pueblo LEARN MORE: boardingschoolhealing.org To learn about our big wins and hear stories from our grantees and loan relative across Turtle Island, read our 2024 Impact Report on our website at: https://ndncollective.org/impact-reports Support the For the People Campaign today! Your donation to NDN Collective directly supports Indigenous organizers, Nations, Tribes, and communities leading the fight for justice and liberation. Donate now to fund the frontlines, fuel the movement, and rematriate wealth. ndnco.cc/ftpcdonate For more ways to support, read our For the People Campaign blog: ndnco.cc/25ftpcbb1 EPISODE CREDITS: Host: Nick Tilsen Producer: Willi White Music: Mato Wayuhi Editor: Willi White Copywriter: Jordynn Paz Digital Engagement: Angie Solloa Production Support: Layne L. LeBeaux PRESS & MEDIA: press@ndncollective.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Season 3, Episode 3: Nick Tilsen, NDN Collective CEO and Founder, joins NDN Collective President Wizipan Little Elk Garriott and Vice President Gaby Strong to talk about the current political moment, changes to the movement building landscape and the future of our organization. NDN Collective was founded seven years ago and has created significant impact for Indigenous People across Turtle Island through grants, grassroots organizing, loans, narrative change, and political education. Our organization was created for moments like the one we are in now, where human and civil rights are under attack and authoritarianism is on the rise. Democratic backsliding is real. The political and financial landscape has shifted. This has caused our organization to pivot, evolve, and rise up to ensure we can continue building Indigenous power for years to come. FEATURING: Wizipan Little Elk Garriott Gaby Strong Support the For the People Campaign today! Your donation to NDN Collective directly supports Indigenous organizers, Nations, Tribes, and communities leading the fight for justice and liberation. Donate now to fund the frontlines, fuel the movement, and rematriate wealth. ndnco.cc/ftpcdonate. To learn more ways to support, read our For the People Campaign blog: ndnco.cc/25ftpcbb1 EPISODE CREDITS: Host: Nick Tilsen Producer: Willi White Music: Mato Wayuhi Editor: Willi White Copywriter: Jordynn Paz Digital Engagement: Angie Solloa Production Support: Layne L. LeBeaux PRESS & MEDIA: Cabot Petoia, press@ndncollective.org FOLLOW NDN COLLECTIVE: https://ndncollective.org https://www.instagram.com/ndncollective https://www.linkedin.com/company/ndncollective/ https://www.facebook.com/ndncol https://www.threads.net/@ndncollective https://bsky.app/profile/ndncollective.bsky.social https://www.tiktok.com/@ndncollective https://x.com/ndncollective Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Season 3 Episode 1: Nick Tilsen, NDN Collective CEO and Founder, sits down with He Sapa Otipi's Executive Director, Cante Heart and Dr. Valeriah Big Eagle, NDN Collective Director of Strategic Partnerships, two Indigenous matriarchs leading the work of developing an Indian Center in MniLuzahan (Rapid City). He Sapa Otipi is an emerging non-profit rooted in Lakota values and traditions that revitalizes traditional kinships and fosters a sense of belonging within the community of MniLuzahan. It provides a safe space for reconnecting our spirits to ceremony, community, cultural identity, and awareness. He Sapa Otipi works to educate, engage, and empower Native populations while celebrating the richness of our shared values and heritage. ✊🏽 WANT TO LEARN MORE? • Visit the He Sapa Otipi website: www.hesapaotipi.org Support the For the People Campaign today! Your donation to NDN Collective directly supports Indigenous organizers, Nations, Tribes, and communities leading the fight for justice and liberation. Donate now to stand with those doing the work. Fund the frontlines, fuel the movement, rematriate the wealth. ndnco.cc/ftpcdonate To learn more ways to support, read our For the People Campaign blog: ndnco.cc/25ftpcbb1 EPISODE CREDITS: Host: Nick Tilsen Producer: Willi White Co-Producer: Steph VieraEditor: Willi White Music: Mato