Best Adrienne Keene Podcasts (2024)

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Supreme Court Affirms ICWA 14:15

1y ago14:15

14:15

Big news! The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of leaving the Indian Child Welfare Act intact. This is a major victory for Indigenous rights and sovereignty. In this special episode, Matika is joined by Sedelta Oosahwee (Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara and Cherokee) a Senior Program and Policy Analyst and Specialist at the National Education Association w…

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How We Made Indigenous Books 47:07

1y ago47:07

47:07

Relatives!! It is with great joy that we have arrived to pub day! Today Matika's book "Project 562: Changing The Way We See Native America" hits the shelves! To celebrate we want this very special celebratory episode of AMR to reflect on this massive milestone for both our co-hosts!. Join Matika and Adrienne, two published Indigenous authors, as th…

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Rematriate 1:01:52

1y ago1:01:52

1:01:52

To rematriate is to return the sacred to the mother. Join us today as we talk about the collective work of Rematriation with Dr. Dian Million (Tanana Athabascan), Michelle Schenandoah (Oneida Nation) and Marquel Musgrave (Nanbe Owingeh). In this episode, we acknowledge that rematriation IS the work of decolonization; we talk through Indigenous Femi…

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Native Women Are Funny 40:59

1+ y ago40:59

40:59

Three incredible women, Sierra Ornales (Diné ), Jana Schmieding (Mniconjou and Sicangu Lakota) and Tazbah Rose Chavez (Nüümü, Diné and San Carlos Apache tribes) join All My Relations to talk about the comedy scene, sisterhood and above all else— laughter as a way of life. These are the the women that brought us Rutherford Falls, and you may have al…

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Telling True Stories in a Good Way 35:22

1+ y ago35:22

35:22

As an Indigenous documentary filmmaker, what does it mean to tell true stories in a good, ethical way? How do we protect and respect our communities while sharing our stories with broader audiences? How do our teachings inform our storytelling? On our newest episode we talk with Cherokee Nation filmmaker Brit Hensel about her work as a visual story…

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Native Children Belong in Native Homes 53:17

1+ y ago53:17

53:17

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,…

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Rez Doggin' with Ryan Redcorn and Sterlin Harjo 57:38

1+ y ago57:38

57:38

Sterlin Harjo (Muskogee/Seminole) and Ryan Redcorn (Osage), join All My Relations for a live podcast to discuss how Native representation in Hollywood can be done right (or Rez-dogged). The conversation is packed with giggles, the importance of sharing opportunities with your community, the power of creating all Native spaces in entertainment and t…

1
Building Indigenous Futures 52:04

1+ y ago52:04

52:04

This episode delves into higher education for Native students. While colleges and universities around the US are releasing land acknowledgements, the Indigenous students who come from these lands make up only 1% of college students nationally. We know college can be a source of power and strength for our communities, but we also know the experience…

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Ep. 21- Chocolate Chicks Dealing with Diabetes 1:07:55

1+ y ago1:07:55

1:07:55

Host Adrienne Denise sits down with social media content creator Jasmine Katrina to discuss their diabetic diagnosis and how their respective health journey's overlap and have transformed the way they live life.By Adrienne Denise

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Ep. 20- Keen On Living 55:47

1+ y ago55:47

55:47

Adrienne Denise talks her health scare and time away and what she's learned with friend and colleauge Yolanda Keener who was the one who helped her figure out the diagnosis.By Adrienne Denise

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Neaese Wado Tigwicid 27:11

2y ago27:11

27:11

When Adrienne took time away from All My Relations to focus on her academic obligations, Dr. Dr. Dez stepped into the co-hosting role with Matika. Since then, we have had some great conversation, laughs, and cries with our favorite data warrior, sociologist, demographer, and friend. Desi has been an invaluable member of the team and it was incredib…

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Black and Native Futures: Liberation and Sovereignty with Nikkita Oliver 48:34

2y ago48:34

48:34

All My Relations is proud to offer the third episode in our series on Afro-Indigenous topics, “Black & Native Futures: Liberation and Sovereignty”, a conversation with Nikkita Oliver, hosted by Matika Wilbur and Dr. Dr. Desi. Nikkita is a scholar and activist who works at the intersection of arts, law and education. They have supported social justi…

