Thanksgiving is a time for people to come together with their families and give thanks for the blessings in their lives. But the American holiday is rooted in historical fallacy and upholds settler colonial belief systems. Instead, let's begin to understand the real story of Thanksgiving and the complex history undergirding this event in relation to Indigenous people. Join us for conversation with auntie scholars Paula Peters and Linda Coombs, for the holistic perspective of the Wampanoag,...

Today is Indigenous Peoples' Day, and today is a good day to talk about how to protect our communities. One way we can do that, is by voting. That is a complicated suggestion for Native America, and on this episode, we discuss why.

Join Matika and Adrienne In conversation with Jami Powell (Osage), Jaclyn Roessel (Diné) and Kristin Dorsey (Chickasaw), for the third and final episode of Indigenous Artist to Artist, Part 3: Who Decides? as we discuss the importance of indigenous...

We welcome you into this intimate laughy conversation with three awesome full time artists--Photographer Ryan Redorn (Osage), painter Yatika Star Fields (Cherokee, Creek and Osage) and traditional tattoo artist Holly Nordlum (Inupiaq) for this second episode of Indigenous Artist to Artist as we discuss the importance of indigenous people holding space in the art world, the difference between help and inherent power, while we dare to imagine an otherwise— how beautiful might our world be if...

Mid-August every year is usually when Matika and Adrienne head out to New Mexico to get #SantaFancy, visit artist friends, and partake in all of the joy of Santa Fe Indian Market--the largest Native art market in the US. Like everything, Art Market was...

All My Relations discussion with community organizer, citizen scientist, activist, water protector, entrepreneur, writer, gardener, and all around incredible Diné woman, Kim Smith. We discuss Kim's work, aiming to understand that violence on the land is violence on our bodies, and that the inverse can be true—healing the land is healing ourselves.

Join us for a discussion with Well For Culture founders Thosh Collins (WhaZhaZi, Haudenosaunee and O’otham) and Chelsea Luger (Anishinaabe & Lakota) as we discuss Whole Family Wellness. We cover an indigenous approach to prenatal, baby, postpartum, fatherhood, and a whole family approach to wellness.

Today we launch Season Two of All My Relations: “Growing New Beginnings”! This episode was recorded around the new year when the world was functioning without Covid-19, and we were emerging from our off-season hibernation, reveling in new life, and trying to figure out a healthy and wellness-focused way forward. Then, things changed, and we sat on the episode for a bit. We decided to bring the conversation up to speed with the current moment and discuss how we’re riding out the pandemic in...

This bonus episode explores the impacts of Covid-19 in tribal communities. Even though tribal nations are most at risk, Indigenous voices have been widely left out of mainstream news coverage. Nationally, health experts and tribal leaders are sounding the alarm that Native Americans are particularly vulnerable to the spread of Covid-19. During this time of crisis, it is critically important to hear from national leadership

Matika and Adrienne sit down with their production team for an intimate and emotional conversation about the ways blood quantum affects our love lives.

The foundational narrative we teach our children about Columbus is rooted in myth and falsity, instead we invite you to #abolishcolumbusday and celebrate indigenous resiliency.

Matika and Adrienne discuss the complicated intersections of blood quantum, tribal enrollment, genetics, and belonging with Charlotte Logan, Tommy Miller, Gabe Galanda, and David Wilkins.

Why our Indigenous languages matter, and stories of resilience and success in language revitalization.

Ep #8: Native Fashion

Bonus Episode: Sacred is Sacred!

In this episode, All My Relations explores the topic of cultural appropriation—it’s become such a buzzword, but what is it, really? Listen in to learn more. Appropriator beware.

All My Relations joins forces with two amazing Indigenous writers, Joshua Whitehead and Billy-Ray Belcourt, two amazing scholars who are making waves in the literary scene with their poetry, prose, and fiction.

AMR so far has explored our relationships between community, land, food, and kin. Now we have a chance to dive into what it means to be in good relation with other humans (on a sexual and non sexual level), while maintaining and balancing our responsibilities to our other relations, and questioning a hierarchy that places human relations first. Kim is never “single,” she is always in committed relationships with human and non-human relations.

Learn from Dr. Kim Tallbear how and why Ancestry DNA tests that “discover” Native American DNA are threats to tribal sovereignty and what we can do about it.

Dr. Stephanie Fryberg, Native Scholars, Indigenous Uprising, Indigenous Activism, Change The Name, Mascots, Indigenous Mascots, Native American, Adrienne Keene, Matika Wilbur, Redskins

This episode explores the ways communities, activists, and researchers are working towards food sovereignty and revitalizing indigenous foods systems. Our conversation with Valerie explores our connection to traditional plant systems, feeding ourselves traditional foods when our hunting and gathering grounds are now the supermarket, and her own journey back to her culture through foods.

Matika and Adrienne are in conversation with Amanda Blackhorse, Navajo social worker and mother, who was the lead plaintiff in the supreme court case against the Washington Redsk*ns, and Stephanie Fryberg, who is the top psychological researcher on these issues and has demonstrated through lab experiments and surveys how harmful these mascots are to Native youth and how they reinforce negative stereotypes.

Dr. Keene and Matika Wilbur sit down with muckleshoot nutritionist Valerie Seagrest to explore our connection to traditional plant systems, feeding ourselves traditional foods when our hunting and gathering grounds are now the supermarket, and her own journey back to her culture through foods.

Matika and Adrienne discuss their “origin” stories as Indigenous women, bloggers, and storytellers— revealing the intimacies of their friendship, the inception and goals of the All My Relations Podcast, and their relationships to feminism.