Wayuhi Set Photography: Angel White Eyes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this final episode of season 2, Nick Tilsen talks with Jason Sole to discuss what being an abolitionist means, the origins of FTP, how the LANDBACK movement and Black Liberation are required for our collective liberation, and that Black and Indigenous solidarity is a practice that we need to build within our movements. ABOUT JASON SOLE: Jason, formerly incarcerated, is an abolitionist. He has been a criminal justice educator for over 12 years and has been a national restorative justice trainer since 2008, In 2019, he received the John Legend "Can't Just Preach" award for his work to abolish prisons. In addition, Jason is the co-founder of the Humanize My Hoodie Movement in which he challenges threat perceptions about Black people through clothing, art exhibitions, documentary screenings, and workshops. ✊🏽 WANT TO LEARN MORE? ▶️ Check out Humanize My Hood by visiting: https://www.humanizemyhoodie.com/ ▶️ Learn more about Jason: https://jasonsole.com/ ▶️ Follow the Humanize My Hood on Instagram: @humanizemyhoodie Support Indigenous-led narratives and organizing by donating to NDN Collective today at https://ndncollective.org/donate EPISODE CREDITS: Host: Nick Tilsen Producer: Willi White Co-Producer: Steph VieraEditor: Willi White Music: Mato Wayuhi Set Photography: Angel White Eyes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of LANDBACK FOR THE PEOPLE, Nick Tilsen invites filmmakers Julian Brave Noisecat (former NDN Collective Media Fellow) and Emily Kassie, directors of the award winning documentary SUGARCANE, to have the conversation on Indian boarding schools (known as residential schools in Canada) and its relationship with land back. Boarding schools and education were weaponized in order to assimilate Indigenous people into mainstream society. We're asking our allies and accomplices to share this episode with your families and communities because it's important to understand what has happened historically to our people. It is important to understand the trauma that still exists and how that has a direct correlation to the challenges that we face today. SUGARCANE is NOW STREAMING on DISNEY+ and HULU. ✊🏽 WANT TO LEARN MORE? ▶️ Visit the SUGARCANE website: https://sugarcanefilm.com ▶️ Follow the film on Instagram: @sugarcanefilm Support Indigenous-led narratives and organizing by donating to NDN Collective today at https://ndncollective.org/donate EPISODE CREDITS: Host: Nick Tilsen Producer: Willi White Co-Producer: Steph Viera Editor: Willi White Music: Mato Wayuhi Set Photography: Angel White Eyes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Season 2 Episode 3: The NDNs are coming! ... to Hold Racism Accountable, Nick Tilsen, NDN Collective President and CEO talks about the racism towards Indigenous Peoples on their homelands and how systemic racism is a problematic cause of economic injustice for our Indigenous relatives across Turtle Island. It's a daily hardship, "Whether it's in Gallup or in Rapid City. The story is the same." Nick Tilsen said. Our 'Rapid City vs. Racism' campaign is our effort to dismantle systemic racism on our homelands in Rapid City, which includes the civil rights lawsuit against the Grand Gateway Hotel. Featured guests include Sunny Red Bear, Associate Director of Organizing, and Eva Cardenas, Director of Organizing. ✊🏽 Want to learn more about our Rapid City vs. Racism Campaign? ▶️ Visit our website: ndnco.cc/rapidvsracism ▶️ Read our recent press release: ndnco.cc/ggt-pressconference ▶️ Watch our full press conference: bit.ly/47jkIlG ▶️ For more information on the Grand Gateway lawsuit, visit: ndnco.cc/grandgateway 📲 Text RAPIDVRACISM to 50302 for updates on upcoming events to hold racist people and systems accountable in Rapid City, South Dakota. Support our organizing. Contribute to our Indigenous-led organization today! When you donate to a 501(c)(3) non-profit not only advances our mission but also offers potential tax benefits for you. To make a contribution, visit: ndnco.cc/donate Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.