Topic: The possibility

Guest: Joseph Henry Morsette,

Bio: Joseph Henry Morsette,

Antonio Rafael is an indigenous (Coahuiltecan and Boricua) agroecologist, educator, outdoorsman, radical economist, artist, beekeeper, and gardener from Southwest, Detroit.

As an educator, facilitator and consultant he weaves together disparate phenomena from economic and environmental history to the current neoliberal assault on public goods in a way that’s easily digestible for all grade levels from youth to professionals. His political street art has gone viral, been featured in movies, articles, and movements. Learn more: #decolonizeDetroit​ Antonio organizes with his neighborhood through his agroecology and arts center called Southwest Grows. #SWGrows​

He and neighbor-gardeners started a beekeeping cooperative called Southwest Beetroit. #SWBeetroit​ Sharing his love for nature, he co-founded the Black to the Land Coalition to encourage BIPOC Detroit residents to explore the outdoors. #blacktotheland​ He works closely with Anishinaabe communities across the Great Lakes, hunting, harvesting wild rice, and building birch bark canoes. Antonio works with the National Wildlife Federation pouring his knowledge and networks into developing the Detroit Leadership and Environmental Education Program, to cultivate the next generation of critically conscious environmental leaders from Detroit High School Students.

Check out Antonio's IG profiles to see what he's up to with these projects!

@blacktothelanddetroit

@swbeetroit

@313LEEP

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John Pepion is a Plains Indian Graphic artist from the Piikani Band of the Blackfoot Confederacy. He is based out of the Blackfeet reservation in north-central Montana, where the Rocky Mountains meet the plains. John is best known for his ledger art, an art tradition that developed in Plains tribes as the buffalo hide, they traditionally used for painting became scarce, and they were forced to adapt to making artwork on the ledger paper from accounting books. He comes from a family of artists, and pictographic art has been in his family for hundreds of years.

Sarah Agaton Howes is an Anishinaabe artist, designer, teacher, and community organizer from Fond du Lac Reservation in Minnesota. She is widely known for her cultural art classes connecting community through art.  She is the CEO and artist behind Heart Berry, an Inspired Natives Collaboration and Native lifestyle brand.

John's website

https://www.instagram.com/johnisaiahpepion/

Sarah's website (Heart Berry)

https://www.instagram.com/heartberry.co/

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"We are a mother-daughter makeup brand inspired by our indigenous background. We are Creek and Coahuiltecan. We love the beauty industry and earth tone colors. We are just here to represent the indigenous culture."

Website - https://indbeauty.com/

Socials - https://www.instagram.com/indgbeauty/

                https://www.facebook.com/IndigenousBeautyLLC

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Dante Biss-Grayson is a Veteran and a member of the Osage Nation. He is an Artist, Poet, and Fashion Designer. His work covers a vast array of topics through a variety of mediums. A Native-Renaissance is occurring and his multi-faceted approach to art and advocacy is apparent in the following projects:   As the Creative Director and Owner of the Sky-Eagle Collection, he has designed collections of Ribbon Skirts, Dresses, Jewelry, Neckties, and Scarves with the intent to bring Awareness and Action to issues impacting Indian Country. One Collection in particular address the MMIW epidemic and a percent of the proceeds are donated to Native American Advocacy Groups. This year he has started the "400 Ribbon Skirt Project," where he will donate 400 Ribbon Skirts to homeless and DV shelters to the the hardest hit reservations, and will send them to the 4 directions. This is a way to give good medicine and healing to those in need, and support Native Communities.   In the realm of Fine Art, he has excelled with Oil Paintings in abstract and expressionist styles. Initially part of his therapy for his multiple tours overseas in conflict zones, the work has enveloped, and eventually expanded into multi-media sculptures and paintings. He has created a 3d Holographic installation of a Straight-dancer, and plans to link these units together to form a 10 ft tall sculpture. Once completed, other tribal dancers will be part of the project, and the intent is to compare the physical world with that of the spirit world, and the connections between them.  Lastly, he has started a compendium of poetry in 5 volumes. The book of poetry brings awareness to the MMIW epidemic by honoring those who are missing, murdered, and taken away from their families and tribes.   

Visit National Indigenous Women's Resource Center to learn more about Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women - https://www.niwrc.org/resources 

Dante's fine art portfolio - http://dantebissgrayson.faso.com/ 

Sky Eagle Collection - https://www.skyeaglecollection.com/ 

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Isaac Madson is Diné (Navajo) born and raised in the Navajo Nation. Isaac is known as @navabroisss on TikTok & Instagram. He is a new social media content creator that had a career in sports nutrition marketing before losing his career to Covid-19. Isaac focuses his platform on covering Native American social issues with humor from a Native American perspective. He has over 200,000 followers on TikTok & over 6 Million likes from various TikTok videos. Isaac is new to social media influencing and has focused his platform on showing the joys of loving his heritage and culture while existing in the 21st century.

Link to Isaac's website - https://navabro.com/

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Serene Lawrence (Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe, Hopi Tribe) is the Chief Operating Officer at Eighth Generation. Throughout the past four years at Eighth Generation, Serene has risen through the ranks to become COO and has been responsible for overseeing all product development from Artist engagement to Manufacturing and Marketing. She also coordinated Eighth Generation's timely donation of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to struggling health clinics in the early days of the pandemic. She is also a life long Jingle Dress Dancer and enjoys creating beadwork in her spare time.

https://eighthgeneration.com/

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Born in Treaty 1 Winnipeg Manitoba, The 21 year old First Nations/Irish artist Caid Jones is a Recording Artist & the Co-founder of PayAttention Records. He currently specializes in Hip-Hop/R & B, but has shown his vision of becoming a fully immersed musician. Caid jones is focussed heavily on community outreach, advocacy for indigenous voices in business and is passionate about environmental + social justice. He centers his music around his story in hopes to bring value and relation to those who listen. Speaking storytelling and raising awareness towards world issues in hopes to raise attention and vibration through art. Caid Jones brings passionate delivery combined with authentic and crafty wordplay to the music scene, his raw stage presence draws attention from all corners of the venues that he has played at.

Opening for artists such as Swollen Members, Brother Ali, DJ Shub and Skratch Bastid, Caid Jones has maneuvered his way through the Winnipeg music scene whilst being strategic with his releases and confident in his approach. His most recent release “Higher” can be found on Youtube along with his debut Music Video. Caid Jones can be found on instagram, YouTube, Facebook, and all streaming platforms.

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