Challenging Colonialism

Challenging Colonialism returns with Season 2 in January 2023. Stay tuned for the release date.

This preview includes the voices of:

Dr. Brittani Orona (Hupa, Hoopa Valley Tribe)

Steven Pratt (Amah Mutsun)

Annie Danis

Corrina Gould (Lisjan Ohlone)

Dr. Cutcha Risling Baldy (Hupa, Yurok, Karuk)

Gregg Castro (t’rowt’raahl Salinan/Rusein-Ramaytush Ohlone)

Alexii Sigona (Amah Mutsun)

Kanyon Sayers-Roods (Mutsun Ohlone)

Dr. Robin Gray (Ts’msyen)

Produced by Martin Rizzo-Martinez & Daniel Stonebloom

Music by G. Gonzales, Supported by California State Parks Foundation

Amah Mutsun Tribal Band member Carolyn Rodriguez and Green Foothills Policy and Advocacy Director Alice Kaufman speak about the urgent need to protect Juristac--and how you can contribute.

Challenging Colonialism is produced by myself, Daniel Stonebloom & Martin Rizzo-Martinez. For this episode, Daniel conducted both interviews as well as the audio engineering and editing. All music by G. Gonzales. Introductory framing by Brittini Orona.

Follow us on twitter, subscribe, rate and review, and please share and promote this podcast, but this episode in particular, on any of the platforms you use. We want people to participate in this process.

For additional information & to get involved:

Homepage: http://www.protectjuristac.org/

How to take action during the EIR Comment Period: http://www.protectjuristac.org/deir/

EIR Comment Writing Workshop: http://www.protectjuristac.org/updates/comment-workshop-reportback/

Santa Clara County's Planning Dept. website with the EIR documents and additional public comment options: https://plandev.sccgov.org/policies-programs/smara/sargent

Petition: http://www.protectjuristac.org/petition/

September 10 Rally: http://www.protectjuristac.org/rally/

Additional Amah Mutsun Tribal Band youtube, including Juristac videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCURANNAvqmZszYS66k4vrzg/videos

Donate: https://donorbox.org/protectjuristac

This podcast is produced with support from the California State Parks Foundation https://www.calparks.org/

Nichelle Garcia (Winnemem Wintu) talks about the Run 4 Salmon, the 2022 run, its goals and its history. She also discussed inter-tribal solidarity in water and salmon protection, as well as the curriculum and mini-lessons she's contributed to and taught in schools to raise awareness of what's at stake.

Challenging Colonialism is produced by Daniel Stonebloom & Martin Rizzo-Martinez. This interview was conducted by Martin, with all audio engineering and editing by Daniel. Introductory framing by Brittini Orona.

All music by G. Gonzales.

For more information & to get involved: http://run4salmon.org/

https://youtu.be/nW3Tdn4gIPg

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ6YB-25CqmC1dF-nLR3ZKg

http://run4salmon.org/run4salmon-curriculum/

http://run4salmon.org/2020-mini-lessons/

Please share and promote this podcast on any of the platforms you might use.

Follow us on twitter, subscribe, rate and review.

This podcast is produced with support from the CA State Parks Foundation https://www.calparks.org/

This recording is from the second half of a panel entitled “Telling the Truth of the California Missions,” which was part of the Telling and Teaching the Truth of the California Missions event, held on August 27, 2021, preceding the Mission Bell removal.

Moderator Merri Lopez- Keifer (San Luis Rey Band of Mission Indians) introduced the speakers. She is Senior Advisor to the Tribal Council San Luis Rey Band of Mission Indians, and introduced Dr. Lee Panich and his talk titled “Centering Ohlone Presence at Mission Santa Clara and Santa Clara University." Dr. Panich is the co-editor with Tsim Schneider of the book Archaeologies of Indigenous Presence, author of Narratives of Persistence: Indigenous Negotiations of Colonialism in Alta and Baja California, and of his recent article from which this talk is focused, "Archaeology, Indigenous erasure, and the creation of white public space at the California missions."

Dr. Panich was followed by Alexii Sigona (Amah Mutsun) and Annie Taylor, both of the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management at UC Berkeley giving a talk entitled “Revitalizing Reciprocal Relations with Land: Amah Mutsun Pathways to Reconnection.”

