Ambler Road
LANDBACK For The People
To wrap our 2025 season, we’re diving into what is happening in Alaska. How Indigenous people in Alaska are fighting to protect the ecological biodiversity, their subsistence rights, wildlife, and to keep minerals in the ground. Historically roads being built in Alaska have been the ways in which they’ve exploited the people and the land. One current project being proposed is Ambler Road, over 200 miles of road, in one of the most prescient lands in the world. We sat down with Ricko DeWilde, Diloola Erickson, Naawéiyaa Tagaban who’ve come all the way from Alaska to share their story of...
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He Sapa LANDBACK
LANDBACK For The People
In this episode, we talk about LANDBACK in the Black Hills. The battle for the Black Hills is the longest legal battle over land in the American judicial system. In 1980, the Supreme Court ruled that the stealing of the Black Hills was one of the most gross violations of the Constitution in US history. Nick is joined by revered Lakota elders and spiritual leaders Richard Moves Camp and Robert Two Crow, as well as NDN Collective President Wizipan Little Elk Garriott and HeSapa LANDBACK organizer Anissa Martin to reflect and discuss He Sapa LANDBACK efforts. EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS: Reflections on...
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Leonard Peltier
LANDBACK For The People
When Nick was 13-years-old he wrote Leonard Peltier a letter. In that letter he said he would fight for his freedom until the day he is free. In this profoundly personal episode, Nick sits down with Leonard to talk about his journey, his struggle, and what he means to the people. LEARN MORE: Support Leonard by buying his artwork: Read about NDN Collective’s effort to bring Leonard Peltier home: Watch the short film GIIWE about bring Leonard home: Follow the Free Leonard Peltier film: SUPPORT OUR WORK Support the For the People Campaign...
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The POW!-er of Storytelling
LANDBACK For The People
Storytelling is the backbone of our movement. In this episode, Nick Tilsen sits down with writer and comedian Joey Clift to talk about how important it is to use narrative and storytelling as a mechanism to catalyse the LANDBACK movement, the power of modern-day representation, and Joey’s upcoming short animation film, “Pow!.” LEARN MORE: Pow! premieres 11/24 on FNX, watch here: Pow! is an animated short film about Jake, a young Native American kid scrambling to charge his dying video game console at a bustling Coastal Salish intertribal powwow, where he...
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Protecting Mother Earth Takes All of Us
LANDBACK For The People
In this episode Nick Tilsen is joined by Dr. Lilias Jarding, Executive Director of Black Hills Clean Water Alliance, and Taylor Gunhammer, Lead Organizer for the Protect the He Sapa campaign at NDN Collective, to talk about past and current efforts to protect the land and water in the Black Hills of South Dakota, updates on the Protect the He Sapa campaign, and how important intergenerational organizing is to building bridges among people. PRODUCTION DISCLAIMER: This episode contains a 7 minute audio disruption at the 44 minute and 27 second mark. Basically, the audio recorder stopped...
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Feed the People
LANDBACK For The People
In this episode Nick Tilsen is joined by Foster Cournoyer Hogan, NDN Collective Bison Coordinator, and Wizipan Little Elk Garriott, NDN Collective President, to announce the launch of a critical mutual aid campaign in response to the SNAP benefits crisis, discuss how this moment calls us into action, and to share about the upcoming work for the Bison Homelands Initiative at NDN Collective. GUESTS: Foster Cournoyer Hogan Wizipan Little Elk Garriott LEARN MORE: NDN Collective is launching the “Feed The People” campaign in response to the SNAP benefits crisis. The U.S. Government...
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Who knew nuns were riding for LandBack!
LANDBACK For The People
In Season 3, Episode 6 Nick Tilsen is joined by Brittany Koteles, Executive Director of Land Justice Futures. This organization helps religious land owners pursue land justice – shifting the narrative of land as a commodity to one of repair, restoration, and reciprocity. Land Justice Futures works closely with Christian communities and Catholic sisters to move toward repair. According to Land Justice Future, the Catholic Church is the world’s largest private landowner, with land on every continent, in every country across the globe. In this conversation, Nick and Brittany talk about...
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Truth, Reconciliation, Healing & Boarding Schools
LANDBACK For The People
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,...
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Remembering the Children
LANDBACK For The People
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: 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: Support the For the People Campaign today! Your donation to...
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Brah… We Aren’t Going Anywhere
LANDBACK For The People
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...
info_outlineTo wrap our 2025 season, we’re diving into what is happening in Alaska. How Indigenous people in Alaska are fighting to protect the ecological biodiversity, their subsistence rights, wildlife, and to keep minerals in the ground. Historically roads being built in Alaska have been the ways in which they’ve exploited the people and the land. One current project being proposed is Ambler Road, over 200 miles of road, in one of the most prescient lands in the world. We sat down with Ricko DeWilde, Diloola Erickson, Naawéiyaa Tagaban who’ve come all the way from Alaska to share their story of organizing and resistance to protect their way of life.
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SUPPORT OUR WORK:
NDN Collective launched the “Feed The People” campaign in response to the SNAP benefits crisis. The U.S. Government shutdown is disrupting SNAP, deepening food insecurity in many Native and rural communities. The crisis is not just about hunger — it reflects the erosion of systems that once ensured community health and sovereignty of food sources.
The “Feed the People” campaign is a call to action for funding mutual aid support in response to the disruption of SNAP in the Oceti Sakowin. While responding to the urgent needs of our community, we are also strengthening traditional food systems and collaborating with Indigenous-led projects focused on food sovereignty.
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EPISODE CREDITS:
Guests: Ricko DeWilde, Diloola Erickson, Naawéiyaa Tagaban
Host: Nick Tilsen
Executive Producer: Willi White
Music: Mato Wayuhi
Editor: Willi White
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