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Episode 40: Interview with Taté Walker

[Note this interview was conducted via Skype and audio adjustments have been made.]

Jenn speaks with editor, photographer, writer, and speaker Taté Walker about her entry into publishing, the work of Native Peoples Magazine, how to pitch to an editor, and also the importance of the masses making the call for more diversity & actively seeking out that content.

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There are so many ways embracing my Lakota culture and feminism have positively impacted my identity, but especially in how I see myself and my role within my home and community. There is room within intersectional indigenous feminism to advocate for all marginalized voices, whether they’re fighting against racist mascots or Big Oil companies, advocating for youth or missing and murdered indigenous women, or modeling healthy lifestyles. The courage to continue pushing forward with these issues and countless others, despite continued systemic oppression and marginalization, is what I find truly beautiful about indigenous feminism.

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Time for Lakota to Speak for Lakota

UNITY: Journalists for Diversity is holding its first regional conference for an event planned on the homeland of the Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota. The regional event titled “Empower Your Lakota Story” on May 2 will bring journalists around the country to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation for a gathering centered on media literacy, multimedia training, entrepreneurial journalism and a special town hall.

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UNITY to Hold Regional Summit at Pine Ridge Indian Reservation

WASHINGTON– In a move signaling a major shift in the organization, UNITY: Journalists for Diversity announced Monday that the coalition will hold its first regional conference for an event planned on the homeland of the Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota.

The regional event titled “Empower Your Lakota Story” on May 2 will bring journalists around the country to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation for a gathering centered on media literacy, multimedia training, entrepreneurial journalism and a special town hall.

The conference comes weeks after 57 children from American Horse School were racially harassed at a Rapid City minor league hockey game. Calls by the community and the tribe have been made to get the story out beyond the usual stereotypical pieces.

UNITY president Russell Contreras said members of the Oglala Lakota nation asked for UNITY’s assistance following the fallout over the harassment and rising tensions. Contreras was happy to appoint former Lakota Country Times Editor Karin Eagle to head a task force to explore a regional event.

Eagle said UNITY’s presence is long overdue on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation because of the need for tribal members to be empowered to tell their own stories.

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March for #SORR (Sing Our Rivers Red) and #MMIW (Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women - who in the U.S. are murdered at TEN TIMES the national rate) in Denver. US events are held in solidarity with our First Nations sisters, who have been fighting to see justice from the Canadian government for ‬25 years (see https://womensmemorialmarch.wordpress.com). Denver's march was organized by ‪#‎CNAIS‬ of the Colorado University - Boulder.

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March for #SORR (Sing Our Rivers Red) and #MMIW (Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women - who in the U.S. are murdered at TEN TIMES the national rate) in Denver. US events are held in solidarity with our First Nations sisters, who have been fighting to see justice from the Canadian government for ‬25 years (see https://womensmemorialmarch.wordpress.com). Denver's march was organized by ‪#‎CNAIS‬ of the Colorado University - Boulder.

#MMIW #SORR #VAWA #NativeAmerican #AmericanIndian #NDN #FirstNations #Indigenous #February14 #ValentinesDay

March for #SORR (Sing Our Rivers Red) and #MMIW (Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women - who in the U.S. are murdered at TEN TIMES the national rate) in Denver. US events are held in solidarity with our First Nations sisters, who have been fighting to see justice from the Canadian government for ‬25 years (see https://womensmemorialmarch.wordpress.com). Denver's march was organized by ‪#‎CNAIS‬ of the Colorado University - Boulder.

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Photos taken during the #meetmeinthesprings InstaMeet at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, CO

(3 of 3) Hot air balloons - and the colorful folks who work & love them - on parade at the 2014 Colorado Balloon Classic in Colorado Springs.

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(2 of 3) Hot air balloons on parade passes at the 2014 Colorado Balloon Classic in Colorado Springs.

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(1 of 3) A hot air balloon passes in front of Pikes Peak at the 2014 Colorado Balloon Classic in Colorado Springs.

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Travels to sacred Mato Paha (Bear Butte) in South Dakota, & Ft. Robinson, Nebraska, where Tȟašúŋke Witkó was killed in 1877. Good places to humble oneself.

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Beginning - not the end - of the trail. Horse and rider, Oglala Lakota Nation, summer 2014.

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Land once used for ceremony by the Lakota, including Tȟašúŋke Witkó (rumored to be buried on the ridge), now privately owned by a rancher near Hay Springs, Neb.