Podcasts about pascua yaqui

Learn about the Chí'chil Biłdagoteel Oak Flat Accompaniment (COFA) team from two current volunteers, Fran Loberg and Tracy Howe. Learn about COFA's role at Oak Flat, a sacred site that is under threat from a copper mining company, and what led Fran and Tracy to join in the work of protecting sacred land. Frances Loberg lives in the ancestral land of the Kalapuya Indians, now known as Salem, OR. She has three grown children, is a semi-retired lactation nurse, and has been involved in various movements for peace and justice since her early 20's. In July of 2024 she attended a training to be a member of the COFA team and then accompanied the Apache Stronghold on their six-week prayer journey across the country, visiting other tribes and churches to pray and build unity as they took their case to the Supreme Court on Sept. 11, 2024. Rev. Tracy Howe (she/they/womxn) is a songwriter, author, theologian, and activist and uses their creative expression in cultural organizing toward a world of beauty, care and belonging.They are mixed Pinay (Filipino) and European settler living on Tohono O'odham and Pascua Yaqui land in what is now called Tucson, AZ. She is the founder of Restoration Village Arts, a 501c3, and pursuing a Ph.D. in Applied Intercultural Arts Research at the University of Arizona where she is a practice-led scholar exploring spirituality in 21st century US-based social movements and the relationship between US settler colonialism and present-day fascism. Resources: Apache Stronghold website: apache-stronghold.com/ Coalition to Dismantle the Doctrine of Discovery Study Guide and Bible Reflection Guide Learn more about Eloheh Indigenous Center for Earth Justice Check out our Coalition Calendar to register for an upcoming orientation Listen to this previous podcast interview with Dwight Metzger about Oak Flat and Mt. Graham (sacred sister site) If you're interested in COFA (Chí'chil Biłdagoteel Oak Flat Accompaniment) or getting involved in Mt. Graham you can email our Oak Flat organizer molly block (molly@dismantlediscovery.org) Sarah's and my book: So That We and Our Children May Live: Following Jesus in Confronting the Climate Crisis Sarah's and my Substack: So That We and Our Children May Live You can follow the Coalition to Dismantle the Doctrine of Discovery on Instagram (@coalitiontodismantle) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/dismantlediscovery)

It didn't take long for candidates to jump into the race for Raul Grijalva's congressional seat; The Pascua Yaqui remember a murdered teenager; a borderlands restoration project is frozen by the Trump Administration; and more...

In 2023, a 28-year-old Pascua Yaqui woman, Wilma Acosta, embarked on an exciting new chapter by moving to Portland, Oregon, filled with hope and the promise of new beginnings. But just a few months later, she vanished, leaving her family, friends, and community devastated and searching for answers.Sources:https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/south-bay/south-bay-family-missing-daughter/3388725/?os=f&ref=apphttps://www.opb.org/article/2024/08/26/wilma-acosta-yaqui-disappearance-portland-police/https://www.portlandoregon.gov/police/news/read.cfm?id=503185https://www.portlandoregon.gov/police/news/read.cfm?id=503185https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/missing-woman-wilma-acosta-portland-dead-willamette-river/283-55d767e2-8233-47c0-80be-94a7c2a259ddhttps://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/portland-police-family-disagree-over-investigation-into-missing-woman/

Wilma Acosta, an unenrolled Pascua Yaqui woman living in Portland, went missing in November of last year. Her body was found in the Willamette River in January 2024. The Portland Police Bureau said she was suicidal.  Her family insists she was not. Communication between Acosta’s family and the Portland Police Bureau illustrates some of the challenges in Missing and Murdered Indigenous People cases. Luna Reyna, Northwest Bureau Chief at Underscore News, wrote about this case and joins us to talk about it. 

As the UA shooter is sentenced, more calls for gun restrictions in the state and the nation; the Pascua Yaqui usher in new leadership; and more...

Jon Proudstar (Pascua Yaqui, Jewish, and Mexican) is coming off a successful run on the TV series, Reservation Dogs, and a starring role in an all-Native movie set on the Osage Nation. On top of that, his ground-breaking 1996 comic, Tribal Force, is enjoying a triumphant return. We'll catch up with the Pascua Yaqui actor and learn about the wisdom he's picked up from his more than 40 films and TV shows.

Jon Proudstar (Pascua Yaqui, Jewish, and Mexican) is coming off a successful run on the TV series, Reservation Dogs, and a starring role in an all-Native movie set on the Osage Nation. On top of that, his ground-breaking 1996 comic, Tribal Force, is enjoying a triumphant return. We'll catch up with the Pascua Yaqui actor and learn about the wisdom he's picked up from his more than 40 films and TV shows.