To support the work to Protect Juristac discussed by Sigona and Taylor, see the following petition:

http://www.protectjuristac.org/petition/

Video of these talks can also be found at this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxS2NYQRTNI

Telling and Teaching the Truth of the California Missions was co-sponsored by the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band, the Ohlone-Costanoan Esselen Nation, the UC Santa Cruz American Indian Resource Center, the University of California Critical Mission Studies Program, & California State Parks.

Additional information on the Critical Mission Studies Program can be found here: https://criticalmissionstudies.ucsd.edu/

Music by G. Gonzales

This podcast is supported by the California State Parks Foundation: https://www.calparks.org/

40:13

Beginning in the 1880s, Indian Boarding Schools across the country operated with the stated goal to “kill the Indian and save the man.” These institutions were key to U.S. policies that aimed to assimilate native children by removing ties to their own cultures. This episode examines the history of the Boarding Schools that impacted thousands of Indigenous Californian children, specifically focusing on Sherman Indian High School in Riverside, Stewart Indian School in Reno, and Saint Boniface Indian School in Banning.

Speakers:

Tara Baugas (Diné), Dr. Kevin Whalen, Amanda Wixon (Chickasaw/Choctaw), Dr. Daisy Ocampo (Caz’ Ahmo Nation of Zacatecas, Mexico), Dr. Jean Keller, Dr. Samantha Williams, Dr. Katie Keliiaa (Yerington Paiute and Washoe), & Kelly Leah Stewart (Luiseño & Gabrieliño-Tongva).

Audio editing by Daniel Stonebloom / Interviews by Martin Rizzo-Martinez

The title of this episode, Colonialism Through Education, comes from our interview with Kelly Leah Stewart.

Music by G. Gonzales

Supported by the California State Parks Foundation: https://www.calparks.org/

Links & Further Reading:

Brave Hearts: A Visual History of Sherman Indian Boarding School

Recording of virtual launch of “Brave Hearts”

Salt Song Trail (Film about the Salt Songs of the Southern NUWUVI (Paiute People), who gathered at the Sherman Institute to sing for children who never returned home

National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition

Sherman Indian Museum

Stewart Indian School

St. Boniface Indian School & Cemetery

Away from Home: American Indian Boarding School Stories

University of Manotoba - National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation

Kevin Whalen, Native Students at Work: American Indian Labor and Sherman Institute’s Outing Program, 1900-1945

Jean Keller, Empty Beds: Indian Student Health at Sherman Institute, 1902-1922

Samantha M. Williams: Assimilation, Resilience, and Survival: A History of the Stewart Indian School, 1890-2020

Kelly Leah Stewart (Re)writing and (Re)righting California Indian Histories: Legacies of Saint Boniface Indian Industrial School, 1890-1935

This recording is from the first half of a panel entitled “Telling the Truth of the California Missions,” which was part of the Telling and Teaching the Truth of the California Missions event, held on August 27, 2021, preceding the Mission Bell removal.

Moderator Merri Lopez- Keifer (San Luis Rey Band of Mission Indians) introduced the speakers. She is Senior Advisor to the Tribal Council San Luis Rey Band of Mission Indians. Dr. Stanley Rodriguez and Dr. Bernard Gordillo follow:

“Impact of Missions on Language, Culture, Land Claims, and Spirituality,” Dr. Stanley Rodriguez (Kumeyaay) Director and President Kumeyaay Community College and Councilman of the Santa Ysabel Kumeyaay Nation.

“Sounds, Silences, and Vestiges of California Mission Bells,” Dr. Bernard Gordillo, Postdoctoral Associate of the Institute of Sacred Music at Yale University.

Video of this talk can also be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEkL637VDuc&t=2s

Telling and Teaching the Truth of the California Missions was co-sponsored by the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band, the Ohlone-Costanoan Esselen Nation, the UC Santa Cruz American Indian Resource Center, the University of California Critical Mission Studies Program, and California State Parks.

