In Season 3 Episode 1: Nick Tilsen, NDN Collective CEO and Founder, sits down with He Sapa Otipi’s Executive Director, Cante Heart and Dr. Valeriah Big Eagle, NDN Collective Director of Strategic Partnerships, two Indigenous matriarchs leading the work of developing an Indian Center in MniLuzahan (Rapid City).

He Sapa Otipi is an emerging non-profit rooted in Lakota values and traditions that revitalizes traditional kinships and fosters a sense of belonging within the community of MniLuzahan. It provides a safe space for reconnecting our spirits to ceremony, community, cultural identity, and awareness. He Sapa Otipi works to educate, engage, and empower Native populations while celebrating the richness of our shared values and heritage.

✊🏽 WANT TO LEARN MORE?
• Visit the He Sapa Otipi website: www.hesapaotipi.org

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EPISODE CREDITS:
Host: Nick Tilsen
Producer: Willi White
Co-Producer: Steph Viera
Editor: Willi White
Music: Mato Wayuhi
Set Photography: Angel White Eyes

On this kickoff episode of Season 3 of LANDBACK For the People, Nick Tilsen, NDN Collective's Founder & CEO, welcomes new leadership to NDN Collective, President Wizipan Little Elk In this conversation we unpack the triad of leadership at NDN Collective, examining the origins of Nick, Wizipan, and Vice President Gaby Strong, and how they each came into their roles at the organization. We learn from each of them the makings of impactful Indigenous leadership, the interconnectedness of Indigenous lifeways that make the LANDBACK movement what it is today, and much more.

✊🏽 WANT TO LEARN MORE?
▶️Meet Wizipan Little Elk Garriat: https://ndnco.cc/ncanp
▶️ Meet Gaby Strong: https://ndncollective.org/groups/office-of-the-vice-president/

Support Indigenous-led narratives and organizing by donating to NDN Collective today at https://ndncollective.org/donate

EPISODE CREDITS:
Host: Nick Tilsen
Producer: Willi White
Co-Producer: Steph Viera
Editor: Willi White
Music: Mato Wayuhi
Set Photography: Angel White Eyes

On this final episode of season 2, Nick Tilsen talks with Jason Sole to discuss what being an abolitionist means, the origins of FTP, how the LANDBACK movement and Black Liberation are required for our collective liberation, and that Black and Indigenous solidarity is a practice that we need to build within our movements.

ABOUT JASON SOLE:
Jason, formerly incarcerated, is an abolitionist. He has been a criminal justice educator for over 12 years and has been a national restorative justice trainer since 2008, In 2019, he received the John Legend “Can’t Just Preach” award for his work to abolish prisons. In addition, Jason is the co-founder of the Humanize My Hoodie Movement in which he challenges threat perceptions about Black people through clothing, art exhibitions, documentary screenings, and workshops.

✊🏽 WANT TO LEARN MORE?
▶️ Check out Humanize My Hood by visiting: https://www.humanizemyhoodie.com/
▶️ Learn more about Jason: https://jasonsole.com/
▶️ Follow the Humanize My Hood on Instagram: @humanizemyhoodie

Support Indigenous-led narratives and organizing by donating to NDN Collective today at https://ndncollective.org/donate

EPISODE CREDITS:
Host: Nick Tilsen
Producer: Willi White
Co-Producer: Steph Viera
Editor: Willi White
Music: Mato Wayuhi
Set Photography: Angel White Eyes