Two Japanese professors, Dr. Kumiko Noguchi and Dr. Yuka Mizutani, share insights from their experiences and work with Native American and Indigenous communities, which underscore the significance of Native American Studies in Japan and throughout the world. Noguchi is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of International Studies at Meiji Gakuin University. She received her Ph.D. in Native American Studies from the University of California, Davis under the Fulbright Graduate Studies Scholarship Program. Her research interests include Native American Critical Theory, California Indian history, Tribal Sovereignty, Community Development, and Indigenous Movement.  Mizutani is a professor at the Center for Global Education and Discovery, and the Graduate Program of International Cooperation Studies, at Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan. She holds a Ph.D. in Area Studies from Sophia University. As a doctoral student with the JSPS fellowship, she worked on her research at the Department of Ethnic Studies of the University of California, Berkeley. Mizutani was also a Fulbright visiting scholar at the Department of American Studies of the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Her current research interests include Indigenous people's experiences at geographical margins of the U.S. territory, the representation of Indigenous perspectives in museums and public spaces, and the relationship between Indigenous peoples and research institutions.  Recommended Sources:Publications of Kumiko Noguchi, including Indian and Gaming: American Light and Shadow (Tokyo: Chikuma Publication, 2019); A California Indian History the 'Invisibles' to a Federally Recognized Tribes (Tokyo: Sairyusha Publication, 2015); and “Keeping the Indian Tribal Community Together: Nation Building and Cultural Sovereignty in the Indian Casino Era,” The Japanese Journal of American Studies, no. 31 (2020), 133-156. Esther Avila, "Researching the Tule River Tribe," The Porterville Recorder, November 10, 2011.Rick Elkins, "Tule Tribe history in Japanese," The Porterville Recorder, September 16, 2015.Yuka Mizutani's award-winning book (selected for the Award for Budding Scholar of the Japan Consortium for Area Studies), Integration of the Pascua Yaqui into the United States: Border Crossing and the Federal Recognition (Hokkaido University Press, 2012). Also see Mizutani, "Promotion of Gastronomic Traditions in the Sonoran Desert and Changes in the Representation of the US-Mexico Borderlands," The Japanese Journal of American Studies, no. 33 (2022). Mizutani's recent interviews in English for ʻŌlelo Community Media in Hawaiʻi: http://olelo.granicus.com/player/clip/85731https://olelo.granicus.com/player/clip/85723Shozo Ssaito (斎藤省三), アメリカ先住民 アリゾナ・フェニックス・インディアン学校 (世界人権問題叢書) | Jr.トレナート ロバート.A., Trennert,Robert A.,Jr., 省三, 斎藤 |本 | 通販 | Amazon 

For more than 30 years, the Indian Arts and Crafts Act has been an important tool for protecting the authenticity and economic value of work produced by Native Americans. It also helps buyers know they're getting what they pay for. Now the U.S Department of Interior is reviewing the law and among the outstanding questions is whether it goes far enough. Should artwork from state-recognized tribal artists be excluded as authentic? How should artwork from Native Hawaiians be identified? GUESTS Chuck Hoskin Jr. (Cherokee Nation), Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation Dr. Sylvia Hussey (Native Hawaiian), chief executive officer for Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) Rachel Cushman (member of the Chinook Indian Nation), tribal secretary and treasurer for the Chinook Indian Nation Dr. Joe Candillo (Pascua Yaqui), owner of Authentic Native America Arts

For more than 30 years, the Indian Arts and Crafts Act has been an important tool for protecting the authenticity and economic value of work produced by Native Americans. It also helps buyers know they're getting what they pay for. Now the U.S Department of Interior is reviewing the law and among the outstanding questions is whether it goes far enough. Should artwork from state-recognized tribal artists be excluded as authentic? How should artwork from Native Hawaiians be identified? GUESTS Chuck Hoskin Jr. (Cherokee Nation), Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation Dr. Sylvia Hussey (Native Hawaiian), chief executive officer for Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) Rachel Cushman (member of the Chinook Indian Nation), tribal secretary and treasurer for the Chinook Indian Nation Dr. Joe Candillo (Pascua Yaqui), owner of Authentic Native America Arts