Additional information on the Critical Mission Studies Program can be found here: https://criticalmissionstudies.ucsd.edu/

Music by G. Gonzales

This podcast produced with support from the California State Parks Foundation: https://www.calparks.org/

33:37

In the final part of a four-part episode, we continue to examine the negative environmental and cultural impact of dams, and the Indigenous-led movement to remove them. These dams, deemed as Weapons of Mass Destruction by Chief Caleen Sisk, have devastated Salmon populations and the communities whose histories have been in relationship with Salmon since time immemorial.

Part IV ends this extended episode with a story of hope, sharing a ceremony for the return of salmon to Amah Mutsun waters after the removal of a small dam in Northern Santa Cruz County.

Speakers: Carolyn Rodriguez (Amah Mutsun), Steven Pratt (Amah Mutsun), Elijah Catalan, Mike Grone, & Josh Thunder Little (Lakota).

Credits:

Audio engineering and editing by Daniel Stonebloom

All interviews conducted and recorded by Martin Rizzo-Martinez

Sounds of Mill Creek flowing after the dam removal recorded and shared by Carolyn Rodriguez

Music written, performed, and recorded by G. Gonzales

This podcast is supported by the California State Parks Foundation: https://www.calparks.org/

Follow us on Twitter: @ChalColonialPod

To see Sempervirens Fund videos showing the dam removal, visit:

https://vimeo.com/611886521 The Mill Creek Dam Comes Down

https://vimeo.com/657201537 Removing a Dam, Restoring a Watershed

For further reading and to get involved, see the following:

Bring the Salmon Home www.bringthesalmonhome.org

Save California Salmon https://www.californiasalmon.org/

Reconnect Klamath https://reconnectklamath.org/

Klamath River Renewal Corporation https://klamathrenewal.org/

Run4Salmon - A prayerful journey led by Chief Caleen Sisk of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe to restore our salmon runs, protect our waters, and our indigenous lifeways. http://run4salmon.org/

West Coast Water Justice - Podcast focused on Indigenous centered water justice movement https://www.westcoastwaterjustice.org/

“Salmon and Acorns Feed our People: Colonialism, Nature, and Social Action,” by Dr. Kari Norgaard https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/salmon-and-acorns-feed-our-people/9780813584195

“Upstream: Trust Lands and Power on the Feather River,” by Dr. Beth Rose Middleton Manning https://uapress.arizona.edu/book/upstream

As we publish this episode, you can find us on additional podcast and streaming platforms

s01e03 Weapons of Mass Destruction: Removing Dams and Restoring Salmon

Dams, deemed Weapons of Mass Destruction by Chief Caleen Sisk, have devastated Salmon populations and the communities whose histories have been in relationship with Salmon since time immemorial. Compiled into one full episode examining the negative environmental and cultural impact of dams, Challenging Colonialism highlights the Indigenous-led movement to remove them.

Part I: Dams and Colonization explores the Indigenous-led movement to restore Salmon in California rivers through dam removal.

Part II: A History of Resistance defines dams as a colonial project, and centers Indigenous science in the historical and ongoing indigenous resistance to eco-genocide.

Part III: Indigenous Self-Determination gives context to the larger water system--and its boosters, defenders, and profiteers.

Part IV: The Salmon Return ends this extended episode with a story of hope, sharing a ceremony for the return of salmon to Amah Mutsun waters after the removal of a small dam in Northern Santa Cruz County.

Interviewees:

Ron Reed (Karuk)

Brittani Orona (Hoopa Valley Tribe)

Dr. Beth Rose Middleton Manning

Dr. Kari Norgaard

Craig Tucker

Chief Caleen Sisk (Winnemem Wintu)

Sheridan Enomoto

Marc Dadigan

Tina Calderon (Gabrieliño-Tongva and Chumash)

Joe Calderon (Tongva/Chumash

Carolyn Rodriguez (Amah Mutsun)

Steven Pratt (Amah Mutsun)

Elijah Catalan

Mike Grone

Josh Thunder Little (Lakota)

Credits:

Audio engineering and editing by Daniel Stonebloom

All interviews conducted and recorded by Martin Rizzo-Martinez

Music written, performed, and recorded by G. Gonzales

Sounds of Mill Creek flowing after the dam removal recorded and shared by Carolyn Rodriguez

Additional water sounds recorded by Ariel Stonebloom

Challenging Colonialism in California is produced by Martin Rizzo-Martinez, Historian, & Daniel Stonebloom, a Public School Administrator. It is not our intention to further colonize the narrative, or to misrepresent stories that are not our own. It is our intention to create an educational resource where everyone can hear the perspectives of Indigenous peoples in their own words.

