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On the final episode of Indigenae, cultural practitioners Kathy McCovey and Lisa Hillman teach us about Indigenous stewardship and the sacred connection between land and our physical, spiritual, and mental wellbeing. 
Kathy McCovey, is a fourth-generation forester, archeologist, and Cultural Resource Specialist. She has dedicated her life to revitalizing traditional land management practices in the Karuk homelands, what is now known as Northern California.
Lisa Hillman is a renowned Karuk basketweaver - an art form that has been passed from generation to generation since time immemorial. Lisa is the founder of the Tribe’s Píkyav Field Institute, which aims to augment long-term eco-cultural revitalization for the Tribe.

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Cari Herthel, Vice Chair of the Esselen Tribe, reckons with the complex and intergenerational trauma caused by human trafficking. As a survivor, Cari offers personal reflection, deep truths, and authenticity to connect with others and raise awareness for protecting our relatives; By experiencing and continuing ancestral practices —“I now know that it is a connection to my culture, it is a connection to my value, that allows me to regulate my unhealed trauma.”
Cari is a member of the Esselen and Rumsen Ohlone Tribes of Monterey County. Cari is a survivor leader, speaker consultant, resource specialist and engaged coalition partner based in Monterey County, California. 
Following her own recovery from sexual exploitation, Cari has worked for 27 years as a Recovery Resource Specialist in the areas of trauma, drugs and alcohol. Her trainings go beyond trauma into complex intergenerational and traditional trauma. Due to her personal experience and as a child of the California welfare system, she focuses on issues concerning the welfare of children. California agencies seek her advice and consultancy to create Native American policies and procedures for children around education and prevention of sex trafficking.
She is on the advisory leadership council of the Sovereign Bodies Institute.
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Resources:
National Human Trafficking Hotline : 1 (888) 373-7888,  SMS: 233733 (Text "HELP" or "INFO"), Hours: 24 hours, 7 days a week. Languages: English, Spanish and 200 more languages. Website: http://humantraffickinghotline.org
Recognizing signs of trafficking: https://humantraffickinghotline.org/human-trafficking/recognizing-signs 
Sovereign Bodies Institute
CSEC definition
Combating Trafficking : Native Youth Toolkit (Administration for Children and Families)
Human Trafficking Resource Guide (Center for Native American Youth)
Sex Trafficking Resources (National Indigenous Womens Resource Center)
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On Episode 20 of Indigenae, hosts Olivia Trujillo (Navajo), Sarah Stern (Cherokee), and Dr. Sophie Neuner (Karuk) share how this collection of stories came into being, what inspired the project, and lessons learned along the way.

About Indigenae: https://caih.jhu.edu/programs/indigenae-podcast
Check out some of the podcasts that inspire us:
This Land: https://crooked.com/podcast-series/this-land/
All My Relations: https://www.allmyrelationspodcast.com/
Well For Culture: https://www.wellforculture.com/
The Red Nation: https://therednation.org/
Center for Indigenous Midwifery Podcast: https://www.indigenous-midwifery.org/podcast
Natal: https://www.natalstories.com/listen
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Birdie Lyons, Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, was seven years old when she was taken away from her family. Not long after, she escaped from boarding school to return to her community and grow up immersed in Ojibwe culture. During the ceremonies to mark her First and Final Moons, Birdie received assignments and teachings that have guided her on her path to becoming a cultural practitioner, a matriarch, and a community leader. In this episode of Indigenae, Birdie shares teachings she learned throughout her life: about honoring ourselves, each other, and the gifts and responsibilities bestowed on every one of us.

Birdie Lyons has been a practical nurse for 38 years. She has served as a Headstart nurse, W.I.C. Director, Clinic Manager, LPN Float nurse, and a community educator. Alongside her Supervisor and the Education Director, Birdie started the Leech Lake Band of Public Health Nursing program. She also worked with the Indian Health Services prior to returning to the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe W.I.C. program at the Chairman’s request. In 1998, Birdie became the manager of six clinics located throughout the reservation. She then worked as the Administrative Lead Nurse for the Archdeacon Gillfilan Center, where she helped the facility to learn and use Native American traditions and values to help heal the youth. Birdie returned to the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe in 2009, where she currently works as Public Health LPN. She also serves as Program Supervisor for Family Spirit, a home visiting program that supports young families.

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In part two of our series on Two-Spirit wellbeing, we continue our conversation with Souksavanh T. Keovorabouth, who is a Diné and Laotian PhD student in Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Oregon State University. We dive into a discussion about Two-Spirit Autonomy, and sex and pleasure outside hetero norms. Souksavanh shares how experiencing pleasure can be an expression of sovereignty.
Souksavanh T. Keovorabouth, Diné/Laotian (they, them, theirs) is a Ph.D. student at Oregon State University in the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program with a minor in Queer Studies and a certificate in Geographic Information Systems. Souksavanh is also a Cotutelle student where they are a Ph.D. Candidate at Macquarie University in Indigenous Studies. Prior to Oregon State University, they received a dual bachelors and masters at the University of Arizona in Sustainable Built Environments and American Indian Studies. Their concentrated area of research is on Indigenous urban experience, Two-Spirit wellbeing, Relocation Act of 1950, Native and Queer urbanization, BIPOC Masculinities, and Missing and Murdered Indigenous women, girls, and Two-Spirit in urban areas. 
Resources:
Andrew Jolivette on Thrivance https://ethnicstudies.ucsd.edu/people/jolivette.html
Qwo Li Driskill on Sovereign Erotics https://uapress.arizona.edu/book/sovereign-erotics
Leean Simpson on Body Sovereignty - “As we have always done - How to build Indigenous resistance movements that refuse the destructive thinking of settler colonialism” https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/as-we-have-always-done

Connect with Souksavanh:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/souksavanh.t.keovorabouth/
Learn more about their work: ​​https://linktr.ee/Souksavanh.T.Keovorabouth
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On this of Indigenae, we move beyond gender binaries to explore the topics of Two Spirit identity, the sacredness of fluidity, and restoring balance. Joining us is Souksavanh T. Keovorabouth, a Diné and Laotian PhD student at Oregon State University, where they study Two-Spirit wellbeing, Native and Queer urbanization, BIPOC Masculinities, and MMIWG2S. “We can live in a limitless world”, believes Souksavanh - outside the confines of settler colonialism. 
Souksavanh T. Keovorabouth, Diné/Laotian (they, them, theirs) is a Ph.D. student at Oregon State University in the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program with a minor in Queer Studies and a certificate in Geographic Information Systems. Souksavanh is also a Cotutelle student where they are a Ph.D. Candidate at Macquarie University in Indigenous Studies. Prior to Oregon State University, they received a dual bachelors and masters at the University of Arizona in Sustainable Built Environments and American Indian Studies. Their concentrated area of research is on Indigenous urban experience, Two-Spirit wellbeing, Relocation Act of 1950, Native and Queer urbanization, BIPOC Masculinities, and Missing and Murdered Indigenous women, girls, and Two-Spirit in urban areas. 
Email: Keovoras@oregonstate.edu 
IG: Souksavanh.T.Keovorabouth 
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Indigenae theme song: “Nothing Can Kill My Love For You” by Semiah 
Instagram: @semiah.smith
Find her on Youtube, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Apple Music.