On today's episode, we are going to talk about designing for health equity. Adriane Ackerman is a community convener, strategic innovator and life-long rabble-rouser. She currently directs several programs at the Pima County Health Department in Southern Arizona, including a $4 million grant program from the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Minority Health to Advance Health Literacy, the department's new Cultural Health initiative with its pilot project, SaludArte, the emerging Pima County Network for Equity and Resilience (PCNER), and the first ever Office of Health Policy, Resilience, and Equity, all of which aim to increase health literacy and equity through innovative models, by elevating and centering the leadership of historically and contemporarily excluded communities. Adriane holds dual Bachelor's degrees in Political Science and Urban & Public Affairs and seeks to bring the depth of her lived experience to bear as she convenes, facilitates and uplifts the work of harm reduction from within bureaucracies and community partnerships. Robert Fabricant is Co-Founder and Partner of Dalberg Design, where he brings human-centered design and innovation services to clients looking for new, creative approaches to breakthrough innovation and expanded collaborations in the field of social impact and international development. Before Dalberg, Robert Fabricant was the Vice-President of Creative for frog design, where he managed frog's global leadership across Design Research, Product Design, Software Design, and Experience Strategy. Robert writes about Design and Social Impact for publications like HBR, SSIR, Fast Company, Rotman Business Journal, MIT Tech Review, ChangeObserver, and Core77. He is a member of the adjunct faculty at NYU and SVA. His client portfolio includes experience across verticals including financial services and financial inclusion, social impact, mobile and technology, healthcare and public health, and media. Robert has an MPS in Design and Technology from NYU and a BA from Yale University. Episode mentions and links: https://www.fabricant.design/ https://dalberg.com/who-we-are/our-leadership/robert-fabricant/ https://www.adrianeackerman.com/ Adriane's previous work: https://www.portlandpeoplescoalition.org/ Adriane's restaurant rec: La Indita (a mixture of native Sonoran, Pascua Yaqui, and Tarascan cuisine) Robert's restaurant rec: Le Succulent Follow Adriane: LinkedIn Follow Rob: LinkedIn | Twitter Episode Website: https://www.designlabpod.com/episodes/118

Voting in person is still the most popular way to vote for many people. Whether it's a personal preference, a cultural experience in one's community, or an opportunity to get help from poll workers, millions of Americans head to the polls in person on the first Tuesday in November. In this episode we learn about the history of Election Day (seriously, why a weekday in late fall?) and the challenges that many Americans face when they try to vote in person.Host and Guests:Simone Leeper litigates a wide range of redistricting-related cases at CLC, challenging gerrymanders and advocating for election systems that guarantee all voters an equal opportunity to influence our democracy. Prior to arriving at CLC, Simone was a law clerk in the office of Senator Ed Markey and at the Library of Congress, Office of General Counsel. She received her J.D. cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center in 2019 and a bachelor's degree in political science from Columbia University in 2016.Valencia Richardson is Legal Counsel for Voting Rights at Campaign Legal Center. Her work focuses on addressing local-level election compliance under the Voting Rights Act in the Deep South. Prior to joining CLC, Valencia was a voting rights organizer and activist. Before law school, Valencia was a Fulbright grantee to Mexico and a student voting rights organizer for the Andrew Goodman Foundation, for which she served as a board member. She is the author of a nonfiction book, “Young and Disaffected,” and published “Voting While Poor: Reviving the Twenty-Fourth Amendment and Eliminating the Modern-Day Poll Tax” in the Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law and Policy. Valencia has litigated various voting rights cases in state and federal court, including Pascua Yaqui v. Rodriguez, Pettaway v. Galveston County, as well as Aguilar v. Yakima County, the first case litigated under the Washington Voting Rights Act.Samantha Kelty is a Staff Attorney with the Native American Rights Fund in its Washington, DC, office.  Samantha litigates to eliminate obstacles to voting faced by Native Americans. At NARF, she has successfully litigated or settled major victories for Native American voting rights, including securing compliance with the National Voter Registration Act in South Dakota, ballot assistance in Montana and Nevada, ballot receipt extension deadlines in Nevada, and on-reservation polling places in Montana and Nevada.  She also represented amicus curiae National Congress of American Indians before the United States Supreme Court in advocating for the use of ballot collection and equal access by Native American voters under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.  In addition to litigation, she is a member of the Native American Voting Rights Coalition, a nationwide alliance of advocates, lawyers, academics, and tribal representatives that addresses Native American voting issues nationwide.Terry Ao Minnis is the senior director of the census and voting programs for Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC. Terry is a widely respected authority on voting rights. She was one of the key leaders in the campaigns to reauthorize the Voting Rights Act in 2006 as well as to address the Supreme Court's decision in Shelby County v. Holder. Appointed to the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Elections in 2020, Terry was named one of the four living 2020 National Women's History Alliance Honorees: Valiant Women of the Vote. She is one of NOW's 100 Sisters of Suffrage as part of their celebration of the centennial anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment.Links:Voting Must Be Accessible (Campaign Legal Center)Why the U.S. Needs Equitable Access to In-Person Voting (Campaign Legal Center)Giving Voters Time Off To Vote Would Help Promote Fair Representation (Campaign Legal Center)Fair Fight Action v. Raffensperger (Campaign Legal Center)Native Voters Still Face Obstacles, White House Outlines a Path Forward (Campaign Legal Center)Securing Safe Voting Options on the Pascua Yaqui Reservation (AZ) (Campaign Legal Center)About CLC:Democracy Decoded is a production of Campaign Legal Center, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization which advances democracy through law at the federal, state and local levels, fighting for every American's right to responsive government and a fair opportunity to participate in and affect the democratic process. You can visit us on the web at campaignlegalcenter.org.

