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Kendra and her friend Brooke Pepe created a documentary called Daughter of a Lost Bird, which follows Kendra's journey of looking for her birth mother and reconnecting with her Native American roots. The film captures the first phone call, the letter Kendra received, and their emotional meeting. Kendra's birth mother, April, was open to being in the film and has been supportive throughout the process. The documentary has been screened at film festivals and aired on PBS World Channel. It is currently being prepared for online streaming. Kendra discusses the importance of cultural access and the revival of lost cultures. She also shares her career as a doula and the similarities between birth and death work. Kendra emphasizes the significance of holding space and being present in both these threshold moments. She talks about the pursuit of play and the need to find joy and fun in life. Kendra finds inspiration in her children and is working on unpacking the baggage of rest. FOLLOW KENDRA POTTER https://sistermoonwellness.com/ https://www.instagram.com/sister.moon.wellness/ https://www.daughterofalostbird.com/ FOLLOW ME www.realmotherfuckerspodcast.com https://www.instagram.com/realmotherfuckerspodcast/ https://www.youtube.com/@RealMoFosPodcast https://patreon.com/RealMotherFuckersPodcast DISCLAIMER This podcast has mature language and content. ADULT ears only — don't have this one on with your kids in the room. These are our opinions and experiences as moms, take what you like, or leave it. Don't be thinking we're telling you what to do. Seek professionals, do your research, and call the experts for help. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/realmotherfuckers/support
Ben and Jamie own and operate a number of bars together in Nashville, TN. Their innovative approach to all things drinks has helped ramp up the level of expectation in Nashville to national acclaim. Hear how they traveled the world exploring the lands of sugarcane and agave, ultimately creating a menu that pays homage to exotic flavors and authentic recipes. It's no wonder Tennessee is nicknamed “The Volunteer State.” Ben and Jamie talk about some of the efforts they've been a part of in giving back to the community. Whether donating over 20,000 meals for industry workers during covid to raising funds for natural disasters around the world, they and their teams are there to assist. Enjoy this episode as we go Beyond the Drink… with Ben Clemons and Jamie White. (cocktail recipes below)Lost Bird (Ben)Makes 1 cocktail1.5 oz Fords Gin1 oz coconut cream3/4 oz Genepy Des Alpes 3/4 oz fresh lime juice Mint sprig, to garnishDehydrated lime wheel, to garnishShake and serve over pebble ice in a highball glass. Garnish with a fresh mint sprig and dehydrated lime wheel.***GoodTimes Gimlet (Jamie)Makes 1 cocktail1.5 oz Fords gin1/2 oz yuzu3/4 oz rosemary syrupShake all ingredients together in a cocktail shaker filled with ice and strain into a coupe glass.This season is brought to you by Fords Gin, a gin created to cocktail.Check out our #BtPlatepodcast Merch at www.BeyondthePlateMerch.com Follow Beyond the Plate on Facebook and TwitterFollow Kappy on Instagram and Twitter
Raven, is a Kambo ceremony leader, is a blend of Hopi Indian and Mexica heritage. His great-grandmother s history as a Lost Bird kidnapped and sold into slavery ignited his mission of reclaiming his mixed-blood roots. Over 20 years, he s delved into global medicine practices, nutrition, neurology, and unified field physics. Raven crafts effective food and nutrition programs and serves as a bridge between traditions, nourishment, and healing. His work centers on guiding individuals to rediscover their hidden potential, making him a catalyst for transformation and consciousness expansion. Kambo is a healing substance derived from the secretions of the Giant Monkey Frog, Phyllo medusa bicolor. This bright green frog s neuro-toxic poison is collected and carefully applied to the human lymphatic system through small burns on the skin. In the body, this poison acts as a cleanser and boosts the immune system. Kambo has various medicinal and traditional uses, primarily due to its bioactive peptides, which catalyze physical detoxification and spiritual renewal. These peptides have antimicrobial, anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, and immune-modulating properties, making Kambo valuable in treating conditions like depression, anxiety, addiction, chronic pain, and more. Importantly, Kambo is legal and does not contain psychoactive compounds, and the frogs are not harmed in the secretion collection process. Spiritually, Kambo is known for clearing psychic baggage known as Panéma, originating from personal traumas, ancestral influences, and cultural conditioning. The application involves removing layers of skin and placing medicine dots, usually on the back. It s crucial to complete all three ceremonies once started, as they constitute one comprehensive process spread over three days. Once you commit financially, it s non-refundable, as the three ceremonies are interconnected for optimal results.
