Laura Flanders & Friends | Busting the Thanksgiving Myth: Native Sovereignty & the Red Road @LauraFlandersAndFriends | Uploaded November 2022 | Updated October 2024, 36 minutes ago.
Pilgrims, Indians, the myth of the grateful colonized person — it’s been at the core of a persistent but false Thanksgiving narrative that has distorted the true relationship between Indigenous Peoples and white colonizers dating back to Plymouth Rock. As many of us observe Thanksgiving and Indigenous Peoples’ Day, the new federal holiday, Judith LeBlanc, executive director of the Native Organizers Alliance, reminds us that “people are questioning.” In the midst of a national reckoning with white supremacy and colonial history, Indigenous people are demanding a new relationship with DC — honoring the traditional, legal, and moral rights of Native nations. In 2021, a group of Native organizers invited Laura to travel with a 25-foot totem pole from the Lummi Nation in Washington State to Washington D.C. stopping for ceremonies in communities under threat and gathering messages for the Biden-Harris administration. In DC they held a historic meeting with Interior Secretary Deb Haaland. In this episode, we hear what happened in that meeting, how Native movements are changing, among other myths, the Thanksgiving story, and where a Red Road to the future might lead us — if we followed it. November is National American Indian Heritage Month.
“. . . When Native peoples are taking a stand, whether it’s no DAPL at Standing Rock or the Keystone XL Pipeline . . . it’s not just a Native American issue. We’re defending the water and the land for tens of millions of Americans.” - Crystal Echo Hawk
“Laws and policies were written without considering Indigenous communities’ challenges or their strengths . . . Today and every day, we break barriers to those institutions and systems that were designed to keep us out.” - Secretary of the Interior, Deb Haaland
“We're hoping this Thanksgiving, people take a look at what has happened in this country when it comes to reckoning with systemic racism . . . We bring the idea that we're all in relationship.” - Judith LeBlanc
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GUESTS:
Crystal Echo Hawk (Pawnee Nation): IllumiNative, Founder & CEO
Judith LeBlanc (Caddo Nation): Director, Native Organizers Alliance
Mari Margil: Executive Director, Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights
Anahkwet/Guy Reiter (Menominee): Executive Director, Menīkānaehkem Community Rebuilders
Faith Spotted Eagle: Ihanktonwon Dakota Elder & Brave Heart Society Kunsi Member
🎧 PODCAST:
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✏️ EPISODE NOTES:
Visit our Patreon for more information on this week's episode, including related articles, books and more: patreon.com/posts/episode-notes-74829429
📺 RELATED EPISODES:
Yellowstone at 150: Can Indigenous Stewardship Save Our Parks?: youtu.be/HhnqSWGGp8g
Indigenous People’s Power: youtube.com/watch?v=nPK7f-E3JkQ&t=1s
LANDBACK: A Tipi Village Takes on Healing & Homelessness: youtu.be/59OrNTsVb7U
📚 Check out our Book of the Week -
“An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States” by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz: bookshop.org/a/22992/9780807057834
CREDITS
Executive Producer: Laura Flanders
Senior Story Producer: Sabrina Artel
Director of Development: Alicia Duque
Consulting Producer: Rory O'Connor
Editors: Nat Needham, David Neumann
Radio & Podcast Producer: Jeannie Hopper
Communications Manager: Janet Hernandez
Motion Graphics: Nat Needham
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#Thanksgiving #IndigenousPeoplesDay #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #History #NativeAmerican #Indigenous #ClimateJustice #IndigenousRights #RedRoadToDC #DebHaaland #TreatyRights #DC #LummiNation
Pilgrims, Indians, the myth of the grateful colonized person — it’s been at the core of a persistent but false Thanksgiving narrative that has distorted the true relationship between Indigenous Peoples and white colonizers dating back to Plymouth Rock. As many of us observe Thanksgiving and Indigenous Peoples’ Day, the new federal holiday, Judith LeBlanc, executive director of the Native Organizers Alliance, reminds us that “people are questioning.” In the midst of a national reckoning with white supremacy and colonial history, Indigenous people are demanding a new relationship with DC — honoring the traditional, legal, and moral rights of Native nations. In 2021, a group of Native organizers invited Laura to travel with a 25-foot totem pole from the Lummi Nation in Washington State to Washington D.C. stopping for ceremonies in communities under threat and gathering messages for the Biden-Harris administration. In DC they held a historic meeting with Interior Secretary Deb Haaland. In this episode, we hear what happened in that meeting, how Native movements are changing, among other myths, the Thanksgiving story, and where a Red Road to the future might lead us — if we followed it. November is National American Indian Heritage Month.