#k a m p student radio; #klpx96 Rock #kpyt, Pascua Yaqui tribal radio, on the rez with Trista showI have this little rock and roll show that I do to wake up the students in America, it's called wake the F up students haha just kidding I don't know what it's called yet but it is designed to wake students in America the F up! You guys have a 65 million-strong voting block, the largest voting block in history! Use it! Step up to the plate, young people! Old white farts are ruining the planet! We are desperate for new leadership! Please, as a former student body president myself - - although I will say, inspired by #NaziTrump to claim that I am still student body president at San Diego City college! LOL because I didn't concede! Haha #locktrump up #lockuptrump

#k a m p student radio; #klpx96 Rock #kpyt, Pascua Yaqui tribal radio, on the rez with Trista showI have this little rock and roll show that I do to wake up the students in America, it's called wake the F up students haha just kidding I don't know what it's called yet but it is designed to wake students in America the F up! You guys have a 65 million-strong voting block, the largest voting block in history! Use it! Step up to the plate, young people! Old white farts are ruining the planet! We are desperate for new leadership! Please, as a former student president myself - - although I will say, inspired by #NaziTrump to claim that I am still student body president at San Diego City college! LOL because I didn't concede! Haha #locktrump up #lockuptrump

James Smith Cree Nation chief calls for expanded drug treatment San Carlos Apache Tribe asks for new federal hearing over Oak Flat mining AZ university launches new micro-campus for Pascua Yaqui students

Shoutout to k a m p, student radio at the University of arizona! And kpyt, Pascua Yaqui tribal radio on the rez with trista, in Tucson arizona! #######TO THE DEMOCRATS! Midterms are in a few months, and you're gonna f us all up interminably, irreversibly, if you don't IMMEDIATELY - as in, MAKE A NATIONAL PRIORITY - to LOCK

Brother Joe DeSimone with Blue Chip Planning talks fallout from the Dobbs verdict, money and markets, and how to reach your financial goals with Blue Chip Planning. Visit bluechipplan.com for more information. Tucson City Councilman Steve Kozachik on Friday "confirmed" to KVOA that the City of Tucson "is in the process of giving land to Pascua Yaqui tribe with the intention of the tribe inviting Planned Parenthood to set up an abortion safe haven" on land the city is ceding to the Pascua Yaqui at Grant and I-10. Sunday he stated the city and tribe had not discussed this.

Shout out to U of A's student radio station, #kamp! And #kpyt, the Pascua Yaqui tribe radio station!Dear DOJ Head Merrick Garland, Hi, my name is trista, I'm running for sheriff, senate, governor, and POTUS 2024. And I am writing you, and podcasting this on my podcast#Trista4GOVERNATOR! To teach people how to send you a direct message! I am a long time teacher and journalist, with thousands of subscribers across social media. I'm calling on you, sir, to please INDICT

Our guest this week is Dr. Z Nicolazzo, an associate professor of Trans* Studies in Education at the University of Arizona, which resides on the unceded homelands of the Tohono O'odham and Pascua Yaqui peoples. Dr, Nicolazzo's paper, "Ghost Stories from the Academy: A Trans Feminine Reckoning" speaks to her experience as a trans woman in academia. The paper was published in the Winter 2021 issue of The Review of Higher Education.

House Republicans propose a requirement that early voters show identification when dropping off ballots, and the Arizona Senate passes legislation on transgender student athletes that would bar them from joining sports teams that align with their gender identity. Also, affordable housing is being built for Pascua Yaqui families in southern Arizona. ---Host: Kirsten Dorman Producer: Kirsten Dorman Contributors: Alexandra Mora Medina, Madison Thomas, Molly Hudson

