Native Podcast

Salem Business Journal

A new space for Native perspectives is on the way, grounded in the places that shaped us and the voices that carry them forward.

Episodes

  1. 10/12/2025

    Guarding the Next Generation: Larissa’s Work & Legacy

    In this powerful episode, host Jesse Peone sits down with Larissa, a Native Alaskan advocate whose ancestry reaches deep into the Tlingit and Haida nations—and even to Chief Seattle.Larissa shares her journey from growing up in southeast Alaska to becoming a leading voice for Indian Child Welfare, where she works to protect Native children, support family reunification, and ensure tribes have the resources needed to intervene in critical cases.Her story spans education on reservations, nonprofit advocacy, homelessness support programs, and even the world of film and television—where she now helps write and consult for a new series exploring Indigenous spirituality, the supernatural, Bigfoot stories, and the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women.She also discusses her tribe’s ongoing fight for long-promised land allotments, highlighting a decades-long struggle for justice in Alaska.This conversation explores identity, culture, resilience, spirituality, and the responsibility to protect future generations.

    44 min
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A new space for Native perspectives is on the way, grounded in the places that shaped us and the voices that carry them forward.

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    Salem Business Journal
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