“. . . When Native peoples are taking a stand, whether it’s no DAPL at Standing Rock or the Keystone XL Pipeline . . . it’s not just a Native American issue. We’re defending the water and the land for tens of millions of Americans.” - Crystal Echo Hawk
“Laws and policies were written without considering Indigenous communities’ challenges or their strengths . . . Today and every day, we break barriers to those institutions and systems that were designed to keep us out.” - Secretary of the Interior, Deb Haaland
“We're hoping this Thanksgiving, people take a look at what has happened in this country when it comes to reckoning with systemic racism . . . We bring the idea that we're all in relationship.” - Judith LeBlanc
_________________
GUESTS:
Crystal Echo Hawk (Pawnee Nation): IllumiNative, Founder & CEO
Judith LeBlanc (Caddo Nation): Director, Native Organizers Alliance
Mari Margil: Executive Director, Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights
Anahkwet/Guy Reiter (Menominee): Executive Director, Menīkānaehkem Community Rebuilders
Faith Spotted Eagle: Ihanktonwon Dakota Elder & Brave Heart Society Kunsi Member
🎧 PODCAST:
Prefer to listen? Hear this week's episode on your favorite podcast platform: lauraflanders.simplecast.com/episodes/busting-the-thanksgiving-myth-native-sovereignty-the-red-road
✏️ EPISODE NOTES:
Visit our Patreon for more information on this week's episode, including related articles, books and more: patreon.com/posts/episode-notes-74829429
📺 RELATED EPISODES:
Yellowstone at 150: Can Indigenous Stewardship Save Our Parks?: youtu.be/HhnqSWGGp8g
Indigenous People’s Power: youtube.com/watch?v=nPK7f-E3JkQ&t=1s
LANDBACK: A Tipi Village Takes on Healing & Homelessness: youtu.be/59OrNTsVb7U
📚 Check out our Book of the Week -
“An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States” by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz: bookshop.org/a/22992/9780807057834
CREDITS
Executive Producer: Laura Flanders
Senior Story Producer: Sabrina Artel
Director of Development: Alicia Duque
Consulting Producer: Rory O'Connor
Editors: Nat Needham, David Neumann
Radio & Podcast Producer: Jeannie Hopper
Communications Manager: Janet Hernandez
Motion Graphics: Nat Needham
________________________________________________________________________
The Laura Flanders Show is non-commercial independent media that relies on the contributions of viewers and listeners.
DONATE TODAY at lauraflanders.org/donate or consider becoming a PATREON partner at patreon.com/thelfshow
📩 SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter: lauraflanders.org
🎧 LOOKING FOR UNCUT INTERVIEWS? Patreon subscribers get exclusive access to our full uncut conversations and audio extras! Join our growing family today! patreon.com/thelfshow
FOLLOW The Laura Flanders Show
Twitter: twitter.com/thelfshow
Facebook: facebook.com/theLFshow
Instagram: instagram.com/thelfshow
Website: lauraflanders.org
Patreon: patreon.com/thelfshow
Subscribe to our podcast: lauraflanders.org/listen
📚 Shop our Bookshop Store: bookshop.org/shop/thelfshow
ACCESSIBILITY
This episode is closed captioned.
#Thanksgiving #IndigenousPeoplesDay #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #History #NativeAmerican #Indigenous #ClimateJustice #IndigenousRights #RedRoadToDC #DebHaaland #TreatyRights #DC #LummiNation