Guarina Lopez is a storyteller who uses not only words but also images to share stories of the land and indigenous communities.  A  member of the Pascua Yaqui tribe of Tucson, AZ, she currently resides on the present and ancestral lands of the Piscataway and Nacotchtank in Washington, D.C.  She's a runner; the founder of Native Women Ride;  a writer, photographer and filmmaker; and our guest on today's episode. “There's always storytelling; it's all over, you just have to listen for it.” As Guarina explains, “we come from storytelling traditions because a lot of times our languages weren't translated into English for the wider populace.”  When she wanted information about her heritage, she had to ask somebody, and then, she says, “I never just got an answer, I got a story.”   Her father was a great storyteller, which, she believes, “really kind of broadened the way that I heard the words. So when I think of storytelling and language, before I write things down, oftentimes on my run I will hear the way words sound, like these words sound beautiful together, or it'll just appear in my mind.”  “I think that I was photographing a lot of things I was trying to understand, or things that I was passionate about.” Guarina was already drawing and writing stories as a child, and then at age 12, she picked up a camera.  Her mother was homeless for a long time, and she began taking pictures of unhoused people, “capturing stories that I was trying to figure out that ended up being related to my life.” She started by shooting in 35mm, but eventually switched to a heavier, medium format camera.  Photographing people was harder, and she had to think about composition in a different way, so she started to photograph the land.  A pivotal moment occurred when she was on a road trip through the Pacific Northwest. “That's when I really made the shift of the way that I think about land, and how we use it and how we see it and perceive it is different.”  While driving through Oregon, she pulled over and “there was an abandoned lumberyard and  it almost brought me to tears because I I saw all of these trees that had been killed for nothing, but they were stacked up in all these beautiful, like modern kinds of ways, just slats over slat over slat.  And so there were all these gorgeous lines. And so I was at once mesmerized by the beauty of the natural shapes, and then angered, because why would you do this?”  “It just stopped me in my tracks and I thought, this is the land fighting back. These are the trees saying, you know, ‘this is our place.'”  Guarina moved to Washington, D.C. and was overwhelmed by the greenery and the resurgence of life of the plants there. When she goes running and comes across a tree breaking through the sidewalk, she says, “I'm just like, ‘yes!'  because that is what you do'” - even though she knows it will probably trip her up on her next run.  In her daily life, she tries to create a relationship, “whether it's with the land, or the waters, or the animals.” “You can't just completely erase everything.  That's not how Mother Nature works.” The U.S. and much of the world has become accustomed to extracting as much as possible from the earth.  Indigenous peoples, on the other hand, believe that you “only take what you need, and then you see the natural resurgence and natural growth processes of animals and plants and the entire ecosystem.” “I want to tell stories and I think the stories that need to be told are the ones that have never been told.” Stories are told about people who have done amazing things, but as Guarina says, “if that's the only person that's representing their particular community, it's really not representative.”  We need to recognize that everyone has a unique story, that “we're all just ordinary people, but you never know what stories people have.”  It's worthwhile to learn them.  That, she says,  “is where you'll find the thing you don't know.” Guarina finds much of her inspiration when she's out for a run.  After the first two miles or so, she says, “stories come to mind.  I start thinking about what I want to teach, what I want to write about, what I don't know about.”  “Nature will always provide no matter where you are, and nature will never fail. You know, I will never know enough. I will never know it all. And it changes from day to day. And so my process when I go out there and run is to think about how can I make my day better, and the run, the run itself always does that for me.” Resources: Guarina's Instagram accounts: Guarina Paloma Lopez Yaqui Rain Runner This Native Land Modern Natives' Personal Regalia Native Women Ride Call Me By My Name Project Thank you to Tracksmith, Athletic Greens, and goodr for sponsoring this episode. Tracksmith is a Boston-based company that truly cares about the quality of their running clothes. Running can be demanding on our clothes; they definitely go through wear and tear to where we may be purchasing new clothes constantly. Tracksmith designers work with the finest materials and keep you in mind as a runner, with spots for your keys, phone, and fuel. You can go here to check out my favorites! Go here and use the code TINA15, and Tracksmith will donate 5% of your purchase to Runners for Public Lands, and you'll get free shipping! AG1 is a simple and easy way to get 75 vitamins, minerals, and whole food source ingredients to help strengthen your immune system. It's simple to make and it tastes good! Go here to get a FREE year's supply of Vitamin D and five FREE travel packs with your subscription. I have been a fan of goodr for YEARS and I literally have their sunglasses all over my house. I recently had an episode with co-founder Stephen Lease where he talks about the true and real story behind his company and I appreciate him being honest with me about it. The design behind these sunglasses really takes into consideration look and comfort. They are 100% carbon neutral and a part of 1% for the Planet. Go here and use the code TINA for 15% off your order. Thanks for listening! We know there are so many podcasts you could listen to, and we are honored you have chosen Running For Real.  If you appreciate the work that we do, here are a few things you can do to support us: Take a screenshot of the episode, and share it with your friends, family, and community on social media, especially if you feel that the topic will resonate with them.  Be sure to tag us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram If you are struggling through something a guest mentions, chances are others are too, and you will help them feel less alone.  Leave an honest review on iTunes or your favorite podcast player. Your ratings and reviews will really help us grow and reach new people. Not sure how to leave a review or subscribe?  You can find out here. "Thank you" to Guarina.  We look forward to hearing your thoughts on the show.

