All My Relations Podcast

All My Relations talks story with two of our favorite fashionable friends: artist extraordinaire Jamie Okuma (Lisueño and Shoshone Bannock) and scholar/fashion entrepreneur Dr. Jessica Metcalfe (Turtle Mountain Chippewa). Listen in as we venture into their journeys through the Native fashion world and what it means to them to represent for their communities through fashion and design. Jessica often says, “Our ancestors were stylish,” so what are the ways we can represent our identities through what we choose to wear? Beyond Buckskin Boutique: shop.beyondbuckskin.comJamie Okuma: Jokuma.comText us your thoughts!Support the showFollow us on Instagram @amrpodcast, or support our work on Patreon.  Show notes are published on our website, Allmyrelationspodcast.com. Matika's book Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America is available now!  T'igwicid and Hyshqe for being on this journey with us.

Bonus Episode: Sacred is Sacred! +In light of recent tragedy at Notre Dame, Adrienne and Matika discuss the indigenous response from our communities from a social justice perspective, while also considering our humanity. +This is our first “bonus episode”! We thought that it might be powerful to interject indigenous perspective into the national dialogue. What do you think? Text us your thoughts!Support the showFollow us on Instagram @amrpodcast, or support our work on Patreon.  Show notes are published on our website, Allmyrelationspodcast.com. Matika's book Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America is available now!  T'igwicid and Hyshqe for being on this journey with us.

In this episode, All My Relations explores the topic of cultural appropriation—it’s become such a buzzword, but what is it, really? Adrienne and Matika care deeply about Native representation, and talk constantly about this subject. Here, you'll have the opportunity to listen into that conversation, as we reveal our feelings about the infamous white savior photographer Edward S. Curtis, Halloween, answer listener questions, and more.  Appropriators beware. Resources: Adrienne’s blog: Nativeappropriations.com (300+ posts to help with the appropriation convos)“Why Tonto Matters”: https://nativeappropriations.com/2012/03/why-tonto-matters.htmlMatika’s Edward Curtis post: https://lrinspire.com/2018/05/08/edward-s-curtis-again-by-matika-wilbur/Send us a voicemail of how you say “All My Relations” in your language! https://www.allmyrelationspodcast.com/contactText us your thoughts!Support the showFollow us on Instagram @amrpodcast, or support our work on Patreon.  Show notes are published on our website, Allmyrelationspodcast.com. Matika's book Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America is available now!  T'igwicid and Hyshqe for being on this journey with us.

We join forces with two amazing Indigenous writers and scholars who are making waves in the literary scene with their poetry, prose, and fiction. They weave words and worlds to help us see and understand queer indigenous identities and bodies, the ways that settler colonialism has disrupted and distorted our relationships, and the power of asserting voice in spaces not meant for us. We discuss their writing practice, academia, living in racialized bodies. We close  with Joshua and Billy reciting some of their work for us. Enjoy! If you love this, please subscribe, share, and consider  our Patreon. +++++++++++Joshua Whitehead is Ojibwe & Cree from the Peguis First Nation, located in Treaty 1 territory, and is Two Spirit IndigiQueer. You can find him at the University of Calgary in Treaty 7 territory, obtaining his PhD in English. Joshua is a poet and a writer, but most importantly, Joshua is a storyteller. The power of his storytelling launched him into the forefront of the literary scene.  His poetry collection, “Full Metal Indigequeer”  is indeed, as he says, “a viral song, is a round dance, is a jingle dress, is medicine.”  His debut novel, Johnny Appleseed, braids together human experience into a tight understanding of Indigeneity and queerness. +++++++++++Billy-Ray Belcourt is from the Driftpile Cree Nation and is a PhD student in the Department of English & Film Studies at the University of Alberta. As a Rhodes Scholar, Billy-Ray went to the Colonizers land to obtain his Master’s in Women’s Studies which highlighted “the role of Indigenous Women in Social Resistance Movements .” His work has been widely published and acclaimed in magazines across Canada. His debut poetry book, This Wound is A World, splits the self wide open and merges into space and place and Indian Time. His forthcoming work, NDN Coping Mechanisms, Notes from the field, is synesthesia made into polyphonic poetry, prose and digital art.Text us your thoughts!Support the showFollow us on Instagram @amrpodcast, or support our work on Patreon.  Show notes are published on our website, Allmyrelationspodcast.com. Matika's book Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America is available now!  T'igwicid and Hyshqe for being on this journey with us.

Join us for a second discussion with Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate Dr. Kim Tallbear on All My Relations. We'll explore Kim's “life project” of critical polyamory, her journey through feminism, her processes of writing in, with, and for community, and Kim treats us with some of her poetry, the “Critical polyamorist 100s”.AMR so far has explored our relationships between community, land, food, and kin. Now we have a chance to dive into what it means to be in good relation with other humans (on a sexual and non sexual level), while maintaining and balancing our responsibilities to our other relations, and questioning a hierarchy that places human relations first. Kim is never “single,” she is always in committed relationships with human and non-human relations.Follow us!Kim's Twitter.Matika's Twitter and Instagram.Adrienne's Twitter and Instagram.If you'd like to send us a voicemail visit www.allmyrelationspodcast.com to be featured on our upcoming episodes!Text us your thoughts!Support the showFollow us on Instagram @amrpodcast, or support our work on Patreon.  Show notes are published on our website, Allmyrelationspodcast.com. Matika's book Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America is available now!  T'igwicid and Hyshqe for being on this journey with us.

In this conversation, Dr. Kimberly Tallbear, a Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate scholar and expert on Indigenous identity, dives deep into the pitfalls of using DNA tests to claim Native ancestry. She discusses how these tests can undermine tribal sovereignty and perpetuate colonial definitions of Indigeneity. Tallbear emphasizes the importance of relational identity over genetic claims and critiques the media's portrayal of Indigenous genetics. The discussion also touches on alternatives for genuine connection, emphasizing kinship and community over mere genetic links.

Amanda Blackhorse, lead plaintiff in Supreme Court case against Washington Redskins, and Stephanie Fryberg, top researcher on Native mascots, discuss the harms of these images, legal battles and activism, personal experiences and research findings, fighting for native rights in court, the power of research in changing the narrative, and influential books and their impact.

Valerie Segrest, a Native nutrition educator and advocate for food sovereignty, sheds light on the significance of reconnecting with traditional food practices. She discusses how colonialism disrupted Native food systems and the importance of revitalizing these connections. Valerie emphasizes the role of breastfeeding in this movement and shares her personal journey towards food work. The conversation also covers small, actionable steps individuals can take to support local food sovereignty, encouraging everyone to honor their ancestors through food choices.

Matika and Adrienne, Indigenous women, bloggers, and storytellers, discuss their origin stories, the inception of the podcast, indigenous feminism, cultural appropriation, the importance of accurate representation, resistance against colonialism, the difference between indigenous people and settlers, and their excitement for the future of Indian country.