In this episode, Nick sits down with three amazing leaders of the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition (NABS). NABS is conducting an oral history project documenting the stories of boarding school survivors for the Library of Congress.

The work of NABS includes development and implementation of a national strategy to increase public awareness and cultivate healing for the traumas experienced by those who attended these schools, their families and communities.

At the heart of this work is healing. Join us as we dive into the cross-intersections of LANDBACK, truth, reconciliation, healing and boarding schools.

GUESTS:
Charlee Brissette, Sault St. Marie Tribe of Ojibwe
Lacey Kinnart, Sault St. Marie Tribe of Ojibwe
Jason Packineau, MHA Nation/Jemez/Laguna Pueblo

LEARN MORE: boardingschoolhealing.org

To learn about our big wins and hear stories from our grantees and loan relative across Turtle Island, read our 2024 Impact Report on our website at: https://ndncollective.org/impact-reports

Support the For the People Campaign today! Your donation to NDN Collective directly supports Indigenous organizers, Nations, Tribes, and communities leading the fight for justice and liberation. Donate now to fund the frontlines, fuel the movement, and rematriate wealth. ndnco.cc/ftpcdonate

For more ways to support, read our For the People Campaign blog: ndnco.cc/25ftpcbb1

EPISODE CREDITS:
Host: Nick Tilsen
Producer: Willi White
Music: Mato Wayuhi
Editor: Willi White
Copywriter: Jordynn Paz
Digital Engagement: Angie Solloa
Production Support: Layne L. LeBeaux

PRESS & MEDIA:
press@ndncollective.org

In Season 3, Episode 4: Nick Tilsen, NDN Collective CEO and Founder, sits down with Amy Sauze, Remembering the Children’s Executive Director, and Dr. Valeriah Big Eagle, Director of He Sapa Initiatives for NDN Collective, to talk about LANDBACK’s relationship to healing intergenerational trauma.

GUESTS:
Amy Sazue
Dr. Valeriah Big Eagle

LEARN MORE:
https://www.rememberingthechildren.org/

NDN COLLECTIVE:
To learn about our big wins and hear stories from our grantees and loan relative across Turtle Island, read our 2024 Impact Report on our website at: https://ndncollective.org/impact-reports

Support the For the People Campaign today! Your donation to NDN Collective directly supports Indigenous organizers, Nations, Tribes, and communities leading the fight for justice and liberation. Donate now to fund the frontlines, fuel the movement, and rematriate wealth. ndnco.cc/ftpcdonate

For more ways to support, read our For the People Campaign blog: ndnco.cc/25ftpcbb1

EPISODE CREDITS:
Host: Nick Tilsen
Producer: Willi White
Music: Mato Wayuhi
Editor: Willi White
Copywriter: Jordynn Paz
Digital Engagement: Angie Solloa
Production Support: Layne L. LeBeaux

PRESS & MEDIA:
press@ndncollective.org

FOLLOW NDN COLLECTIVE:
https://ndncollective.org
https://www.instagram.com/ndncollective
https://www.linkedin.com/company/ndncollective/
https://www.facebook.com/ndncol
https://www.threads.net/@ndncollective
https://bsky.app/profile/ndncollective.bsky.social
https://www.tiktok.com/@ndncollective
https://x.com/ndncollective

In Season 3, Episode 3: Nick Tilsen, NDN Collective CEO and Founder, joins NDN Collective President Wizipan Little Elk Garriott and Vice President Gaby Strong to talk about the current political moment, changes to the movement building landscape and the future of our organization.

NDN Collective was founded seven years ago and has created significant impact for Indigenous People across Turtle Island through grants, grassroots organizing, loans, narrative change, and political education. Our organization was created for moments like the one we are in now, where human and civil rights are under attack and authoritarianism is on the rise. Democratic backsliding is real. The political and financial landscape has shifted. This has caused our organization to pivot, evolve, and rise up to ensure we can continue building Indigenous power for years to come.

FEATURING:
Wizipan Little Elk Garriott
Gaby Strong

Support the For the People Campaign today! Your donation to NDN Collective directly supports Indigenous organizers, Nations, Tribes, and communities leading the fight for justice and liberation. Donate now to fund the frontlines, fuel the movement, and rematriate wealth. ndnco.cc/ftpcdonate. To learn more ways to support, read our For the People Campaign blog: ndnco.cc/25ftpcbb1

EPISODE CREDITS:
Host: Nick Tilsen
Producer: Willi White
Music: Mato Wayuhi
Editor: Willi White
Copywriter: Jordynn Paz
Digital Engagement: Angie Solloa
Production Support: Layne L. LeBeaux

PRESS & MEDIA:
Cabot Petoia, press@ndncollective.org

FOLLOW NDN COLLECTIVE:
https://ndncollective.org
https://www.instagram.com/ndncollective
https://www.linkedin.com/company/ndncollective/
https://www.facebook.com/ndncol
https://www.threads.net/@ndncollective
https://bsky.app/profile/ndncollective.bsky.social
https://www.tiktok.com/@ndncollective
https://x.com/ndncollective

Nick Tilsen sits down with the guys of Sacred Storm Buffalo to talk about their work, the importance of investing into community-led enterprises, and how the restoration of buffalo back into community is LANDBACK.

Sacred Storm Buffalo, a community-rooted and culturally grounded workforce development enterprise of the nonprofit Wambli Ska Okolakiciye, is dedicated to restoring strength, purpose, and connection for Native people and families through the art and discipline of Indigenous meat processing. The training and production center—opened last year with support from a $1.6 million investment through NDN Collective’s Indigenous-designed power-building loans—serves as a living blueprint for food sovereignty and self-determined economic renewal.

GUESTS:
Chris White Eagle
Will Brave Bird
Jose Arguello
Franky Frazier
Chance White Eagle

WANT TO LEARN MORE?
• Visit their website: https://sacredstormbuffalo.org/
• Read: Sacred Storm Buffalo to Open Retail Shop in Rapid City, South Dakota
• Read: Patagonia Blog About Sacred Storm Buffalo

Support the For the People Campaign today! Your donation to NDN Collective directly supports Indigenous organizers, Nations, Tribes, and communities leading the fight for justice and liberation. Donate now to support those doing the work. Fund the frontlines, empower the movement, and rematriate the wealth. ndnco.cc/ftpcdonate

To learn more ways to support, read our For the People Campaign blog: ndnco.cc/25ftpcbb1

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

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

Support the For the People Campaign today! Your donation to NDN Collective directly supports Indigenous organizers, Nations, Tribes, and communities leading the fight for justice and liberation. Donate now to stand with those doing the work. Fund the frontlines, fuel the movement, rematriate the wealth. ndnco.cc/ftpcdonate

To learn more ways to support, read our For the People Campaign blog: ndnco.cc/25ftpcbb1

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

On this episode of LANDBACK FOR THE PEOPLE, Nick Tilsen invites Deenaalee Hodgdon, Co-Executive Director of Smokehouse Collective, Executive Producer of “On the Land” Podcast, and NDN Collective Radical Imagination artist, to discuss the subsistence lifeways of the Arctic through fishing and tracking salmon to feed and sustain their communities.

✊🏽 WANT TO LEARN MORE?
▶️ Visit the Smokehouse Collective website: https://smokehousecollective.org/
▶️ Follow on Instagram: @go_barefoot

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: Steph Viera
Music: Mato Wayuhi
Set Photography: Angel White Eyes