“One thing that activism has taught me is to use my voice...I can share photographs about what I'm doing but also tell a story. We come from a storytelling tradition and I think that more of our voices need to be out there.” Guarina Lopez (Pascua Yaqui) is a visual artist, mother, runner, cyclist, and the founder of Native Women Ride. As a lifelong Indigenous activist and environmentalist, she utilizes photography, film, and writing to share stories of the land and Indigenous communities. In the episode, Guarina tells us about growing up in New Mexico (among other places), the ways her childhood shaped her, and her journey as a woman of color in running and cycling. With years of experience in museums, non-profits, and institutions of higher education, Guarina has a strong presence in the running community with several initiatives that highlight underrepresented communities and center anti-racist work. DONATE TO RELATIVES RIDE FUNDRAISER: https://www.gofundme.com/f/relatives-ride-for-native-student-scholarships?member=11928907&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_source=customer  Proceeds benefit the American Indian and Indigenous Health Alliance (AIIHA) at the University of Arizona.   In This Episode: Mujeres Muralistas Native Women Ride Grounded Podcast | Episode 5 – Verna Volker Trail Runner Magazine's Apology Instagram Post – June 15th, 2021 Grounded Podcast Instagram Post in Response – June 15th, 2021 You Cannot Erase Us: Letter From An Indigenous Runner, by Guarina Lopez, Trail Runner Magazine (Online), July 23, 2021 mediaINDIGENA The Red Nation   Follow Guarina Lopez, Native Women Ride, and more: Instagram: @guarinapalomalopez Twitter: @Guarina_Paloma Native Women Ride: @native_women_ride This Native Land Photography: @this_native_land Call Me By My Name Project: @call_me_by_my_name_project Natives Tell Stories: @modernnatives_personal_regalia   Follow Grounded Pod: Instagram: @groundedpod Twitter: @groundedpod Facebook: facebook.com/groundedpodwithdinee   Subscribe, Listen, & Review on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Soundcloud | Stitcher   Music by Jacob Shije (Santa Clara Pueblo, NM). This podcast was made possible through the Tracksmith Fellowship Program.

“What I've learned as I've grown older is how interconnected our wellness is…I'm trying to lead a life where wellness is centered– mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. These things make us who we are and impact one another.” Ashleigh Thompson (she/her/hers) is Red Lake Ojibwe and an archaeologist, climber, and avid trail runner. Ashleigh is based on Tohono Oo'dham and Pascua Yaqui lands (also known as Tucson, AZ) while working towards her Ph.D. in Anthropology at the University of Arizona. Her dissertation focuses on traditional foodways and food sovereignty of the Red Lake Ojibwe utilizing interviews, ethnography, and material culture. In this conversation we discuss the importance of oral traditions and Indigenous people telling our own stories, including how the both of us use storytelling as a way to learn and share with others. Ashleigh was also a Division III student-athlete, competing in Track & Field and Cross Country at the University of Minnesota-Morris during her college years. We learn about her most influential coaches/mentors and how she works hard to maintain a holistic relationship to running, grounded in her own cultural traditions and focused on longevity, so she can run strong for many years to come. Ashleigh is an outdoor ambassador for Ultimate Direction and La Sportiva.   In This Episode: Ashleigh Thompson Bio, University of Arizona, School of Anthropology Subscribe to the Fast Women Newsletter Citius Mag Trials Talk Podcast (Sponsored by Tracksmith)   Follow Ashleigh Thompson: Instagram: @ashanishinaabe Twitter: @ashanishinaabe   Follow Grounded Pod: Instagram: @groundedpod Twitter: @groundedpod Facebook: facebook.com/groundedpodwithdinee   Subscribe, Listen, & Review on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Soundcloud | Stitcher   Music by Jacob Shije (Santa Clara Pueblo, NM). This podcast was made possible through the Tracksmith Fellowship Program.