GUEST BIO Teresa Suydam is a lost bird songwriter and producer of Indigenous and Filipino descent who makes cinematic pop infused with honey-like vocals. Based out of Denver, Colorado, Teresa chases their own culture and identity with their music, and is a safe haven to other multicultural individuals who don't feel at home in their own skin. In 2022, Teresa's music video for "Take Me to the Water" was nominated for the Native American Music Awards (NAMA).. Instagram | TikTok | Web DEFINITIONS Smudging is a cultural ceremony practiced by Native peoples. It involves burning sacred herbs like tobacco, sweetgrass, sage, and cedar for medicinal, practical, and spiritual purposes. The smoke carries prayers and healing powers. A vessel holds the herbs, and the smoke is guided over the body using a feather (preferably eagle) or hand. Smudging a room involves directing smoke while praying for positive energy and removing negative energy. Ashes are placed outside to symbolize removing negative energy from our lives. Smudging is a cultural ceremony practiced by Native peoples. It involves burning sacred herbs like tobacco, sweetgrass, sage, and cedar for medicinal, practical, and spiritual purposes. The smoke carries prayers and healing powers. A vessel holds the herbs, and the smoke is guided over the body using a feather (preferably eagle) or hand. Smudging a room involves directing smoke while praying for positive energy and removing negative energy. Ashes are placed outside to symbolize removing negative energy from our lives. A powwow is a ceremony held by Native American peoples involving feasting, singing, and dancing. Side note: You may have heard or used the term "powwow" to refer to meetings that are completely unrelated to the original Indigenous context. This is an example of cultural appropriation and is offensive to Native Americans because it strips the word from its great cultural importance. TAKEAWAYS When your people have been driven to near extinction by colonialism and constantly subjugated to brutal treatment, being alive today and occupying space is a form of resistance in itself. For people who have grown up with no connection to their roots, it can take a while to warm up to the idea but with the unrelenting, gentle support of their mentors, Teresa did start to learn more about their cultures. Sometimes we don't know what we've been missing until we experience it. Teresa had this experience both when connecting with their cultures and when reconnecting with their biological mom and described it as feeling more like themselves, more whole, and more at peace with who they are. Learning can feel overwhelming when we know next to nothing, be it a language, a culture, or music production. But it gets easier if we start small and give ourselves some grace to make mistakes in order to learn. CONTACT Instagram | TikTok | Web | LinkedIn | Twitter Host: Lazou --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nuancespod/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nuancespod/support
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. ++++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.++++Resources mentioned in this episode:Download the Daughter of A Lost Bird Discussion Guide here: https://www.daughterofalostbird.com/impactThis 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 orhttps://action.lakotalaw.org/action/protect-icwaIlluminative Protect ICWA tool kit: https://illuminative.org/protect-icwa-toolkit/Native American Rights Fund: https://icwa.narf.org/ Support the showFollow us on Instagam @amrpodcast, or support our work on Patreon. Show notes are published on our website, amrpodcast.com. Matika's book is available for pre-order! T'igwicid and Wado for being on this journey with us.
An interview with filmmaker Brooke Swaney and actor Kendra Mylnechuk who speak about their respective work on the documentary film Daughter of a Lost Bird. This is a write-up on the film from the Human Rights Watch film festival: This beautifully personal film documents her journey as she discovers her Native identity—finding her birth mother, April, also a Native adoptee, and returning to her Lummi homelands in Washington State. In Daughter of a Lost Bird, Kendra and April's stories show the impact of intentional government actions to erase an entire culture, including the 1958 Indian Adoption Project, which removed Native children from their families and placed them in white homes in an effort to “kill the Indian and save the man.” This poignant story shows, as James Baldwin rightfully put it: "History is not the past. It is the present. We carry our history with us.” “I identified as white. This strange confusion of white guilt, and native anger. Where does it sit in me? And how do I sit with both of those things?” —Kendra Mylnechuk Potter, film participant, Daughter of a Lost Bird Music on this edition is by The Halluci Nation.