1
Black Native Kinship with Amber Starks 46:53

2y ago46:53

46:53

Join Matika Wilbur and Dr.Dr. Desi for part two in this series, “Black Native Kinship”, a powerful conversation with Afro-Indigenous activist Amber Starks. Amber is a Black woman and enrolled member of the Miscogee (Creek) Nation. Her activism seeks to normalize, affirm and uplift multidimensional identities of Black and Native peoples. Together we…

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Black Native History with Dr. Tiya Miles 50:00

2+ y ago50:00

50:00

Back in 2020, after the murder of George Floyd and during the Black Lives Matter uprisings that followed, All My Relations started a journey to support the Black community and Afro Indigenous relatives through having conversations on police brutality, anti-blackness, Indian Country’s connection to chattel slavery, and Afro-Indigenous history. This …

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The Border Crossed Us 1:05:04

2+ y ago1:05:04

1:05:04

The Border Crossed Us is led by Jon Ayon, an AMR team member who conducted field research to gather the stories of peoples and Tribes at the southern settler colonial border between the United States and Mexico. This political border was drawn with no respect for the Indigenous peoples that live there — with land claims that predate both colonial g…

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The Ancestors Know You: Real Life Reconnection Stories 1:40:34

2+ y ago1:40:34

1:40:34

We are so excited to talk about the very highly requested topic: reconnection. So many of our relatives grew up with varying levels of kinship systems, and it is so important to not blame oneself for little connection. After 500 years of colonization and attempted erasure via relocation, prohibiting traditions, and pushing assimilation, we have all…

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Lies Your Teacher Taught You: The Truth About Thanksgiving 19:57

2+ y ago19:57

19:57

“The Truth about Thanksgiving” is the first installment of a series we’re calling “Lies your teacher taught you”. In this episode we sit down with Matika and her 13-year-old nephew to teach about the true history of European and Native contact. As this episode is with a new teenager, we wanted to show that this is not a hard conversation to have, a…

1
Sexy Sacred 37:34

2+ y ago37:34

37:34

Join us for an episode all about snaggin’! For part two of All My Loving Relations, we continue our conversation with the phenomenal Geraldine King, and bring in comedian Deanna Diaz (aka Dianna M.A.D.). Join us as we embark on a teepee creepin’ journey of all things S-E-X. Some things to look forward to: stories from our own aunties, the sacred po…

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Ep. 19- Worthy of Singleness Pt. 1 26:15

2+ y ago26:15

26:15

This episode, we sit down with Steve Manila and get the male perspective of life as a single man and what that experience is like versus the encounters of a single female and how to walk in it.By Adrienne Denise

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All My Loving Relations 1:16:58

3y ago1:16:58

1:16:58

Love is something we all need, cherish, and desire in our lives. As Indigenous people we have always known that being in good relation with people, creatures, and the land is integral to wellbeing. Western science is just catching up to discover what we have known for time immemorial. Indeed, love and relationships are arguably the most important t…

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Protect Indigenous Women 1:36:23

3y ago1:36:23

1:36:23

Since the onset of colonization Indigenous women have experienced violence with reckless abandon, today it is a public health emergency. Traditionally, many of our Native societies are matrilineal but settler colonialism has disrupted our traditional value systems. These shifts have tragically contributed to the epidemic of violence we see committe…

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Indigenous Motherhood: Birth Is Ceremony 1:02:59

3y ago1:02:59

1:02:59

In this episode we explore our ceremonies related to birth and question what it means to rematriate through motherhood. What are our traditional birthing ceremonies? What about our coming of age ceremonies? How do we reclaim our sexualities? How has colonization disrupted our traditional birthing practices? Join us in discussion with AMR co-hosts M…

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Changing Seasons 49:06

3+ y ago49:06

49:06

This episode marks the 12th and final episode of Season Two. What a wild, magical, beautiful and tragic year it has been— a season of dramatic change: personally, professionally, spiritually, and as we say in the episode “you are allowed to feel all the feelings”. And we have! With the global pandemic, heavy social movements, politics (in general),…

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Hawaiian Resistance, Tourism & Abolition: For The Love of The Mauna, Part 3 51:07