Join our guest, Franciscan Sister Ange Mayers, as she shares the richness of her living and working across cultures, her love of Eucharist, her baking and sharing the bread of love as she breaks open her life in service. Sister Ange notes that “While doing cross-cultural ministry among the native people of Arizona, I learned that no culture is better than another culture. Each culture is blessed with gifts to share with other cultures. These gifts are expressed in food, language and customs. It is our responsibility and privilege to learn what they are.” “One Holy Thursday, I was overwhelmed by the needs of neighbors.  I didn't want ANOTHER person coming to the door asking for help.  BUT, I did say “YES”!  After taking them to get a can of propane gas, I had a change of heart. I BAKED BREAD and got renewed and NOURISHED.  The kneading of the dough, released frustration with each punch; the rising of the bread birthed new life; the aroma of baked bread fed my being.” “The meaning of receiving communion: Just as the food we eat determines the state of our physical being, when we receive the body of Christ, Christ becomes a part of our spiritual being. We become united, one body, and as we drink wine together, we become spiritually united. At the last supper, Jesus said, do this in memory of me. We do the same receiving his body and blood to be strengthened, to feed those who are hungry and thirsty spiritually. By receiving communion, we are nourished as a community to do as Jesus did.”   “God loves me all the time, not only when I am good. Making mistakes is a part of life; God did not make us perfect. And God walks with us through our mistakes throughout our whole life. This we Franciscans call continual conversion.”     References:   The Feeding of the Five Thousand, Mark 6:34-44: a story of the multiplication of loaves of bread. See: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/mark/6.     Comunidades de Base: Base Christian communities: See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_ecclesial_community  and https://www.encyclopedia.com/humanities/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/christian-base-communities.   Poem by Charlotte Madigan, CSJ: Kneading, needing bread We bravely work and hope. We hunger till we eat the bread of love, of life and drink the cup of warmth and tender wine.         Ah mystery! enhancing the taste of the bread and of each other. water into wine again.          Warning: To eat and drink pre-occupied is foolish waste and loss.    Cross cultural ministry in Arizona: --Tohono O'odham nation: http://www.tonation-nsn.gov/ --Pascua Yaqui tribe: https://www.pascuayaqui-nsn.gov/ - “Culture is an important element with all Yaqui communities and bonds both Christianity and Yaqui spirituality in the hope for a better view of the world and morality.” --Communities are Prevention:  Addiction Prevention Program: CAP draws from the work of Don Coyhis and Wellbriety. Listen to and read about Don: https://encore.org/purpose-prize/don-coyhis/; here is the White Bison website: :  http://www.opensource-projects.com/Default.aspx   Break this Bread, by Lourdes Music Group:           Please break this bread, Lord; please break this bread.  Bread of your body, risen in us.             Pour out your wine, Lord. Pour out your wine.             Let it flow though us to a thirsty world. We come to eat your bread, make us one. We come to drink your wine, make us one. We come in memory of your death to give you thanks. We come to celebrate your life and give you praise. Let us be broken, O Lord, to feed your sheep. Let us be poured out, O Lord, that all may see. That you are Spirit and Life that satisfies. That you are risen in us to set us all free.      Pope Francis in his encyclical Fratelli Tutti: On Fraternity and Social Friendship, 237, 284: “Forgiveness and reconciliation are central themes in Christianity, and in various ways in other religions…Each one of us is called to be an artisan of peace. By uniting and not dividing, by extinguishing hatred and not holding onto it, by opening paths of dialogue and not by constructing new walls.”   Sister Marilyn Lacey, RSM, of Mercy Beyond Borders: “This then may be the world's only hope for peace, that all of us, friends and enemies, allies and foes, brothers and sisters and strangers alike, we understand that we meet as guests together in God's own tent.”

NIGHT AIR: SOIL SAMPLES 24 April 2021 - Online Transmission Soil Samples gathers four artists and researchers for performances, presentations and discussions addressing the topic of soil and its geopolitical, colonial, and bodily entanglements. The panel is made up of sound artist Felicity Mangan, researcher and 'tiny miner' Martin Howse, biogeochemist and critical ecologist Kunal Palawat working in tandem with visual artist Dorsey Kaufmann. The event was transmitted online from Rotterdam on Saturday 24 April 2021, with participants and the audience joining from various locations worldwide. FELICITY MANGAN Felicity Mangan is an Australian sound artist and composer based in Berlin since 2008. In different situations, from solo performances and installations to collaborative projects with other artists, Felicity plays with the timbre of animal voices and field recordings to create minimal quasi-bioacoustic environments. Recently, the artist has been exploring the fundamentals of soil life and interspecies creativity, delving into soil's soundscape, equipped with sensors and imagination. MARTIN HOWSE Martin Howse is occupied with an investigation of the links between the earth, software and the human psyche through the construction of experimental situations, material artworks and texts. From 1998 to 2005 Howse was director of ap, a software performance group working with electronic waste, pioneering an early approach to digital glitch. For the last ten years, he has initiated numerous open-laboratory style projects and performed, published, lectured and exhibited worldwide. KUNAL PALAWAT Kunal Palawat is a terrestrial biogeochemist and critical ecologist currently working at the intersections of pollution, community-based research, data science, and environmental justice at the University of Arizona on occupied Tohono O'odham and Pascua Yaqui lands (so-called Tucson) in the Ramírez-Andreotta Lab. They are also a Lab Manager and Research Associate with the Critical Ecology Lab, a non-profit research and education container striving to explicitly connect systems of oppression/liberation to global change. DORSEY KAUFMANN Dorsey Kaufmann actively challenges disciplinary boundaries by making work at the intersection of art, environmental science, and politics. She primarily works in time-based media; including video, performance, animation, and 3-D installations. Her practice examines the conflict among corporations, governments, and community health. Her work visualises how these tensions and perceptions constantly define and redefine our built environment. NIGHT AIR Night Air is a series of online transmissions from Sonic Acts that aims to make pollution visible by bringing forth the various side-effects of modernity: from colonial exploitation of people and resources to perpetual inequalities brought about by the destruction of the environment and common land – in other words, destructive capitalist practices that shape both our environment and human-nonhuman relations. More information about Soil Samples and its participants can be found at https://bit.ly/3H6YTbH. CREDITS Production: Sonic Acts Host: Margarita Osipian Visual design: Deborah Mora Sound design: Igor Dubreucq Additional help: Mark den Hoed, Karl Klomp, Karl Moubarak and Jorg Schellekens, as well as Hackers and Designers and The Hmm. Part of Re-Imagine Europe, co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union. Sonic Acts is supported by Creative Industries Fund NL, Amsterdam Fund for the Arts (AFK) and Paradiso.

