In this episode you'll meet Tash Terry who is Diné and shares memories of spending time with her grandmother on a sheep camp on Black Mountain in the Navajo Reservation. Then, you'll meet Elena Higgins who is of Maori and Samoan descent, and shares memories of spending time with her cousin and uncle who managed a huge herd of sheep in rural New Zealand. Tash and Elena are musicians, partners, and co-founders of an organization called Indigenous Ways.

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This is the third and final episode in our Ode to Sheep series dedicated to sheep and the queer and trans humans who love them! Learn more about this project at www.countryqueers.com and sign up to become a sustaining supporter of Country Queers on Patreon.

You can find a photo of Tash and Elena on our social media pages.

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In this episode, we're asking folks who have additional funds, to please donate to the organization Tash and Elena founded: Indigenous Ways. Their mission is to "reach Indigenous and LGBTQIA2+ communities through outreach with music, the arts, and indigenous wisdom that creates and enhances survival and sustainability." Your support will enable them to continue making relief runs to the Black Mountain community - delivering supplies such as water, PPE, clothing, and cleaning supplies as the covid19 pandemic continues. You can learn more about their work and donate at: https://www.indigenousways.org/donate

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Host & Producer: Rae Garringer

Editorial Advisory Dream Team: Hermelinda Cortés, Lewis Raven Wallace, and Sharon P. Holland

Music in this episode: Composed and performed on acoustic and electric guitar by Tommy Anderson, and composed by Sam Gleaves and performed on pedal steel by Rebecca Branson Jones.

Special thanks to Dan and his sheep in southern WV for ambient farm sounds heard throughout this episode.

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