3+ y ago51:07

51:07

Please join us for the third and final piece of our series on the movement to protect Mauna Kea. We have been incredibly humbled and blessed to have reported on the movement, and are so grateful to everyone who made this possible. During the pandemic as tourist numbers have dropped, fish have returned in areas in Hawai’i where they have been absent…

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For The Love of The Mauna, Part 2 49:25

3+ y ago49:25

49:25

This is part two in our series For the Love of the Mauna which shares the story of Native Hawaiians’ effort to protect Mauna Kea. The first episode gave us the background and story of the beginning of the TMT fight and the cultural foundations of Mauna Kea. This segment focuses on the resistance camp at Pu’u huluhulu which was established during th…

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For The Love of The Mauna, Part 1 46:11

3+ y ago46:11

46:11

This special three part series is a story about land, culture, and connections to place—it's the story to protect Mauna Kea on the Island of Hawaii. Kanaka Maoli people have been fighting to stop the construction of the thirty meter telescope (TMT) since it's inception in 2009, and in the summer of 2019 a resistance camp at Pu’u huluhulu was establ…

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ThanksTaking or ThanksGiving? 54:47

3+ y ago54:47

54:47

This episode talks with Wampanoag scholars Paula Peters and Linda Coombs, who tell us the real story of Thanksgiving, from an Indigenous Perspective. Thanksgiving is a time for people to come together with their families and give thanks for the blessings in their lives; but the American holiday is rooted in historical fallacy and upholds tired sett…

1
Vote (If You Want To & Can) 29:36

3+ y ago29:36

29:36

Today is Indigenous Peoples' Day, and today is a good day to talk about how we can protect and uplift our communities. One way we can do that is by voting. That is a complicated suggestion for Native America, and on this episode, we discuss why. Vote to make Indigenous voices heard. Vote because informed voting is activism. Vote for our ancestors t…

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Indigenous Artist To Artist, Part 3: Who Decides? 1:16:24

4y ago1:16:24

1:16:24

Join Matika and Adrienne In conversation with Jami Powell (Osage), Jaclyn Roessel (Diné) and Kristin Dorsey (Chickasaw), for the third and final episode of Indigenous Artist to Artist, Part 3: Who Decides? as we discuss the importance of indigenous people presenting, curating, and exhibiting themselves. As always, thank you to Ciara Sana for her am…

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Indigenous Artist To Artist, Part 2: We Choose Power 1:11:28

4y ago1:11:28

1:11:28

We welcome you into this intimate laughy conversation with three awesome full time artists--Photographer Ryan Redorn (Osage), painter Yatika Star Fields (Cherokee, Creek and Osage) and traditional tattoo artist Holly Nordlum (Inupiaq) for this second episode of Indigenous Artist to Artist as we discuss the importance of indigenous people holding sp…

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Indigenous Artist to Artist (Part 1): Adapting To Pandemic & Daring to Dream 43:41

4y ago43:41

43:41

Mid-August every year is usually when Matika and Adrienne head out to New Mexico to get #SantaFancy, visit artist friends, and partake in all of the joy of Santa Fe Indian Market--the largest Native art market in the US. Like everything, Art Market was canceled in person this year, leaving us worried about and missing our artsy relatives. So we dec…

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Healing The Land IS Healing Ourselves 1:13:03

4y ago1:13:03

1:13:03

Join us for a discussion with community organizer, citizen scientist, activist, water protector, entrepreneur, writer, gardener, and all around incredible Diné woman, Kim Smith. We talk with Kim about her work, aiming to understand how violence on the land is violence on our bodies, and that the inverse can also be true—healing the land is healing …

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Whole Family Wellness 1:06:32

4y ago1:06:32

1:06:32

Join us for a discussion with Well For Culture founders Thosh Collins (WhaZhaZi, Haudenosaunee and O’otham) and Chelsea Luger (Anishinaabe & Lakota) as we discuss Whole Family Wellness. We cover an indigenous approach to prenatal, baby, postpartum, fatherhood, and a whole family approach to wellness. They study and implement lifestyle teachings of …

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Growing New Beginnings 1:11:17