Follow us on Twitter: @ChalColonialPod

This podcast produced with support from the California State Parks Foundation: https://www.calparks.org/

Part III gives context to the larger California water system--and its boosters, defenders, and profiteers.

Interviewees for Part III:

Brittani Orona (Hoopa Valley Tribe)

Ron Reed (Karuk)

Dr. Beth Rose Middleton Manning

Sheridan Enomoto

Tina Calderon (Gabrieliño-Tongva and Chumash)

Joe Calderon (Tongva/Chumash

Credits: Audio engineering and editing by Daniel Stonebloom; All interviews conducted and recorded by Martin Rizzo-Martinez; Music written, performed, and recorded by G. Gonzales & Hilson Parker. Water flow audio recorded by Ariel Stonebloom.

Follow us on Twitter: @ChalColonialPod

As we publish this episode, you can find us on additional podcast and streaming platforms

This podcast is supported by the California State Parks Foundation: https://www.calparks.org/

For further reading and to get involved, see the following:

Bring the Salmon Home

www.bringthesalmonhome.org

Save California Salmon

https://www.californiasalmon.org/

Reconnect Klamath

https://reconnectklamath.org/

Klamath River Renewal Corporation

https://klamathrenewal.org/

Run4Salmon - A prayerful journey led by Chief Caleen Sisk of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe to restore our salmon runs, protect our waters, and our indigenous lifeways.

http://run4salmon.org/

West Coast Water Justice - Podcast focused on Indigenous centered water justice movement

https://www.westcoastwaterjustice.org/

“Salmon and Acorns Feed our People: Colonialism, Nature, and Social Action,” by Dr. Kari Norgaard

https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/salmon-and-acorns-feed-our-people/9780813584195

“Upstream: Trust Lands and Power on the Feather River,” by Dr. Beth Rose Middleton Manning

https://uapress.arizona.edu/book/upstream

Part two of a four-part episode outlines dams as a colonial project, and centers Indigenous science in the historical and ongoing indigenous resistance to eco-genocide.

Interviewees for s01e03 p. II:

Chief Caleen Sisk (Winnemem Wintu)

Brittani Orona (Hoopa Valley Tribe)

Ron Reed (Karuk)

Dr. Beth Rose Middleton Manning

Sheridan Enomoto

Marc Dadigan

& Craig Tucker

Credits:

Audio engineering and editing by Daniel Stonebloom

All interviews conducted and recorded by Martin Rizzo-Martinez

Ambient sounds recorded by Ariel Stonebloom

Music written, performed, and performed by G. Gonzales

Follow us on Twitter: @ChalColonialPod

For further reading and to get involved, see the following:

Bring the Salmon Home

www.bringthesalmonhome.org

Save California Salmon

https://www.californiasalmon.org/

Reconnect Klamath

https://reconnectklamath.org/

Klamath River Renewal Corporation

https://klamathrenewal.org/

Run4Salmon - A prayerful journey led by Chief Caleen Sisk of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe to restore our salmon runs, protect our waters, and our indigenous lifeways.

http://run4salmon.org/

West Coast Water Justice - Podcast focused on Indigenous centered water justice movement

https://www.westcoastwaterjustice.org/

“Salmon and Acorns Feed our People: Colonialism, Nature, and Social Action,” by Dr. Kari Norgaard

https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/salmon-and-acorns-feed-our-people/9780813584195

“Upstream: Trust Lands and Power on the Feather River,” by Dr. Beth Rose Middleton Manning

https://uapress.arizona.edu/book/upstream

Challenging Colonialism in California is produced by Martin Rizzo-Martinez, Historian, & Daniel Stonebloom, a Public School Administrator. It is not our intention to further colonize the narrative, or to misrepresent stories that are not our own. It is our intention to create an educational resource where everyone can hear the perspectives of Indigenous peoples in their own words. Please leave your feedback, suggestions, reviews, ideas for future episodes, and more at the episode page. And please share and promote the podcast in your networks.

This podcast produced with support from the California State Parks Foundation: https://www.calparks.org/