Landback

LANDBACK FOR THE PEOPLE

An NDN ORIGINAL PODCAST
LANDBACK for the People brings frontline stories throughout the Indigenous world to the forefront, illuminating the power behind the landback movement, Indigenous people, our allies, and accomplices.
Hosted by Nick Tilsen (Oglala Lakota), NDN Collective Founder and CEO, and produced by an all-Indigenous team of storytellers, LANDBACK for the People goes where many conversations don’t, with unapologetic analysis and authentic recountings of the Indigenous history about our ancestral connection to the land.

THE LAND, THE PEOPLE, OUR COLLECTIVE LIBERATION

  • S3 E0 | A Vision for the Future

    S3 E0 | A Vision for the Future On this kickoff episode of Season 3 of LANDBACK For the People, host Nick Tilsen welcomes new leadership to NDN Collective, President Wizipan Little Elk, and for the first time, brings Vice President Gaby Strong to the show In this conversation, Nick— with a new title of NDN Collective Founder & CEO— talks Indigenous leadership with Wizipan and Gaby, what it means, and how they each came into the work of helping their communities, and moreover, their roles at the organization.

  • S2 E7 | Black and Indigenous Solidarity

    S2 E7 | Black and Indigenous Solidarity Nick Tilsen talks with Jason Sole to discuss what being an abolitionist means, the origins of FTP, how the LANDBACK movement and Black Liberation are required for our collective liberation, and that Black and Indigenous solidarity is a practice that we need to build within our movements.

  • S2 E6 | Smokehouse Collective

    S2 E6 | Smokehouse Collective Nick Tilsen invites Deenaalee Hodgdon, Co-Executive Director of Smokehouse Collective, Executive Producer of “On the Land” Podcast, and NDN Collective Radical Imagination artist, to discuss the subsistence lifeways of the Arctic through fishing and tracking salmon to feed and sustain their communities.

  • S2 E5 | Sugarcane

    S2 E5 | Sugarcane Nick Tilsen invites filmmakers Julian Brave Noisecat (former NDN Collective Media Fellow) and Emily Kassie, directors of the award winning documentary SUGARCANE, to have the conversation on Indian boarding schools (known as residential schools in Canada) and its relationship with land back.

  • S2 E4 | Protect the ȞeSápa

    S2 E4 | 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.

  • S2 E3 | The NDNs are coming! … to Hold Racism Accountable

    S2 E3 | The NDNs are coming! … to Hold Racism Accountable 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.

  • S2 E2 | Macklemore

    S2 E2 | Macklemore 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.

  • S2 E1 | The Red Nation

    S2 E1 | The Red Nation Nick Tilsen talks with Demetrius Johnson, Kiley Guy and Jennifer Marley from The Red Nation and Red Media.

  • S1 E7 | Ocean Back

    S1 E7 | Ocean Back Nick Tilsen visits with longtime mentor Dune Lankard, who shares stories and knowledge from his fight to protect his homelands in southcentral Alaska. From protecting millions of acres, to standing up for the bears, to fighting climate change while feeding the people with kelp, Dune shows what it means when he says, “ocean back.” As Dune says, “if it’s not regenerative then just don’t do it.”

  • S1 E6 | Free Leonard Peltier

    S1 E6 | Free Leonard Peltier For nearly 50 years, Indigenous organizers, activists, and allies have dedicated themselves to fight against the unjust incarceration of Indigenous movement leader, Leonard Peltier. In Episode 6 of the LANDBACK For The People, Nick Tilsen delves into the complexities of the longest serving Indigenous political prisoner alongside trusted legal and government affairs partners fighting for Leonard Peltier’s freedom. EPISODE GUESTS: Holly Cook Macarro, Red Lake Ojibwe, NDN Collective Government Affairs Bruce Ellison, Criminal Defense Attorney LISTEN & SUBSCRIBE ON: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts! CREDITS An NDN Collective Original Hosted by: Nick Tilsen Produced by: Willi White Associate Producer: Steph Viera Edited by: Willi White Original Music by: Jordan Brien

  • S1 E5 | Creative Resistance

    S1 E5 | Creative Resistance Creative Resistance requires the collective force of creativity that lies within Indigenous people to interpret the messages of the movement, leaving behind unforgettable artwork.

  • S1 E4 | Legal Warriors and the fight for Land Liberation

    S1 E4 | Legal Warriors and the fight for Land Liberation When Indigenous people say that we are fighting for LandBack by any means necessary, we aim to address the multi-pronged approach we take within the movement. We know that not one tactic alone will liberate the people and our land. In episode 4 of the LANDBACK For the People podcast, NDN Collective President and CEO Nick Tilsen and guests speak to how the legal system, although colonial, is still a viable avenue to fight for LandBack.

  • S1 E3 | ‘Āina Back for the Hawaiian Kingdom

    S1 E3 | ‘Āina Back for the Hawaiian Kingdom Host Nick Tilsen invites André Perez and Camille Kalama to unpack the ongoing fight for ‘Āina Back.

  • S1 E2 | Fighting Racism in the Hesapa

    S1 E2 | Fighting Racism in the Hesapa Nick Tilsen sits down with Sunny, Hermus and Anissa, local organizers to Rapid City, SD working on NDN Collective's #RapidCityVsRacism campaign. Together they start to unpack the linkage between racism and LANDBACK. The trio share personal stories of Indigenous power building as they fight against racism in the Hesapa.

  • S1 E1 | Madonna Thunder Hawk: a Matriarch of the Movement

    S1 E1 | Madonna Thunder Hawk: a Matriarch of the Movement Madonna Thunder Hawk: a Matriarch of the Movement

S3 E0 | A Vision for the Future

On this kickoff episode of Season 3 of LANDBACK For the People, host Nick Tilsen welcomes new leadership to NDN Collective, President Wizipan Little Elk, and for the first time, brings Vice President Gaby Strong to the show In this conversation, Nick— with a new title of NDN Collective Founder & CEO— talks Indigenous leadership with Wizipan and Gaby, what it means, and how they each came into the work of helping their communities, and moreover, their roles at the organization.