The Little Brown Podcast

In this episode we unpack the role of Dean Worcester in Cordillera History - colonial administrator, bird watcher, photographer, and foremost fantasist of the Igorot as a savage to be tamed. We look at the images of the Igorot he created and their role in the colonial project. Then we follow the thread of that fantasy into the present day and explore its legacy. Have you ever felt like you had to perform your identity? Or put yourself on display like an exhibit in a museum or zoo? How can we escape it?

One of the goals of White Supremacy is to make us invisible to each other. It's to make us believe that our struggles have nothing to do with each other. We are here to be in community with one another and being in a community means tracing our histories and learning that our oppression has the same roots. We are closing out our discussion on movements by having a conversation about the Black Lives Matter movement and how this a movement that includes all of us. We confront our experiences of anti-blackness and how anti-blackness is perpetuated in our societies. We talk about the possibilities of communities without police and without state-sanctioned violence. And as a reflection of this 3-Part Episode, we talk about the possibilities that all of these movements have made visible to us.

What does it look like when Indigenous Movements win? The second part of our discussion takes us to the islands of Hawai'i, where we learn about the Kānaka Maoli and their struggle to defend their sacred lands. We're honored to have Jordan Phoenix Kamuela Gestrich, our first ever guest, to give us a glimpse of the Mauna Kea movement. Join us as we talk about how movements are nurtured by solidarity and how aloha ʻāina, or love of the land, soars above all conflicts.

Being born an indigenous person is inheriting the struggle of our ancestors. Ours is a history of theft, violence, and genocide. But our history is also a history of resistance, solidarity, and grabbing the enemy by the balls - literally. This is part one of a two-part episode where we talk about the movements that have kept us alive and the movements that we are living for.

"The word, 'Igorot'", as coined and applied by the Spaniards means a "savage, headhunting and backward tribe of Luzon..." William Henry Scott quotes Luis Hora in his examination of the word, Igorot. We do our own examination and unpack what Igorot means to us. In this episode, we're going into a deep-dive of our colonial pasts and how decolonization can begin with one word.

What is The Little Brown Podcast? Who is The Little Brown Podcast? In this Introductory Episode, we take the time to introduce ourselves and the podcast. We talk about the meaning behind "The Little Brown Podcast" and our personal experiences of being and becoming Igorot.

What does it mean to be Igorot? What does it mean to resist? Tune in on the conversation as we try to unravel our indigenous identities and separate our facts from White Man's fiction.

Marie Ramos shares the complexity of being a member of multiple communities, especially in these tumultuous times. In our first episode, we want to check-in with everyone and talk about how our identities as Indigenous People are also identities of resistance, resilience, and solidarity.