4y ago1:11:17

1:11:17

Today we launch Season 2 of All My Relations: “Growing New Beginnings”! This episode was recorded around the new year when the world was functioning without Covid-19, and we were emerging from our off-season hibernation, reveling in new life, and trying to figure out a healthy and wellness-focused way forward. Then, things changed, and we sat on th…

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Bonus Episode: All Our (Socially Distanced) Relations 1:17:20

4y ago1:17:20

1:17:20

This bonus episode explores the impacts of Covid-19 in tribal communities. Even though tribal nations are most at risk, Indigenous voices have been widely left out of mainstream news coverage. Nationally, health experts and tribal leaders are sounding the alarm that Native Americans are particularly vulnerable to the spread of Covid-19. During this…

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Love in the Time of Blood Quantum 55:10

4+ y ago55:10

55:10

Hundreds of years ago when colonizers instituted the idea of “blood quantum” as a means of reducing the Native population, our Native ancestors probably did not envision a modern Indigenous world of Tinder, multi-billion dollar tribal enterprises and per cap payments, or a world where who we love might determine if our children are considered Indig…

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Bonus Episode: Celebrate Indigenous People's Day, Not Columbus 21:16

4+ y ago21:16

21:16

The foundational narrative we teach our children about Columbus is rooted in myth and falsity. Instead of teaching our real Native American history, or our real humanity, we’ve settled for American mythology. When we celebrate Columbus, we are blindly supporting indigenous erasure and perpetuating the romantic, dire, insatiable story of extinction.…

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Beyond Blood Quantum 1:07:26

4+ y ago1:07:26

1:07:26

Blood quantum. The percentage of Native “blood” one possesses, the fraction listed on Certificates of Degree of Indian Blood, and a fraught concept that has its defenders and dissenters in our communities. Despite its colonial origins, many tribes still use blood quantum as a requirement for tribal enrollment, and these fictional fractions carry hu…

1
Can Our Ancestors Hear Us? 1:25:50

5y ago1:25:50

1:25:50

On this episode we tackle a huge topic: the importance and power of our Indigenous languages, and the work that's being done to revitalize and promote Native languages. It was too much to fit in with just one guest, so we collected stories from throughout Indian Country, talking to Thelma Whiskers from Southern Ute, Harry Oosahwee from Cherokee Nat…

1
Native Fashion 55:28

5y ago55:28

55:28

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 co…

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Bonus Episode: Sacred is Sacred! 24:02

5y ago24:02

24:02

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 …

1
Native Appropriations 59:30

5y ago59:30

59:30

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 whit…

1
Indigiqueer 56:04

5y ago56:04

56:04

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 assertin…

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Decolonizing Sex 43:24

5+ y ago43:24

43:24

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 relat…

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Can a DNA test make me Native American? 1:10:55

5+ y ago1:10:55

1:10:55

Can a DNA test make me Native American? As direct-to-consumer ancestry DNA tests gain popularity and narratives of “discovering” or “proving” Native American ancestry through DNA swirl through the media—what does that mean for Indigenous nations? On this episode we talk with the amazing, badass, super cool Dr. Kim Tallbear (Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate)…

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Food Sovereignty: A Growing Movement 43:40

5+ y ago43:40

43:40

Are you truly sovereign if you can’t feed yourselves? Today we delve into a topic we can all relate to! We all got to eat! But how are we eating, or better, WHAT are we eating? And how has colonization disrupted our relationship with our traditional foods? That is why today’s discussion on food sovereignty is so important because we all know that c…

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Native Mascots: Really, Still? 1:13:27

5+ y ago1:13:27

1:13:27

In 2018 there are still over 2000 schools and professional sports teams with Native mascots, despite decades of activism and academic research demonstrating the harms of these images. Today Matika and Adrienne are in conversation with Amanda Blackhorse, Navajo social worker and mother, who was the lead plaintiff in the supreme court case against th…

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Ep #1: All My Relations & Indigenous Feminism 50:16

5+ y ago50:16

50:16

Matika and Adrienne discuss their “origin” stories as Indigenous women, bloggers, and storytellers— revealing the intimacies of their friendship, the inception and goals of the All My Relations Podcast, and their relationships to feminism. Support the Show. Follow us on Instagam @amrpodcast, or support our work on Patreon. Show notes are published …

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