2022 was a strong year for features films, documentaries, shorts, and TV shows produced by Native filmmakers, relied on Native talent, or focused on Native issues. ABC's "Alaska Daily" takes on the serious real life inequities that lead to high rates of unsolved sexual assaults, disappearances, and deaths for Alaska Native women. And unsung gems like the documentary “Daughter of a Lost Bird” paints a poignant portrait of adoption and identity. Today on Native America Calling, Shawn Spruce looks back at some of the films and TV shows you may have seen and some you might have missed from the past year with Vincent Schilling (Akwesasne Mohawk), editor of NativeViewPoint.com and certified Rotten Tomatoes critic; Johnnie Jae (Oto-Missouria and Choctaw), founder of A Tribe Called Geek and co-founding member of the Fan Organizer Coalition; and Jason Asenap (Comanche and Muscogee), writer, critic, and filmmaker.
2022 was a strong year for features films, documentaries, shorts, and TV shows produced by Native filmmakers, relied on Native talent, or focused on Native issues. ABC's "Alaska Daily" takes on the serious real life inequities that lead to high rates of unsolved sexual assaults, disappearances, and deaths for Alaska Native women. And unsung gems like the documentary “Daughter of a Lost Bird” paints a poignant portrait of adoption and identity. Today on Native America Calling, Shawn Spruce looks back at some of the films and TV shows you may have seen and some you might have missed from the past year with Vincent Schilling (Akwesasne Mohawk), editor of NativeViewPoint.com and certified Rotten Tomatoes critic; Johnnie Jae (Oto-Missouria and Choctaw), founder of A Tribe Called Geek and co-founding member of the Fan Organizer Coalition; and Jason Asenap (Comanche and Muscogee), writer, critic, and filmmaker.
Bear Carrillo grew up knowing only a few details about his birth parents: when he was born they were university students, the first from their tribes to go to college, and they just couldn't afford to keep him. Decades later, a DNA test kit uncovers a new story.
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 15, 2022. www.poets.org
Some solid stories today that include a community coming together to help a woman from being evicted, a lost wedding ring finds its owner, AND reasons why EVERYONE should be CPR certified! All on good feeling stories of the day!
213 | Kendra Mylnechuk Potter Guest host Lisette Austin speaks with Kendra Mylnechuk Potter, actor, yoga teacher, Native adoptee, and subject of the documentary, Daughter of Lost Bird. Kendra shares her powerful adoption and reunion story, about navigating identity issues while claiming her cultural heritage, and what it was like to reunite with her biological mother, family, and community as part of filming a documentary. Kendra also talks about the painful and abusive U.S. policies around Native children and adoption, how she practices self-care while integrating the reality of generational and historical trauma into her personal story, and much more. Full Show Notes Here Show Notes Recommended Resources Daughter of a Lost Bird - Documentary - www.daughterofalostbird.com Dawnland - Documentary - upstanderproject.org/dawnland Blood Memory - Documentary - www.bloodmemorydoc.com I Can Make This Promise by Christine Day The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk Try out an embodiment practice for healing work Connect With Us Kendra Mylnechuk Potter: Instagram | www.daughterofalostbird.com Lisette Austin: Twitter | Instagram | travelingmyroots.com | The Globetrotter Lounge Podcast Haley Radke: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Adoptees On: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook Subscribe Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | iHeart Radio | Spotify | Stitcher | YouTube Support Adoptees On One Time Donation | Monthly | Secret Facebook Group Connect Occasional Newsletter | Send a Note This podcast is for educational and entertainment purposes only. Nothing stated on it, either by its hosts or any guests, is to be construed as psychological, medical or legal advice. Please seek out professionals in those fields if you need those services. The views expressed by the hosts of Adoptees On or any guests are their own and do not represent the opinions of any organization or other person unless otherwise stated.
