On the 2nd season of Sko Vote Den host, Jade Begay, sits down with Nick Tilsen, President and CEO of NDN Collective, and Holly Cook Macarro, Policy Expert, to discuss how participating in election processes can be a tool to reclaim our decision making power as Indigenous Peoples and how we use voting to advance wins for our people.&nbsp;

2022 Midterm Elections: Analysis and Perspective From Nick Tilsen and Holly Cook Macarro

On Season 2, Episode 2 of the SKO VOTE DEN podcast, titled “Sovereignty on the Ballot, host Jade Begay, NDN Collective Director of Climate Justice Campaign, sits down with powerhouse Matriarch Judith LeBlanc, member of the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma and Executive Director of Native Organizers Alliance, where she leads a national Native training and organizing network that support Tribes, traditional societies, grassroots community groups in urban settings.&nbsp; In this episode, Jade and Judith discuss the history of how Native people gained the right to vote, the strength of grassroots political power, continued voter suppression efforts, leading the narrative on Native voter data collection and so much more.

Sovereignty on the Ballot with Judith LeBlanc

In this first episode of LANDBACK FOR THE PEOPLE, Nick Tilsen sits at the table with matriarch Madonna Thunder Hawk (Oohenumpa Lakota). Madonna jokingly calls herself the Forest Gump of Indigenous resistance, since, over the last 55 years, she's been at almost every focal point in the fight for Indigenous liberation. Through numerous decades of resistance efforts, from the occupation of Mount Rushmore in 1971 and the takeover of the BIA headquarters in 1972, to the siege at Wounded Knee in 1973 and unforgettably Standing Rock in 2016, Madonna exemplifies what it means to be a true Warrior Woman. Nick and Madonna lay bare how generations of Indigenous people have met across politics and places for the sake of LANDBACK, revealing moments in the movement that were unimaginable. In this conversation, we are reminded of the blood and ancestral memory of our deep connection to land and water, inheriting the movement knowledge and stories of those before us in preparation for a liberated future.&nbsp; Madonna continues to honor the matriarchs of the Red Power Movement through the Warrior Woman Project, a collaborative of matriarchs, storytellers, and archivists who “bring to light the radical impact of Indigenous women” throughout history.&nbsp;

Madonna Thunder Hawk: a Matriarch of the Movement

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