“I am a scientist because of running… as you're running, you're on the land making observations. That's the first step of the scientific process.” Dr. Lydia Jennings is a Wixáritari (Huichol) and Yoeme (Pascua Yaqui) environmental microbiologist and trail runner. She is originally from Santa Fe, NM but currently resides in Tucson, AZ– where she recently completed her PhD in Environmental Science from the University of Arizona. Lydia's dissertation and research interests include soil health, environmental remediation, Indigenous science, mining policy, and environmental data ownership by tribal nations. In March 2021, as a way to celebrate her academic journey and doctoral degree, Lydia completed a solo 50-mile Honor Run for 50 Indigenous Scientists, where she dedicated each mile of run to a scientist who inspires her. She was able to raise over $8,000 on behalf of the American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) to support their T3 Fund, which provides Indigenous students affected by the COVID-19 pandemic college scholarship funds. In this conversation, we learn about what questions Lydia is asking in her research, what her favorite soils/lands to run on are, and how being an Indigenous runner-scientist shapes the way she connects with the land.   In this Episode: Wings of America “Send a Runner: A Navajo Honors the Long Walk,” Book by Edison Eskeets Lydia's 50-mile Honor Run Twitter Thread American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) Will Run for Soil Documentary Project Will Run for Soil Instagram   Follow Lydia Jennings: Instagram: @llcooljennings Twitter: @1NativeSoilNerd Website: https://nativesoilnerd.com/   Follow Grounded Pod: Instagram: @groundedpod Twitter: @groundedpod Facebook: facebook.com/groundedpodwithdinee   Subscribe, Listen, & Review on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Soundcloud | Stitcher   Music by Jacob Shije (Santa Clara Pueblo, NM).  This podcast was made possible through the Tracksmith Fellowship Program.

Henry Barajas is a Latinx author from Tucson. He spoke about his pathway as a storyteller. He is best known for his graphic memoir about his great-grandfather titled La Voz De M.A.Y.O. Tata Rambo. It is based on the oral history of Ramon Jaurigue, an orphan and WWII veteran who co-founded the Mexican, American, Yaqui, and Others (M.A.Y.O.) organization, which successfully lobbied the Tucson City Council to improve living and working conditions for members of the Pascua Yaqui tribe—paving the way to their federal recognition. Meanwhile, Ramon’s home life suffered as his focus was pulled from his family to the wider community, and from domesticity to the adrenaline of the campaign. Henry Barajas has been writing, lettering, editing, and publishing comics for ten years. Recently, he scripted and lettered a short story for Image Comics’ Where We Live Benefit Anthology—100% of the proceeds were donated to Route 91 Strong, a non-profit organization. He was a deejay for KXCI, the online editor of the Tucson Weekly, former Arizona Daily Star writer/news assistant, and was nominated for the Shel Dorf Blogger of the Year award for his work at The Beat. Currently, he’s the Operations Director for Top Cow Productions in Los Angeles, CA. He is about to launch the first part of a 4 part Latinx fantasy series called Helm Greycastle on April 28th. Barajas took combined his passion for fantasy novels and books and created an alternate universe where the Aztec Empire defeated the Spanish Conquistadors. Recorded and produced by Amanda Shauger.

Peter Downie interviews the Rev. Canon Debbie Royals who is Pascua Yaqui from Tucson Arizona.  Debbie  talks about the power of ceremony and traditional teachings  and making thechoice to live.

I'm asking the traditional healing office of the Pascua Yaqui tribe to allow me to record a traditional healing session for the nation