On this episode CIFF Speaks with DAUGHTER OF A LOST BIRD Director Brooke Pepion Swaney and Subject/Producer Kendra Mylnechuk Potter. We discuss how Kendra recorded the worst voicemail ever, the haunting nature of 1950's Bureau of Indian Affairs propaganda films, and the differences between having an ethnicity and being a political minority. CIFF Speaks is sponsored by Wayside Furniture. Facebook / Twitter / IG / YouTube
Brittney Griner is 6 foot 9. She's an American basketball player, some say she's the greatest female basketball player of all time and she is currently being detained in Russia on drug charges that could carry a sentence of up to 10 years in prison. Overnight Russian courts have extended her detention for two more months. All this while tensions between Russia and the States remain tense and her family worry she may be used as a political pawn. Molly McElwee, the Telegraph's Women's Sports reporter explains. To mark Red Nose Day Ena Miller visits a Comic Relief supported project helping survivors of domestic abuse. At Tower House Horses they use equine assisted learning to help women improve their mental health and recover their confidence. A woman we are calling Sophie tells her story and Susie, one of the co-founders of the project, explains how horses help women who have been through trauma. Yesterday the government set out its plans to address racial disparities in the UK with changes to policing, health and education. Inclusive Britain: the government response to the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities sets out 70 plans including ones to tackle the differences in maternal health to ones referring to police powers. There also includes a plan to get a diverse panel of historians to, as the report puts it, ‘develop a new knowledge rich History Curriculum by 2024 exploring Britain's historical past'. But how would that actually work in practice? Kendra Mylnechuk Potter was adopted into a white family and raised with no knowledge of her Native background. A new film 'Daughter of a Lost Bird' currently showing at the Human Rights Watch Film Festival follows Kendra as she connects with her birth mother April, also a Native adoptee, and discovers her Lummi homelands in Washington state. Her story has parallels with many of those children affected by the 1958 Indian Adoption project, where Native children in the US were removed from their families and placed in white homes, dubbed by some as' cultural genocide'. In the late1970s the Indian Child Welfare Act came into force which prioritised keeping native Indian children within their own tribes. Anita speaks to Kendra and to the filmmaker Brooke Pepion Swaney. The history of civil rights changed when Barbara Lisicki met Alan Holdsworth. The two were disabled cabaret performers in the 1980s when they met, fell in love and founded the disabled people's Direct Action Network (DAN). They became the driving force behind the campaign that ultimately led to the passing of the 1995 Disability Discrimination Act. A new BBC Two drama, Then Barbara Met Alan, tells their story. We hear from the real-life Barbara Lisicki, and Ruth Madeley, the actor who plays her. Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Kirsty Starkey Interviewed Guest: Molly McElwee Interviewed Guest: Susan Little Interviewed Guest: Dr Angelina Osborne Interviewed Guest: Stella Dadzie Interviewed Guest: Brooke Pepion Swaney Interviewed Guest: Kendra Mylnechuk Potter Interviewed Guest: Ruth Madeley Interviewed Guest: Barbara Lisicki Photo Credit: BBC/Dragonfly
After moving online for the first time in its 19-year history in 2021, the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival is back in full force. The 10-day event will see more than 200 artists descend on Missoula as their nonfiction films are premiered for an audience of thousands. While films are shown on subjects from around the world, nine are featured in the "Made in Montana" category. On this episode, conversations with the creators and characters of three "Made in Montana" documentaries: "The Cookie Man," "Meantime," and "Daughter of a Lost Bird." Timecodes for interviews: (01:02) - "The Cookie Man" (14:45) - "Meantime" (24:31) - "Daughter of a Lost Bird" Catch full transcripts of our episodes at montanakaimin.com/the_kaimin_cast. Questions? Comments? Email us at editor@montanakaimin.com A podcast from the Montana Kaimin, University of Montana's independent, student-run newspaper.
The Cemetery Row ladies cover Indigenous Women in today's episode, in honor of Indigenous Peoples Day. Lori shares the story of the Lost Bird of Wounded Knee, Hannah discusses missing and murdered Indigenous women, and Sheena talks about Cherokee negotiator Nanye'hi.
On this episode Dawn talks with documentary filmmaker Brooke Swaney for her newest film DAUGHTER OF A LOST BIRD. The film follows adoptee Kendra as she discovers her Native culture that she didn't grow up with, is welcomed in, meets her birth mother and other blood relatives, and learns more about how her story fits in with the bigger picture of ICWA, boarding schools and assimilation practices forced upon Indigenous people. Dawn and Brooke talk about making a film from an emotional place of empathy, share stories of their own Native backgrounds, and discuss the importance of representation in media. Follow the film: https://www.facebook.com/daughterofalostbird https://www.instagram.com/daughterofalostbirddoc/ https://www.daughterofalostbird.com/
KGMI Afternoon News host Kathi O'Shea talks with Brooke Pepion Swaney, director of the film Daughter of a Lost Bird.
