In Season 2 Episode 4: Protect the ȞeSápa, Nick Tilsen, NDN Collective President and CEO talks about the the history of mining in the Black Hills of South Dakota, the direct corelation of the General Mining Act of 1872 and its relationship with the stealing of Indigenous land, and how we are working to protect the ȞeSápa today. "As long as the history is for the ȞeSápa, so is the history of resistance."

Featured guests include Taylor Gunhammer and Andrew Catt-Iron Shell, local organizers for NDN Collective.

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"ȞeSápa" is the Lakota word and name of the Black Hills in western South Dakota.

In Season 2 Episode 3: The NDNs are coming! ... to Hold Racism Accountable, Nick Tilsen, NDN Collective President and CEO talks about the racism towards Indigenous Peoples on their homelands and how systemic racism is a problematic cause of economic injustice for our Indigenous relatives across Turtle Island.

It's a daily hardship, "Whether it's in Gallup or in Rapid City. The story is the same." Nick Tilsen said. Our 'Rapid City vs. Racism' campaign is our effort to dismantle systemic racism on our homelands in Rapid City, which includes the civil rights lawsuit against the Grand Gateway Hotel.

Featured guests include Sunny Red Bear, Associate Director of Organizing, and Eva Cardenas, Director of Organizing.

✊🏽 Want to learn more about our Rapid City vs. Racism Campaign?

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▶️ Read our recent press release: ndnco.cc/ggt-pressconference

▶️ Watch our full press conference: bit.ly/47jkIlG

▶️ For more information on the Grand Gateway lawsuit, visit: ndnco.cc/grandgateway

📲 Text RAPIDVRACISM to 50302 for updates on upcoming events to hold racist people and systems accountable in Rapid City, South Dakota.

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Independent artist Benjamin Hammond Haggerty – better known by his stage name Macklemore – is the featured guest on this episode. He speaks vulnerably about his journey to understand the intertwined nature of white supremacy, colonization, oppression, land theft, and more. On the episode, Nick Tilsen and Macklemore delve into how they met at a rally for Palestinian liberation, politically educating their children, reckoning with past cultural appropriation, the fear white people have of losing power, landback movements across the globe, and more.

Links Mentioned:
https://www.lakotanationvsus.movie/
https://linktr.ee/palestinianyouthmovement
https://landback.org/
https://macklemore.com/

Episode Credits:
Hosted by: Nick Tilsen
Produced by: Willi White
Co-Producer: Steph Viera
Edited by: Willi White
Original Music by: Mato Wayuhi