Giving Land Back to Indigenous People w/ Nazshonnii Brown

According to Weeze

In this episode Weeze and Nazshonnii talk about how we can take accountability and give land back to Indigenous folks. It’s more than just googling a tribe and sharing the Federally recognized name of a trie. This process involves us doing our own research on our lineage to understand how communities were colonized and tribes were lost, looking deeper into the land we occupy to see who those tribes are and what they need present day, it calls for us to speak up against problematic behavior, and more.

ABOUT WEEZE

Louiza Doran, known and referred to as Weeze, is a cis-het Amazigh* female identifying human who uses she/her/they/them pronouns. She’s known as a coach, podcast host, advocate, agent of change, strategist and educator (to name a few) but is ultimately a compassionate provocateur that is out to help folks uncover their path of possibility.

ABOUT NAZSHONNII

Nazshonnii is a STEM educator and mechanical engineer working on both land and office projects. She leads food distribution, engineering design, and community outreach. She is passionate about STEAM education and advocates for exposure and opportunities for underrepresented groups, especially Black and Native young women.

IN THIS EPISODE, WE TALK ABOUT

• Stepping in and interrupting problematic behavior, including the way Indigenous land has been taken and colonized.
• Researching our own privilege, our lineage, and how we got where we are.
• Ways we can participate in giving land back to Indigenous folks.
• The relationship Indigenous people have with the land, and how it creates homes, security, jobs, community, food, medicine, and more.

CALL TO ACTION

• Perform research on the land you occupy. Look into the tribes and get to know who the people are and what they need, beyond federal recognition.

RESOURCES

• Shuumi Land Tax and How to Come Correct document. Sunday Farm Stand at Gill Tract Community Farm, 2-5pm

EPISODE TRANSCRIPT

• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mBtApOEVq4IcnTZZK1J1NCzVUXDRKLmZqsI2MyDs-wc/edit?usp=sharing

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