Good News: A bird presumed to be extinct for 180 years has been found and photographed, Link HERE The Good Word: A lovely little thought from the great German poet, Goethe. Good To Know: Something interesting about magpies! Good News: A mind-blowing new technology that can 3D-print replacement bone material with actual living cells has […]
Apparently having a change of personality is rather distracting, as well as bearing this truth within yourself. As we start season 4, we look into this topic now with new host Jasper and returning guest and editor of the pod Chase! -- Follow us : @fillorians Follow Cath: @highkingfen Follow Jasper: @jasperleor Follow Chase: @fillorian420
Rene Flood author of Lost Bird of Wounded Knee about the 4 month old child who was the only Indian survivor of the Wounded Knee Massacre on December 29th, 2019
This week my examination of the massacre at Wounded Knee continues as I examine the aftermath which includes multiple deaths a trial and the tragic life of one of the survivors a baby girl named Lost Bird. Photo credit: National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution Please Rate and Review the podcast To contact me: Email: distortedhistorypod@gmail.com Twitter @DistortedHistor https://twitter.com/DistortedHistor If you would like to support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/distortedhistory
Not having kids is a legitimate option in life, but you wouldn't know it sometimes. Laura explores why ideas are like toothbrushes: everyone needs one, everyone has one, and nobody wants to use anyone else's. I reference the writer Dan Ariely. Theme music by Martin Andrews and the B-Sides [martinandrews.bandcamp.com/track/poison-tree] Additional music from LOST BiRD [www.lostbird.bandcamp.com/] And from www.bensound.com
That moment when you realise your parents are aging. Learning to live when we lose people who are important to us. I call my mum to ask about her mum, and Sam explains what it was like when his dad died. I reference the writer Adam Gopnik Theme music by Martin Andrews and the B-Sides [martinandrews.bandcamp.com/track/poison-tree] Additional music from LOST BiRD [lostbird.bandcamp.com/] And from Ben Folds Five [https://www.benfolds.com/] And from www.bensound.com
Some choices are harder than others. My mum tells me about a life choice that (probably) led to my very existence. I also chat to my friend JB who, at the tender age of 26, has already been married and divorced. What a difference a choice makes. I reference the book: The Art of Choosing by Sheena Iyengar Theme music by Martin Andrews and the B-Sides [martinandrews.bandcamp.com/track/poison-tree] Additional music from LOST BiRD [https://lostbird.bandcamp.com/] And from www.bensound.com
Ali Whitton and Oliver Vetter from Wellington duo LOST BiRD, who are opening for Ed Sheeran in Auckland, speak with Andrew Dickens.LISTEN ABOVE AS ALI AND OLIVER SPEAK WITH ANDREW
A bird and a cat are saved, and so – somehow – are their saviors.
Love... what is it like? How to you find it? Two beautiful podcasters describe what it's like to be single, and what it's like to be in love. My guests are Priya Bhana of the "Why am I single" podcast: [https://soundcloud.com/priya-bhana-313363961] And Mervin Johnson, creator of "The Bilingual Connection": [https://soundcloud.com/user-670340582] Theme music by Martin Andrews and the B-Sides [martinandrews.bandcamp.com/track/poison-tree] Additional music from LOST BiRD [https://lostbird.bandcamp.com/] And from www.bensound.com Photo credit to Jade Winton-Lowe [www.instagram.com/jadewintonlowe/]
Is it better to make the most of your twenties, getting ahead at work? Or is it ok to bounce around and take risks? Depends who you ask. Theme music by Martin Andrews and the B-Sides [martinandrews.bandcamp.com/track/poison-tree] You'll also hear the new single from LOST BiRD [https://lostbird.bandcamp.com/] Additional music from www.bensound.com Credit to the TED talk by Meg Jay: Why 30 is not the new 20 [https://www.ted.com/talks/meg_jay_why_30_is_not_the_new_20] Photo credit to Jade Winton-Lowe [www.instagram.com/jadewintonlowe/]
My mum assures me that people say dumb stuff to you when you turn 30, and Laurie Foon of the Sustainable Business Network says it's ok to follow your passion and love where it leads you. Theme music by Martin Andrews and the B-Sides [martinandrews.bandcamp.com/track/poison-tree] Additional music from www.bensound.com The song at the very end it by Lost Bird [lostbird.bandcamp.com] Photo credit to Jade Winton-Lowe [https://www.instagram.com/jadewintonlowe/]
This week on BSide Stories we were joined by Ali Whitton of LOST BiRD, the local Wellington Country Folk duo consisting of guitar player/songwriter Ali & Oliver Vetter on violin. Ali discusses his Celtic origins in England, the influence of the notorious Wellington weather on his songwriting and the difficulties of maintaining a working life while following your heart in the arts. We were also treated to three live performances of as yet unreleased LOST BiRD songs.
Ali Whitton talks about the road back to performing in his new life in Wellington and does a live set as Lost Bird.