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Episode 26: Renee Hutchens on mountain biking as decolonization & fighting the erasure of indigenous peoples

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Renee Hutchens is from the Diné (Navajo) Tribe and is an advocate for Native lands, public health and environmental issues, land conservation, and social justice for Indigenous peoples. She advocates for these issues by combining her culture’s rich oral tradition of storytelling with photography, film, writing, social media, and mixed media artwork. At the heart of her storytelling is her relationship with the land because it is inseparable from the Diné way of life, their culture, and traditions. This is why mountain biking is more than a sport she’s passionate about, it is one of the ways she maintains this necessary connection. 

Discussed in this episode: 

  • Navajo Nation and the Diné people 
  • The power of oral tradition and storytelling 
  • Colonization/Decolonization Mountain biking as decolonization 
  • "We Are Still Here--Creating Space for Indigenous Riders," Renee's article in Bike mag: https://www.bikemag.com/features/opinion/we-are-still-here/ 
  • Substance abuse prevention in native youth 
  • Native Women's Wilderness: https://www.nativewomenswilderness.org 
  • Vida MTB: https://www.vidamtb.com
  • Erasure of Indigenous people 
  • #NotYourTribe petition: https://www.change.org/p/yeti-cycles-notyourtribe-yeti-cyles?utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=custom_url&recruited_by_id=e65a06a0-bf2b-11ea-ad39-955ec862628c 
  • Renee's words on recent actions of Rockshox: https://www.instagram.com/p/CDMLzlnH5ee/  
  • Winona LaDuke: http://www.honorearth.org/speaking_engagements 
  • Land acknowledgements 


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    • Instagram: @renay.h  

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